is an international peace prize awarded annually by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (), which runs the Frankfurt Book Fair. The award ceremony is held in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. The prize has been awarded since 1950. The recipient is remunerated with . According to its statutes, the association "is committed to peace, humanity and understanding among all peoples and nations of the world. The Peace Prize promotes international tolerance by acknowledging individuals who have contributed to these ideals through their exceptional activities, especially in the fields of literature, science and art. Prize winners are chosen without any reference to their national, racial or religious background." Traditionally, the President of Germany and leading political, cultural and diplomatic personalities attend the ceremony, and German public television covers the event. Recipients (laudators) Source: 2020 – 2022 – Serhiy Zhadan (Sasha Marianna Salzmann) 2021 – Tsitsi Dangarembga (Auma Obama) 2020 – Amartya Kumar Sen (Frank-Walter Steinmeier) 2010 – 2019 2019 – Sebastião Salgado (Wim Wenders) 2018 – Aleida and Jan Assmann (Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht) 2017 – Margaret Atwood (Eva Menasse) 2016 – Carolin Emcke (Seyla Benhabib) 2015 – Navid Kermani (Norbert Miller) 2014 – Jaron Lanier (Martin Schulz) 2013 – Svetlana Alexievich (Karl Schlögel) 2012 – Liao Yiwu (Felicitas von Lovenberg) 2011 – Boualem Sansal (Peter von Matt) 2010 – David Grossman (Joachim Gauck) 2000 – 2009 2009 – Claudio Magris (Karl Schlögel) 2008 – Anselm Kiefer (Werner Spies) 2007 – Saul Friedländer (Wolfgang Frühwald) 2006 – Wolf Lepenies (Andrei Pleșu) 2005 – Orhan Pamuk (Joachim Sartorius) 2004 – Péter Esterházy (Michael Naumann) 2003 – Susan Sontag (Ivan Nagel) 2002 – Chinua Achebe (Theodor Berchem) 2001 – Jürgen Habermas (Jan Philipp Reemtsma) 2000 – Assia Djebar (Barbara Frischmuth) 1990 – 1999 1999 – Fritz Stern (Bronisław Geremek) 1998 – Martin Walser (Frank Schirrmacher) 1997 – Yaşar Kemal (Günter Grass) 1996 – Mario Vargas Llosa (Jorge Semprún) 1995 – Annemarie Schimmel (Roman Herzog) 1994 – Jorge Semprún (Wolf Lepenies) 1993 – Friedrich Schorlemmer (Richard von Weizsäcker) 1992 – Amos Oz (Siegfried Lenz) 1991 – György Konrád (Jorge Semprún) 1990 – Karl Dedecius (Heinrich Olschowsky) 1980 – 1989 1989 – Václav Havel (André Glucksmann) 1988 – Siegfried Lenz (Yohanan Meroz) 1987 – Hans Jonas (Robert Spaemann) 1986 – Władysław Bartoszewski (Hans Maier) 1985 – Teddy Kollek (Manfred Rommel) 1984 – Octavio Paz (Richard von Weizsäcker) 1983 – Manès Sperber (Siegfried Lenz) 1982 – George F.