Einhard-Preis

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The Einhard Prize (German: Einhard-Preis) is a literary prize for historical biography. It is awarded by the Einhard-Stiftung, a foundation headquartered in Seligenstadt, Hesse, Germany, a town founded by Einhard, famous as a biographer of Charlemagne.

Prizes awarded[]

• 1999: Otto Pflanze, works about Otto von Bismarck
• 2001: Brian Boyd, biography of Vladimir Nabokov
• 2003: Joachim C. Fest, works about Albert Speer
• 2005: Irène Heidelberger-Leonard, Revolte in der Resignation, a biography of Jean Améry
• 2007: , biography of Maximilian von Montgelas
• 2009: , autobiography Versuche, Dein Leben zu machen
• 2011: , biography of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• 2013: John C. G. Röhl, biography of Wilhelm II, German Emperor
• 2015: Joachim Radkau, biography of Theodor Heuss
• 2017: Albrecht Schöne, Der Briefschreiber Goethe
• 2019: Emmanuelle Loyer, biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss
• 2021: Jacques Tardi, graphic novel biography of his father, World War I veteran René Tardi

References[]

Website of the Einhard Prize Foundation (German only) https://www.einhard-stiftung.de/

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