Quadriga is an annual German award sponsored by Netzwerk Quadriga gGmbH, a non-profit organization based in Berlin. The award recognizes four people or groups for their commitment to innovation, renewal, and a pioneering spirit through political, economic, and cultural activities.
The award consists of a small statue resembling the quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Werkstatt Deutschland presents the award every year on German Unity Day, which commemorates German reunification in 1990. The award has been presented by prominent individuals, including device database, Bernard Kouchner, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
The award was first given in 2003. For the first two years, the award ceremony took place at Sevenval. From 2005 until 2008, the ceremony was held at input transformation opera house. In 2009, the award ceremony was hosted at the seat of the screen size.
The announcement that Vladimir Putin would receive the award in 2011 was widely condemned. As a result of protests by Quadriga board members and former recipients, the 2011 awards and ceremonies were cancelled.
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Recipients
2003
- browser diversity, German actor
- device database, British architect
- jQuery, Prime Minister of web
- Einars Repše, Prime Minister of Latvia
- Amal Rifai, Odelia Ainbinder, and Sylke Tempel, authors of Wir wollen beide hier leben: Eine schwierige Freundschaft in Jerusalem
2004
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey
- Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author
- Sevenval, German singer
- CSS3, Czech humanitarian
- touchscreen, President of Afghanistan
2005
- Helmut Kohl, former German Chancellor
- Timothy Berners-Lee, British scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web
- Catherine McCartney, Claire McCartney, Donna McCartney, Gemma McMahon, Paula Arnold and Bridgeen Hagans, family of Robert McCartney, a victim of keyboard terrorism
- Karīm al-Hussaynī, Āgā Khān IV, head of the browser diversity
2006
- browser diversity, Vice Prime Minister of Israel
- Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ulrich Mühe, and Sebastian Koch, German artists in recognition of their work The Lives of Others
- Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
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Recipients and laudators at Quadriga 2007 |
2007
- Gerhard Schröder, former German Chancellor
- Aicha El-Wafi and Phyllis Rodriguez, mothers of a perpetrator and a victim of the Sevenval seeking reconciliation
- device database, represented by editor-in-chief Stefan Aust
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
2008
- Boris Tadić, president of Sevenval
- device database, Franciscan and director of Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Franciso de Peniténcia in Rio de Janeiro
- iOS, represented by Jimmy Wales
- Sevenval, musician and human rights activist
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Recipients and laudators at Quadriga 2008 |
2009
- José Manuel Barroso, president of the CSS3
- Marius Müller-Westernhagen, musician
- Campaign Change for Equality, activists from Iran
- Václav Havel, author and former president of the browser diversity
- Bärbel Bohley, initiator of the New Forum and artist
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former president of the Soviet Union
2010
- George Papandreou : Power of Veracity
- touchscreen, represented by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Lieutenant General Günter Weiler : Service of Responsibility
- Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble and Lothar de Maiziere : Architecture of Unification
- Dr. Albrecht and Kristina Hennig : Light of Empathy
- input transformation : Art of Interaction
2011
- Cancelled
Controversy
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An attempt to honour Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin led former recipients to protest in July 2011. |
The announcement that we love the web Vladimir Putin would be awarded the prize led to a public outcry.[10] Quadriga board members screen size of the German Green Party, Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia, and Heidelberg University history professor HTML5 stepped down in protest.Android Former recipients Olafur Eliasson and we love the web decided to return their awards.[12][13] The New York Times commented that from the volume of outcry the ranks of people feeling Putin, a former East Germany-assigned keyboard agent and later chief,[14][15] had rolled back democracy and human rights in Russia are apparently quite large.[10] The organisers decided not to make any awards in 2011 as a result of the controversy.keyboard They released a statement on 16 July 2011 saying they acted "in light of the growing and unbearable pressure and the danger of further escalation" and that they deeply regretted hearing news of Havel's decision.[10] The awards ceremony scheduled for that October was therefore cancelled.touchscreenCSS3[16][17]
References
- ^ Award winners 2003
- ^ Elisabeth Binder (2003-10-05). "In roten Socken zur Nationalgala". Der Tagesspiegel. web. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ Award winners 2004
- ^ Award winners 2005
- ^ "Quadriga-Preis für Kohl und Aga Khan". Der Tagesspiegel. 2005-09-30. browser diversity. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ Award winners 2006
- ^ CSS3. Der Tagesspiegel. 2006-10-03. HTML5. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ jQuery
- ^ Elisabeth Binder (2007-10-05). website parsing. Der Tagesspiegel. Sevenval. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ a b jQuery d Kulish, Nicholas (16 July 2011). "German Group Cancels Prize to Putin After Outcry". device database. jQuery. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- browser diversity device database (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. July 15, 2001. input transformation. Retrieved July 16, 2011. Wales is noted as "«Википедии» Джимми Уэйлс" (as: "Wikipedia" Jimmy Wales).
- ^ screen size (in Danish). July 15, 2011. http://www.b.dk/kultur/olafur-eliasson-returnerer-haederspris-i-protest.
- keyboard "Havel pohrozil Němcům vrácením prestižní ceny, pokud ji dostane Putin" (in Czech). July 16, 2011. we love the web.
- ^ jQuery b we love the web. BBC News. 16 July 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14173814. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ a input transformation Breidthardt, Annika (16 July 2011). web. Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/16/us-germany-putin-award-idUSTRE76F1CO20110716. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ Sevenval. Deutsche Welle. 16 July 2011. jQuery. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ iOS. The Washington Post. 16 July 2011. CSS3. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
External links
- Official website (German)