Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz
The Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz has been awarded since 1968 for outstanding artistic, technical and scientific achievements in the field of printing. The award was initially awarded every three years, since 1994 then in annual change with the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig, which also honors outstanding book art achievements. The Gutenberg Prize is endowed with 10,000 euros.
Winners
[edit]| 2024 | Valentyna Bochkovska, Kyiv/Ukraine Director of the Museum of Book and Printing |
| 2022 | Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Cambridge/US Professor of Art History |
| Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler, Saarbrücken/Germany Printer and professor of printmaking | |
| 2020 | Gerhard Steidl, Göttingen/Germany[1] Printer and publisher |
| 2018 | Alberto Manguel, Buenos Aires/Argentina[2] Director of the National Library of Argentina and author |
| 2016 | Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Berlin/Germany[1] Cultural manager and librarian |
| 2014 | Umberto Eco, Milan/Italy[3] Writer, philosoph and media scientist |
| 2012 | Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Washington, D.C./US[4] Historian |
| 2010 | Mahendra Patel, Ahmedabad/India Indian typeface designer and professor of typography |
| 2008 | Michael Knoche, Weimar/Germany Director of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library / Foundation Weimar Classic |
| 2006 | Hubert Wolf, Münster/Germany Professor of Medieval and Modern Church History |
| 2004 | Robert Darnton, New York City/US Historian and cultural scientist |
| 2002 | Otto Rohse, Hamburg/Germany Typographer, book designer, wood engraver and engraver, publisher of the Otto-Rohse-Presse |
| 2000 | Joseph M. Jacobson, Cambridge/US Inventor and technologist |
| 1998 | Henri-Jean Martin, Paris/France Book Historian |
| 1996 | John G. Dreyfus, London/UK Typographer and book historian |
| 1994 | Paul Brainerd, Seattle/US Pioneer of desktop publishing technology |
| 1992 | Ricardo José Vicent Museros, Valencia/Spain Printer, publisher and founder of the first Spanish Print Museum |
| 1989 | Lotte Hellinga-Querido, London/UK Incunabula researcher |
| 1986 | Adrian Frutiger, Bremgarten-Bern/Switzerland Calligrapher |
| 1983 | Gerrit Willem Ovink, Amsterdam/Netherlands Professor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art |
| 1980 | Hellmuth Lehmann-Haupt, Columbia, MO/US Book historian and university professor |
| 1977 | Rudolf Hell, Kiel/Germany Inventor and technologist |
| 1974 | Hermann Zapf, Darmstadt/Germany Typgrapher and book designer |
| 1971 | Henri Friedländer, Jerusalem/Israel Typographer |
| 1968 | Giovanni Mardersteig, Verona/Italy Printer, font and book designer |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kopietz, Thomas (11 October 2020). "Verleger Gerhard Steidl aus Göttingen bekommt Gutenberg-Preis". HNA (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Alberto Manguel gana el Premio Gutenberg 2018". Letralia, Tierra de Letras (in Spanish). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Umberto Eco erhält Gutenberg-Preis". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (25 February 2016). "Elizabeth Eisenstein, Trailblazing Historian of Movable Type, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 November 2021.