Sigmund-Freud-Preis

The »Sigmund-Freud-Preis für wissenschaftliche Prosa« (Prize for Academic Prose) was first awarded by the German Academy for Language and Literature in 1964.
It is granted to scholars who publish in German and contribute decisively to the development of language usage in their fields of study through excellent linguistic style.
The Sigmund Freud Prize is sponsored by the HSE Foundation and is awarded annually at the autumn conference of the German Academy in Darmstadt.
The prize has been endowed with €20,000 since 2013.

Hugo Friedrich

Teacher of Romance languages
Born 24/12/1904
Deceased 25/2/1978
Member since 1957

... für die ungewöhnliche Vereinigung strenger Forschung und vorbildlicher Prosa vorab in seinen Büchern Montaigne und Epochen der italienischen Lyrik.

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Präsident Hanns W. Eppelsheimer
Vizepräsidenten Gerhart Pohl, Dolf Sternberger, Fritz Usinger, Beisitzer Friedrich Bischoff, Richard Gerlach, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Karl Krolow, Wilhelm Lehmann, Fritz Martini, W. E. Süskind, Ehrenpräsidenten Kasimir Edschmid, Hermann Kasack