The Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim has been awarded by the City of Mannheim since 1954. It was donated on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the National Theatre. The prize is awarded every two years and endowed with €20,000. It is awarded for "outstanding contribution to cultural development". Supported by a jury, the municipal council decides the winner. From 27 July 1783 to 9 April 1785, Friedrich Schiller lived and worked as a theater poet in Mannheim. Schiller's The Robbers was premiered 1782 in Mannheim.
Recipients
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1954 Mary Wigman
1956 Jürgen Fehling
1958 Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1960 Theodor Eschenburg
1962 Elisabeth Bergner
1964 Golo Mann
1966 Carl Wurster
1968 Hartmut von Hentig
1970 Ida Ehre
1972 Peter Handke
1974 Horst Janssen
1978 Peter Stein
1982 Leonie Ossowski
1986 Dieter Hildebrandt
1990 Lea Rosh
1994 Alfred Grosser
1998 Wolfgang Menge
2002 Frank Castorf
2005 Rhythm Is It! 2006 Nico Hofmann 2010 Jan Philipp Reemtsma 2012 Silvia Bovenschen 2014 Georg Stefan Troller 2016 Klaus Theweleit 2018 Uwe Timm 2020 Christian Petzold 2022 Emine Sevgi Özdamar