Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Preis Explained

The Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Preis is an arts prize of Hesse. It is awarded biannually for literature (since 1987) and the visual arts (since 1979) on a rotating basis by the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. The winner receives a certificate as well as a donation of 10,000 euros, though it is possible for the prize money to be split evenly between two winners. A committee of fourteen jurors evaluates qualified submissions; all themes or literary genres are accepted.

The prize is named after Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, the Enlightenment physics professor and writer who was born in Ober-Ramstadt.

Past Recipients (visual arts)

• Esteban Fekete (1979)
• Ernst Schonnefeld (1980)
• Leo Leonhard (1982)
• Bruno Müller-Linow (1984)
• Rainer Lind (1986)
• Barbara Breisinghoff (1988)
• Arno Jung (1990)
• Detlef Kraft (1992)
• Horst Evers alias Gerd Winter (1994)
• Matthias Will (1996)
• Helga Griffths (1998)
• Andrea Neumann (2001)
• Klaus Lomnitzer (2005)
• Martin Konietschke (2009)
• Kurt Wilhelm Hoffmann (2013)^[1]
• Joachim Kuhlmann (2018)^[2]
• Sieglinde Gros (2022)^[3]

Past Recipients (literature)

• Ursula Teicher-Maier (1987)
• Mechthild Curtius (1989)
• Iris Anna Otto (1991)
• Susanne Eva Mischke (1995)
• Rainer Wieczorek (1997)
• Silke Andrea Schuemmer (1999)
• Philip Meinhold (2003)
• Peter Kurzeck (2007)
• Andreas Maier (2011)
• Silke Scheuermann (2017)^[4]
• Kurt Drawert (2020)^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.main-echo.de/regional/rhein-main-hessen/art4013,2789821 "Kurt Wilhelm Hoffmann erhält Lichtenberg-Preis"
2. Web site: Skulpturengarten Darmstadt . Skulpturengarten Darmstadt Skulpturengarten von Elisabeth & Joachim Kuhlmann in Darmstadt . de . 27 October 2024.
3. Web site: Pratsch . Melanie . Lichtenberg-Preis 2022 geht an Sieglinde Gros . Echo Online . 19 September 2022 . de . 27 October 2024.
4. Web site: Offenbach: Preis für Silke Scheuermann . op-online.de . 5 May 2017 . de . 27 October 2024.
5. Web site: Steinert . Stefanie . Kurt Drawert nimmt Lichtenberg-Preis entgegen . Echo Online . 11 September 2021 . de . 27 October 2024.