Gutenberg_Prize_of_the_International_Gutenberg_Society_and_the_City_of_Mainz

Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz

Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz

Award

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

2020 Gerhard Steidl, Göttingen/Germany[1]

Printer and publisher

2018Alberto Manguel, Buenos Aires/Argentina[2]
Director of the National Library of Argentina and author
2016Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Berlin/Germany[1]
Cultural manager and librarian
2014Umberto Eco, Milan/Italy[3]
Writer, philosoph and media scientist
2012Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Washington, D.C./USA[4]
Historian
2010Mahendra Patel, Ahmedabad/India
Indian typeface designer and professor of typography
2008Michael Knoche, Weimar/Germany
Director of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library / Foundation Weimar Classic
2006Hubert Wolf, Münster/Germany
Professor of Medieval and Modern Church History
2004Robert Darnton, New York/USA
Historian and cultural scientist
2002Otto Rohse, Hamburg/Germany
Typographer, book designer, wood engraver and engraver, publisher of the Otto-Rohse-Presse
2000Joseph M. Jacobson, Cambridge/USA
Inventor and technologist
1998Henri-Jean Martin, Paris/France
Book Historian
1996John G. Dreyfus, London/UK
Typographer and book historian
1994Paul Brainerd, Seattle/USA
Pioneer of desktop publishing technology
1992Ricardo José Vicent Museros, Valencia/Spain
Printer, publisher and founder of the first Spanish Print Museum
1989Lotte Hellinga-Querido, London/UK
Incunabula researcher
1986Adrian Frutiger, Bremgarten-Bern/Switzerland
Calligrapher
1983Gerrit Willem Ovink, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Professor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art
1980Hellmuth Lehmann-Haupt, Columbia, MO/USA
Book historian and university professor
1977Rudolf Hell, Kiel/Germany
Inventor and technologist
1974Hermann Zapf, Darmstadt/Germany
Typgrapher and book designer
1971Henri Friedländer, Jerusalem/Israel
Typographer
1968Giovanni Mardersteig, Verona/Italy
Printer, font and book designer

References

  1. [1]
    Kopietz, Thomas (2020-10-11). "Verleger Gerhard Steidl aus Göttingen bekommt Gutenberg-Preis". HNA (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. [2]
    "Alberto Manguel gana el Premio Gutenberg 2018". Letralia, Tierra de Letras (in Spanish). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. [3]
    "Umberto Eco erhält Gutenberg-Preis". HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. [4]
    Fox, Margalit (2016-02-25). "Elizabeth Eisenstein, Trailblazing Historian of Movable Type, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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