SettingsRecipients of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer OM (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.
Albert Schweitzer OM (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.
Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)
Alexander Mitscherlich (September 20, 1908 – June 26, 1982) was a German psychiatrist.
Alexander Mitscherlich (September 20, 1908 – June 26, 1982) was a German psychiatrist.
Alfred Grosser
Alfred Grosser (1 February 1925) is a German-French writer, sociologist and political scientist.
Alfred Grosser (1 February 1925) is a German-French writer, sociologist and political scientist.
Alva Myrdal
Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist and politician.
Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist and politician.
Amos Oz
Amos Oz (עמוס עוז) (born May 4, 1939, birth name Amos Klausner) is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist.
Amos Oz (עמוס עוז) (born May 4, 1939, birth name Amos Klausner) is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist.
Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel, SI, HI, (April 7, 1922 – January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Orientalist and scholar, who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism.
Annemarie Schimmel, SI, HI, (April 7, 1922 – January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Orientalist and scholar, who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism.
Assia Djebar
Assia Djebar (آسيا جبار) is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born 30 June 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
Assia Djebar (آسيا جبار) is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born 30 June 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (née Ericsson) (, 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 mi...
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (née Ericsson) (, 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 mi...
Augustin Bea
Augustin Bea, SJ (May 28, 1881 – November 16, 1968) was a German scholar at the Gregorian University specializing in biblical studies and biblical archeology.
Augustin Bea, SJ (May 28, 1881 – November 16, 1968) was a German scholar at the Gregorian University specializing in biblical studies and biblical archeology.
Boualem Sansal
Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال; born Algiers 1949) is an internationally acclaimed Algerian author.
Boualem Sansal (Arabic: بوعلام صنصال; born Algiers 1949) is an internationally acclaimed Algerian author.
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (June 28, 1912 – 28 April 2007) was a German physicist and philosopher.
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (June 28, 1912 – 28 April 2007) was a German physicist and philosopher.
Carl Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Burckhardt (September 10, 1891 – March 3, 1974) was a Swiss diplomat and historian.
Carl Jacob Burckhardt (September 10, 1891 – March 3, 1974) was a Swiss diplomat and historian.
Chinua Achebe
Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe (born 16 November 1930) popularly known as Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.
Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe (born 16 November 1930) popularly known as Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.
Claudio Magris
Claudio Magris (b. April 10, 1939, Trieste) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.
Claudio Magris (b. April 10, 1939, Trieste) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a liberal global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
The Club of Rome is a liberal global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
Ernesto Cardenal
Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left.
Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left.
Ernst Bloch
Ernst Bloch (, July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher.
Ernst Bloch (, July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher.
Fritz Stern
Fritz Richard Stern is a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history, and historiography.
Fritz Richard Stern is a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history, and historiography.
Frère Roger
Frère Roger (Brother Roger) (Provence, Switzerland, May 12, 1915 - Taizé, August 16, 2005), baptised Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, also known as Brother Roger, was the founder and prior of...
Frère Roger (Brother Roger) (Provence, Switzerland, May 12, 1915 - Taizé, August 16, 2005), baptised Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, also known as Brother Roger, was the founder and prior of...
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889, Paris – 8 October 1973, Paris) was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays.
Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889, Paris – 8 October 1973, Paris) was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays.
George F. Kennan
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure...
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure...
Gunnar Myrdal
Karl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician.
Karl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician.
György Konrád
György (George) Konrád (born April 2, 1933) is a Hungarian novelist and essayist, known as an advocate of individual freedom.
György (George) Konrád (born April 2, 1933) is a Hungarian novelist and essayist, known as an advocate of individual freedom.
Hans Jonas
Hans Jonas (10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born philosopher who was, from 1955 to 1976, Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Hans Jonas (10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born philosopher who was, from 1955 to 1976, Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (July 22, 1878 – August 1942) was a Polish-Jewish children's author, and pediatrician known as Pan Doktor (Mr Doctor) or Sta...
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (July 22, 1878 – August 1942) was a Polish-Jewish children's author, and pediatrician known as Pan Doktor (Mr Doctor) or Sta...
Jorge Semprún
Jorge Semprún Maura (; 10 December 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French.
Jorge Semprún Maura (; 10 December 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French.
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism.
Karl Dedecius
Karl Dedecius (* May 20, 1921 in Łódź) is a German translator of Polish and Russian literature.
Karl Dedecius (* May 20, 1921 in Łódź) is a German translator of Polish and Russian literature.
Karl Jaspers
Karl Theodor Jaspers (February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy.
Karl Theodor Jaspers (February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy.
Leszek Kołakowski
Leszek Kołakowski (; October 23, 1927 – July 17, 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas.
Leszek Kołakowski (; October 23, 1927 – July 17, 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas.
Lev Kopelev
Lev Zalmanovich Kopelev was a Soviet author and a dissident.
Lev Zalmanovich Kopelev was a Soviet author and a dissident.
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).
Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).
Manès Sperber
Manès Sperber (12 December 1905 in Zabłotów near Kolomea, Austrian Galicia (today Zabolotiv, Ukraine), 5 February 1984 in Paris) was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist.
Manès Sperber (12 December 1905 in Zabłotów near Kolomea, Austrian Galicia (today Zabolotiv, Ukraine), 5 February 1984 in Paris) was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (; born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate.
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa (; born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate.
Marion Dönhoff
Marion Hedda Ilse Gräfin von Dönhoff (December 2, 1909 – March 11, 2002) was a German journalist who participated in the resistance against Hitler's National Socialists with Helmuth James ...
Marion Hedda Ilse Gräfin von Dönhoff (December 2, 1909 – March 11, 2002) was a German journalist who participated in the resistance against Hitler's National Socialists with Helmuth James ...
Martin Buber
Martin Buber (מרטין בובר; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the ...
Martin Buber (מרטין בובר; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the ...
Martin Walser
Martin Walser (born 24 March 1927 in Wasserburg am Bodensee, on Lake Constance) is a German writer.
Martin Walser (born 24 March 1927 in Wasserburg am Bodensee, on Lake Constance) is a German writer.
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative w...
Max Rudolf Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative w...
Max Tau
Max Tau was a German-Norwegian writer, editor, and publisher noted for his contribution to promoting literary exchange between Germany and Norway, especially in the context of reconciliation aft...
Max Tau was a German-Norwegian writer, editor, and publisher noted for his contribution to promoting literary exchange between Germany and Norway, especially in the context of reconciliation aft...
Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs was a German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings...
Nelly Sachs was a German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings...
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Orhan Pamuk
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952), generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952), generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist.
Paul Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.
Péter Esterházy
Péter Esterházy (born 14 April 1950 in Budapest) is one of the most widely known contemporary Hungarian writers.
Péter Esterházy (born 14 April 1950 in Budapest) is one of the most widely known contemporary Hungarian writers.
Reinhold Schneider
Reinhold Schneider (born in Baden-Baden on May 13, 1903; died in Freiburg im Breisgau on April 6, 1958) was a German poet who also wrote novels.
Reinhold Schneider (born in Baden-Baden on May 13, 1903; died in Freiburg im Breisgau on April 6, 1958) was a German poet who also wrote novels.
Romano Guardini
Romano Guardini (17 February 1885, Verona – 1 October 1968, Munich) was a Catholic priest, author, and academic.
Romano Guardini (17 February 1885, Verona – 1 October 1968, Munich) was a Catholic priest, author, and academic.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, OM, FBA (, सर्वेप्पल्ली राधाकृष्णन; 5 September 1888, Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman.
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, OM, FBA (, सर्वेप्पल्ली राधाकृष्णन; 5 September 1888, Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman.
Saul Friedländer
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Saul Friedländer (Hebrew: שאול פרידלנדר) (born Prague, October 11, 1932) is an award-winning Israeli historian and currently a professor of history at UCLA.
Siegfried Lenz
Siegfried Lenz is a German writer, who has written novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays for radio and the theatre.
Siegfried Lenz is a German writer, who has written novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays for radio and the theatre.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American essayist, literary and cultural theorist, icon, and political activist whose works include On Photography, Against Int...
Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American essayist, literary and cultural theorist, icon, and political activist whose works include On Photography, Against Int...
Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation.
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation.
Theodor Heuss
Theodor Heuss was a liberal German politician who served as the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II from 1949 to 1959.
Theodor Heuss was a liberal German politician who served as the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II from 1949 to 1959.
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist.
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist.
Victor Gollancz
Sir Victor Gollancz (9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967) was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian.
Sir Victor Gollancz (9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967) was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian.
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician.
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician.
Willem Visser 't Hooft
Willem Adolph Visser 't Hooft (September 20, 1900 - 4 July 1985) was a Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches in 1948 and held this position un...
Willem Adolph Visser 't Hooft (September 20, 1900 - 4 July 1985) was a Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches in 1948 and held this position un...
Wolf Lepenies
Wolf Lepenies (born 11 January 1941) is a German sociologist, political scientist, and author.
Wolf Lepenies (born 11 January 1941) is a German sociologist, political scientist, and author.
Władysław Bartoszewski
Władysław Bartoszewski is a Polish politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian, former Auschwitz concentration camp inmate, World War II Resistance fighter, Polish underground ac...
Władysław Bartoszewski is a Polish politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian, former Auschwitz concentration camp inmate, World War II Resistance fighter, Polish underground ac...
Yaşar Kemal
Yaşar Kemal, (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli 1923) Turkish writer.
Yaşar Kemal, (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli 1923) Turkish writer.
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom.
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom.