Gerhard Löwenthal Prize

The Gerhard Löwenthal Prize (German: Gerhard-Löwenthal-Preis) is an award for "liberal-conservative journalism" (freiheitlich-konservativen Journalismus) in Germany. Endowed by German "Foundation for Conservative Education and Research" (Förderstiftung Konservative Bildung und Forschung), it is awarded in cooperation with national-conservative newspaper Junge Freiheit and Ingeborg Löwenthal, widow of conservative journalist and Holocaust survivor Gerhard Löwenthal. Issued annually between 2004 and 2009, it has since been awarded only biannually.[1] The prize money is 5,000 euros.[2]

Recipients of the Gerhard Löwenthal Prize

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Recipients of the prize have been:

  • 2004 – Thorsten Hinz, writes for Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung and Sezession
  • 2005 – Stefan Scheil, historian
  • 2006 – Thomas Paulwitz, founder of the magazine Deutsche Sprachwelt[3]
  • 2007 – Andreas Krause Landt, founder of the Landt Verlag
  • 2008 – Ellen Kositza, author
  • 2009 – André F. Lichtschlag, founder of the magazine eigentümlich frei
  • 2011 – Michael Paulwitz, writes for Sezession
  • 2013 – Birgit Kelle, journalist
  • 2015 – Martin Voigt, freelancer
  • 2017 – Sabatina James, journalist
  • 2019 – Alexander Wendt, journalist[4]

Recipients of the Gerhard Löwenthal honorary prize

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A special honorary prize has been awarded to:

References

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  1. ^ "Gerhard-Löwenthal-Preis". Bibliothek des Konservatismus (in German). Förderstiftung Konservative Bildung und Forschung. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Gerhard-Löwenthal-Preis". Journalisten Preise (in German). Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Lesesaal: Thomas Paulwitz Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Gerhard-Löwenthal-Preisträger". BdK Berlin (in German). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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