Goethe Medal
Illustration — Goethe-Medal obverse • Illustration — Goethe-Medal reverse The Goethe Medal, also known as the Goethe-Medaille, is a yearly prize given by the Goethe-Institut honoring non-Germans "who have performed outstanding service for the German language and for international cultural relations". It is an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. The prize used to be given on 22 March, the anniversary of Goethe's death.
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Illustration — Goethe-Medal obverse • Illustration — Goethe-Medal reverse The Goethe Medal, also known as the Goethe-Medaille, is a yearly prize given by the Goethe-Institut honoring non-Germans "who have performed outstanding service for the German language and for international cultural relations". It is an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. The prize used to be given on 22 March, the anniversary of Goethe's death.
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Recent recipients
Since 2009, it has been given on 28 August, the anniversary of Goethe's birth. The first awards were made in 1955. In the intervening years, through 2018, a total of 348 women and men from 65 countries have been so honored. It is not to be confused with Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (1932–1944), Goethe Prize and Goetheplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main.
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2026
2026
• Illustration — Arvo Pärt, recipient 2026 • Arvo Pärt, composer, Estonia • Anita Raja, translator, Italy • Prodromos Tsinikoris, theatre director, dramaturge and actor, Greece
2025
2025
• Osman Kavala, cultural promoter, Turkey • Li Yuan, German studies scholar, China • David Van Reybrouck, cultural historian, archaeologist and author, Belgium
2024
2024
• Claudia Cabrera, literary translator and interpreter, Mexico • Iskra Geshoska, art historian and cultural manager, North Macedonia • Carmen Romero Quero, founder and director of the theatre festival Teatro a Mil, Chile
2023
2023
• Gaga Chkheidze, film manager, Georgia • Yi-Wei Keng, curator, dramaturg, and translator, Taiwan • OFF-Biennale Budapest, Hungary
2022
2022
• Mohamed Abla, multimedia artist, Egypt • Tali Nates, historian and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, South Africa • Nimi Ravindran und Shiva Pathak from Sandbox Collective, artists and arts administrators, India
2021
2021
• Marilyn Douala Bell, Socio-economist • Toshio Hosokawa, Composer • Wen Hui, Choreographer
2020
2020
• Illustration — Ian McEwan • Zukiswa Wanner, Writer, publisher and curator • Ian McEwan, Author • Elvira Espejo Ayca, Artist and museum director
2019
2019
• Enkhbat Roozon, Publisher, bookseller and political journalist • Shirin Neshat, Artist and filmmaker • Doğan Akhanlı, freelance author of novels and essays in Turkish, and a play in German
2018
2018
• Heidi Abderhalden and Rolf Abderhalden (Mapa Teatro), Colombian theater maker • Claudia Andujar, Brazilian photographer and activist • Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
2017
2017
• Urvashi Butalia, Indian feminist and historian • Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer • Irina Shcherbakova, Russian historian and journalist
2016
2016
• Akinbode Akinbiyi, British-Nigerian photographer • Yurii Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer and translator • David Lordkipanidze, Georgian anthropologist and archaeologist
2015
2015
• Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, Syrian philosopher and writer • Neil MacGregor, British art historian and former museum director • Eva Sopher, German-Brazilian cultural entrepreneur
2014
2014
• Krystyna Meissner, Polish director • Robert Wilson, American director and playwright • Gerard Mortier, (posthumously) Belgian opera director
2013
2013
• S. Mahmoud Hosseini Zad, Persian translator of German literature. • Naveen Kishore, publisher of Seagull Books. • Petros Markaris, Greek novelist.
2012
2012
• Irena Veisaitė • Bolat Atabayev • Dževad Karahasan, Bosnian writer
2011
2011
• John le Carré • Adam Michnik • Ariane Mnouchkine
2010
2010
• Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher • Fuad Rifka • John Spalek
2009
2009
• Lars Gustafsson • Victor Scoradet • Sverre Dahl
2008
2008
• Gholam Dastgir Behbud • Bernard Sobel • John E. Woods
2007
2007
• Daniel Barenboim • Dezső Tandori • Kim Min-ki
2006
2006
• Vera San Payo de Lemos • Giwi Margwelaschwili • Said
2005
2005
• Samuel Assefa • Ruth Klüger • Dmytro Zatonsky • Yoko Tawada • Simone Young
2004
2004
• Mohan Agashe • Kevin Willie • Imre Kertész • Paul Michael Lützeler • Anatoli A. Michailow • Sergio Paulo Rouanet
2003
2003
• Lenka Reinerová • Jorge Semprún
2002
2002
• Werner Michael Blumenthal • Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt • Francisek Grucza • Touradj Rahnema • Antonio Skármeta
2001
2001
• Adonis • Sofia Gubaidulina • Gerardo Marotta • Werner Spies
2000
2000
• Nicholas Boyle • György Konrád • Daniel Libeskind • Sara Sayin • George Tabori • Abdel-Ghaffar Mikkawy
Other notable recipients
Other notable recipients
20th century recipients are: * • 1957: Hans Trümpelmann • 1960: Hermann Boeschenstein • 1961: Robert Minder • 1963: Marian Szyrocki • 1967: Peter Jørgensen • 1968: Gertrud Seidmann • 1969: Cornelis Soeteman • 1970: Pierre Bertaux • 1973: Chetana Nagavajara • 1976: Pierre-Paul Sagave, Elichi Kikuchi, Waichi Sakurai, John Asher, Ingerid Dal • 1982: Ekrem Akurgal, Werner Kraft • 1983: Bruno Bettelheim • 1985: Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Johannes Edfelt • 1987: Gordon A. Craig, Pierre Boulez, Pavica Mrazović • 1988: George Mosse, Pierre Bourdieu, Giorgio Strehler • 1989: Ernst Gombrich • 1990: György Ligeti, Thomas Messer, Hubert Orłowski, Eda Sagarra, Hilde Spiel • 1991: Leslie Bodi, Jan Hoet, Panagiotis Kondylis, Eduardo Paolozzi, Hans Sahl • 1992: Elisabeth Augustin, Karl Raimund Popper, Hugo Rokyta • 1993: Michel Tournier • 1994: István Szabó, Billy Wilder • 1995: Isang Yun, Hermann von der Dunk • 1996: Jan Křen • 1997: Nam June Paik, Rolf Liebermann • 1998: Ralf Dahrendorf • 1999: Dani Karavan, Leoluca Orlando, Jiří Gruša
Controversy
Controversy
South African novelist Zukiswa Wanner and Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla returned their Goethe Medals in protest of Germany's support of Israel during Israel's bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip.
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