Laureates
- 1977: Norbert Elias (sociologist)
- 1980: Jürgen Habermas (sociologist)
- 1983: Günther Anders (philosopher)
- 1986: Michael Gielen (composer)
- 1989: Leo Löwenthal (sociologist)
- 1992: Pierre Boulez (composer)
- 1995: Jean-Luc Godard (film director)
- 1998: Zygmunt Bauman (sociologist)
- 2001: Jacques Derrida (philosopher)
- 2003: György Ligeti (composer)
- 2006: Albrecht Wellmer (philosopher)
- 2009: Alexander Kluge (film director)
- 2012: Judith Butler (philosopher)
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