Friedrich Nietzsche Prize

The Friedrich Nietzsche Prize or Friedrich-Nietzsche-Preis is a German literary award named after Friedrich Nietzsche and awarded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was first awarded in 1996 for a German-language essayistic or philosophical work.^[1] The Friedrich Nietzsche Prize is endowed with 15,000 euros.^[2] It is awarded by the Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt on the basis of proposals by an international jury.^[3]

Friedrich Nietzsche Prize
Country	Germany
Presented by	Saxony-Anhalt, Naumburg and Basel
Hosted by	Friedrich Nietzsche Foundation (Naumburg an der Saale/Germany) Elisabeth Jenny Foundation (Riehen/Switzerland) City of Naumburg and the citizens' community of the city of Basel
Reward(s)	€15,000
First award	1996
Website	www.nietzsche-gesellschaft.de/nietzsche-preis/

The Friedrich Nietzsche Prize is one of the most highly endowed awards in Germany, awarded exclusively for philosophical and essayistic achievements.^[4]

The International Friedrich Nietzsche Prize replaces the Friedrich Nietzsche Prize awarded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt between 1996 and 2012.^[4]

Recipients

• 1995 Eugenio Trías, Barcelona
• 1996 Wolfgang Müller-Lauter, Berlin
• 1998 Curt Paul Janz [de; sv], Basel
• 2000 Rüdiger Safranski, Berlin
• 2002 Marie-Luise Haase, Berlin and Michael Kohlenbach, Basel
• 2004 Durs Grünbein, Berlin
• 2006 Silvio Vietta, Hildesheim^[5]
• 2009 Ludger Lütkehaus [de; sv], Freiburg
• 2012 Andreas Urs Sommer, Heidelberg^[1][6]
• 2015 Martin Walser, Überlingen^[7][8][9]
• 2017 Wolfram Groddeck [de], Zürich^[10]
• 2019 Ágnes Heller, New York / Budapest^[11][12]
• 2022 Bettina Stangneth, Hamburg^[13]
• 2024 Renate Reschke [de], Berlin