The Grand Austrian State Prize () is a decoration given annually by Austria to an artist for exceptional work. The recipient must be an Austrian citizen with a permanent residence in Austria.
It was originally created in 1950 by then education minister Felix Hurdes. The prize is given according to the recommendation by the Austrian Art Senate without a set rotation schedule for literature, music, visual art, or architecture. Since 2003 it has been endowed with a 30,000 euro prize. In the areas of film and artistic photography, the prize is awarded according to a jury and not the Art Senate.
Since 1971, the prize has been given to only one person a year, instead of sometimes given to multiple people in different categories.
Recipients
Literature 1950 Josef Leitgeb1951 Felix Braun1952 Martina Wied1953 Rudolf Henz,Rudolf Kassner1954 Max Mell1955 Franz Theodor Csokor1956 Franz Nabl1957 Heimito von Doderer,Franz Karl Ginzkey1958 Imma von Bodmershof1959 Carl Zuckmayer1961 Albert Paris Gütersloh,Alexander Lernet-Holenia1962 George Saiko1963 Kurt Frieberger1964 Johannes Urzidil1966 Fritz Hochwälder1967 Elias Canetti1968 Ingeborg Bachmann1969 Christine Busta1970 Christine Lavant1972 Friedrich Heer1974 H. C. Artmann1977 Manès Sperber1979 Friedrich Torberg1982 Christin Karl1984 Ernst Jandl1987 Peter Handke1989 Oswald Wiener1991 Gerhard Rühm1994 Wolfgang Bauer1995 Ilse Aichinger1998 Andreas Okopenko2001 Gert Jonke2007 Josef Winkler2012 Peter Waterhouse2018 Florjan Lipuš2022 Anna Baar2026 Clemens J. Setz
Music 1950 Joseph Marx1951 Egon Kornauth1953 Paul Angerer,Johann Nepomuk David1955 Josef Matthias Hauer1956 Hans Erich Apostel,1957 Hans Gál1959 Theodor Berger,Alfred Uhl1961 Egon Wellesz1963 Ernst Krenek1965 Gottfried von Einem1966 Hanns Jelinek1967 Karl Schiske1968 Erich Marckhl1969 Anton Heiller1970 Marcel Rubin1976 Cesar Bresgen1981 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati1986 Friedrich Cerha1990 György Ligeti1992 Kurt Schwertsik2002 Heinz Karl Gruber2006 Georg Friedrich Haas2010 Olga Neuwirth2014 Beat Furrer2019 Thomas Larcher2023 Gerd Kühr
Visual Art 1951 Alfred Kubin1952 Albert Paris Gütersloh1954 Herbert Boeckl1955 Oskar Kokoschka,Fritz Wotruba1956 Alfred Wickenburg1957 Karl Sterrer1958 Toni Schneider-Manzell1960 Max Weiler,Ferdinand Kitt1962 Josef Dobrowsky1963 Arnold Jakob Clementschitsch1965 Sergius Pauser1966 Hans Fronius1968 Kurt Moldovan1969 Rudolf Hoflehner1973 Joannis Avramidis1978 Arnulf Rainer1980 Friedensreich Hundertwasser1985 Walter Pichler1988 Maria Lassnig1993 Bruno Gironcoli1996 Günter Brus1997 Christian Ludwig Attersee2003 Siegfried Anzinger 2005 Hermann Nitsch2008 Karl Prantl2009 Brigitte Kowanz2013 Erwin Wurm 2017 Renate Bertlmann2021 Martha Jungwirth 2025 Herbert Brandl
Architecture 1950 Josef Hoffmann 1953 Clemens Holzmeister 1954 Max Fellerer1958 Erich Boltenstern1962 Roland Rainer1965 Josef Frank1967 Franz Schuster1971 Gustav Peichl1975 Karl Schwanzer1983 Hans Hollein1999 Coop Himmelb(l)au -Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky2000 Wilhelm Holzbauer2004 Günther Domenig2011 Heinz Tesar2015 Elke Delugan-Meissl and Roman Delugan2020 Laurids Ortner and Manfred Ortner2024 Hermann Czech
Artistic Photography 1991 Inge Morath-Miller1994 Franz Hubmann1997 Erich Lessing2001 Harry Weber2005 Friedl Kubelka-Bondy2009 Manfred Willmann2013 Peter Dressler2016 Margherita Spiluttini2023 Aglaia Konrad
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