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. The prize is named for the inventor of the movable-type printing press, Johannes Gutenberg, whose hometown was Mainz.
Winners 2024Valentyna Bochkovska, Kyiv/UkraineDirector of the Museum of Book and Printing2022Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Cambridge/USProfessor of Art History Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler, Saarbrücken/GermanyPrinter and professor of printmaking2020Gerhard Steidl, Göttingen/GermanyPrinter and publisher2018Alberto Manguel, Buenos Aires/ArgentinaDirector of the National Library of Argentina and author 2016 Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Berlin/GermanyCultural manager and librarian 2014 Umberto Eco, Milan/ItalyWriter, philosoph and media scientist 2012 Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Washington, D.C./USHistorian 2010 Mahendra Patel, Ahmedabad/IndiaIndian typeface designer and professor of typography 2008 Michael Knoche, Weimar/GermanyDirector of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library / Foundation Weimar Classic 2006 Hubert Wolf, Münster/GermanyProfessor of Medieval and Modern Church History 2004 Robert Darnton, New York City/USHistorian and cultural scientist 2002 Otto Rohse, Hamburg/GermanyTypographer, book designer, wood engraver and engraver, publisher of the Otto-Rohse-Presse 2000 Joseph M. Jacobson, Cambridge/USInventor and technologist 1998 Henri-Jean Martin, Paris/FranceBook Historian 1996 John G. Dreyfus, London/UKTypographer and book historian 1994 Paul Brainerd, Seattle/USPioneer of desktop publishing technology 1992 Ricardo José Vicent Museros, Valencia/SpainPrinter, publisher and founder of the first Spanish Print Museum 1989 Lotte Hellinga-Querido, London/UKIncunabula researcher 1986 Adrian Frutiger, Bremgarten-Bern/SwitzerlandCalligrapher 1983 Gerrit Willem Ovink, Amsterdam/NetherlandsProfessor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art 1980 Hellmuth Lehmann-Haupt, Columbia, MO/USBook historian and university professor 1977 Rudolf Hell, Kiel/GermanyInventor and technologist 1974 Hermann Zapf, Darmstadt/GermanyTypgrapher and book designer 1971 Henri Friedländer, Jerusalem/IsraelTypographer 1968 Giovanni Mardersteig, Verona/ItalyPrinter, font and book designer
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