Christophe Plantin Prize

The Christophe Plantin Prize (French: Prix Christoffel Plantin), is a Belgian civilian prize, intended to reward a Belgian citizen who resides abroad, who has made significant contributions to cultural, artistic or scientific activities.

Named after noted printer Christophe Plantin, the prize was created in 1968 on the initiative of:

  • Dr. Baron Ludo van Bogaert, doctor
  • Baron Roger Avermaete, writer
  • Hugo van Kuyck, architect
  • Maurits Naessens, banker
  • OJ Van de Perre, industrialist

Funded by voluntary contributions, the prize consists of a 10,000 € fund and a medal created by Antwerp artist May Néama. On one side the medal has a portrait of Christoffel Plantin, accompanied by his statement: "I have more hope in posteriority than in the current world population." To the reverse is an old picture of Antwerp quays, with a compass and another statement of Plantin: "Labore and Constantia."

Winners
Year Winner Art Resides Notes
1968 Armand HENNEUSE Poetry Lyon
1969 Antoon VOLLEMAERE Mayan paleography Bujumbura
1970 Albert VAN DEN BRANDEN, S.J. Theology Lebanese University
1971 Pierre LEON Music Bonn Opera
1972 Jean DEVAUX Arts and Ballet Guatemala
1973 Jan YOORS Artist New York City
1974 Pierre RIJCKMANS Sinologist Australian National University
1975 Robert VLIEGEN Music Osaka College of Music
1976 Paul DETIENNE, S.J. Languages India Author and Bengali translator
1977 Claude ALARD Sculptor Bourges
1978 Mgr. Jose RUYSSCHAERT Religion Vatican 1965 - vice-prefect, Vatican library
1971 - Honorary chaplain to Pope Paul VI
1979 Professor Dr. Karel MAERTENS Medicine University of Kinshasa
1980 Professor Pierre van RUTTEN Ethetics and semantics University of Ottawa
1981 Henri R. LERIBAUX Nuclear science Texas A&M University
1982 Professor B. HENDRICKX History University of Johannesburg
1983 Philippe FALISSE Music India traditional music of Dhrupad
1984 Charles L. SCHEPENS Medicine United States
1985 Edouard VERSTEYLEN Archeology Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú
1986 Doctor Gabrielle WILLE Drug addiction Universidad del Norte
1987 Luc CROEGAERT, S.J. African studies Africa
1988 Nicole DACOS Philosophy Academia Belgica
1989 Doctor Ghislaine GODENNE Medicine University of Maryland, College Park
1990 Willem A. Grootaers, C.I.C.M. Dialect Fu-jen University Japanese women
1991 Jan OF YOUR Philosophy Academia of Investigaciòn Científica Mexican
1992 Doctor Emile L. Boulpaep Medicine Yale University
1993 Doctor Marc R. of LEVAL Medicine Great Ormond Street Hospital
1994 Doctor Lilyan Kesteloot Culture and litereature of Africa University of Dakar
1995 Ferdinand of TRAZEGNIES there GRANDA Lawyer Ambassador
1998 Doctor Jan Modest Quaegebuer Medicine Columbia University
1999 Robert Cailliau CERN co-creator of the World Wide Web
2000 Professor Lutgarde Buydens Pharmacology University of Nijmegen
2001 Robert Casteels Performing Arts LASALLE College of the Arts
2002 Pierre De Meyts Medicine Hagedorn Research Institute
2003 Professor Eduardo Dargent Chamot History of Nutrition St. Mary's University
2004 Professor Christian Wellekens Computer voice recognition Institut Eurécom
2005 Professor Hervé Bourlard Computer sciences École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2006 Professor Dr. Bart Willem Kempenaers Max Planck Institute
2007 Dirk van Braeckel[1] Automotive design Bentley Motors Design Bentley Continental GTC
2008 Professor Patrick De Deckker Research/Lecturer Past climates, earth's history Australian National University

References
  1. "Dirk van Braeckel receives top Belgian award". conceptcar.co.uk. 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
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