The »Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis« has been awarded by the German Academy for Language and Literature since 1964.
As a »Prize for German Scholarship Abroad«, for 25 years it was exclusively awarded to linguists and literary scholars at foreign universities.
However, the prize has also been awarded to persons outside of academia who are committed to imparting German culture and cultural dialog since the prize was renamed the »Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis für die Vermittlung deutscher Kultur im Ausland« (Prize for the Imparting of German Culture Abroad) in 1990.
The Friedrich Gundolf Prize is awarded annually at the spring conference of the German Academy. It has been endowed with €20,000 since 2013.
The German Academy for Language and Literature has awarded its »Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis für die Vermittlung deutscher Kultur im Ausland« (prize for the Imparting of German culture abroad) to Rüdiger Görner. The prize carries a cash award of 20.000 €.
The Gundolf prize will be presented on April 5th 2025 in Bolzano as part of the academy conference.
Translator and Poet
Born 28/12/1930
Deceased 14/5/2011
Member since 2002
... einen wichtigen Beitrag dazu leistete, den west-östlichen Dialog in schwieriger Zeit mit neuem Leben zu erfüllen.
Jury members
Kommission: Heinrich Detering, Norbert Miller, Ilma Rakusa, Lea Ritter-Santini, Jean-Marie Valentin
Mitglieder des Erweiterten Präsidiums