Franz-Grillparzer-Preis

The Grillparzer Prize is a literary prize was donated in 1872 on his 80th birthday, Franz Grillparzer from his fiancee Catherine Cheerful. The endowment received after the death of his fiancée, the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

The price was " the relatively best German dramatic work, which came in the last three years on a well-known stage for performance and has not already been previously awarded by the other side by a Prize" by 1971 every third year.

Winners of the Academy of Sciences

In the years 1878, 1881 and 1893, the prize was not awarded. In 1914, Arthur Schnitzler was proposed with his play Professor Bernhardi. But the award should have been prevented by the philosopher Friedrich Jodl. In 1968, originally to be awarded Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, but was changed at the insistence of the Academy award for the less critical scientific work visit to the old lady.

Grillparzer Prize in 1990

In the summer of 1990, the disappearance of the Grillparzer Prize of Culture publicists Christian Michelides was discovered and elevated to the scandal. It was formed thereupon a committee to save the Grillparzer Prize, which indicated the Austrian Academy of Sciences for embezzlement. The responsible Minister of Culture Erhard Busek refused, however - for budget reasons - the reallocation of the old price.

From 1991 to 1993, of the Hamburg Alfred Toepfer Stiftung FVS was made available to cultural and literary prize for outstanding achievements, primarily awarded in the field of Austrian intellectual life, by the University of Vienna. This price was both because of the large German past of the founder as well as because of Nazism poems glorifying the juror Gertrud Fussenegger in 1991 prompted fierce criticism in Austria. In 1992, the prize winner Hans Lebert health reasons unable to attend the ceremony, but he let the Burgtheater actor Wolfgang Gasser read out his speech, a strongly-worded statement with the large German ideology of the founder. The German Ambassador Philip Jenninger left outraged the hall.

1993 awarded Anonymous actionists around seven Grillparzer prices to almost all well-known authors of Austria, by sent telegrams to the fictitious prize winners and also fake award announcements to the media on the one hand, on behalf of the University of Vienna, every newspaper a different winners. A large number of false positives was the result, many writers were delighted with the award and took the erroneous price. Real winners of Toepfer'schen Grillparzer Prize was then drawn already from forgetfulness Albert Drach, the under massive police protection actually received the award and also accepted. Then the price was set toneless.

Grillparzer Prize of the City of Vienna in the years of National Socialism

The ceremony took place (from 1942) on January 15, the birthday of Grillparzer and was made ​​by the Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Vienna Baldur von Schirach Reichsgau. The artist also was given a doping of 10,000 Reichsmarks. The jury consisted of not more than - appointed by the imperial governor - eight people. Your belonged to the personal cultural affairs of the Reich Governor; the Director of the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna presided.

Winners of the Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg

Endowed by Alfred Toepfer prize was awarded for outstanding performance especially in the field of Austrian intellectual life. The request made by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung FVS available prize was awarded by the University of Vienna. Get this price have:

Winners of the Anonymous actionists

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