The GDCh Board has decided to rename the "GDCh award for journalists and writers" to "GDCh prize for journalism and literature". The new inclusive name makes it clear that equal opportunities have a high priority in the GDCh.
The GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature (previously GDCh Prize for journalists and writers) is awarded for outstanding journalistic or literary achievements, regardless of the language, which contribute in a special way to the dissemination of chemical science content in German-speaking countries. In 1980 a prize for journalists and in 1997 a prize for writers were set up at the GDCh. Both prizes were awarded alternately until they were merged into the GDCh award for journalists and writers in 2008, which was renamed in 2021.
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) is awarding the 2024 GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature to author Bonnie Garmus and the translation team, consisting of Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann, for their book "A Question of Chemistry." With her 2022 book "A Question of Chemistry" (original title: Lessons in Chemistry), Bonnie Garmus published a bestseller that not only features "chemistry" in its title but also addresses chemical issues. For example, she addresses the chemistry of cooking and the role chemistry may have played in the origin of life. The translation team of Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann did an outstanding job translating the book into German and making it accessible to German-speaking audiences.
| 2024 | Bonnie Garmus, Ulrike Wesel and Klaus Timmermann |
| 2022 | Lars Fischer, fischblog.com |
| 2020 | Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim |
| 2016 | Chemistry Editorial staff of the German Wikipedia |
| 2014 | Michael Groß, Oxford/UK |
| 2012 | Vera Köster, Weinheim |
| 2010 | Georg Schwedt, Bonn |
| 2008 | Klaus Roth, Berlin |
| 2003 | John Emsley, Ampthill/UK |
| 2001 | Carl Djerassi, Stanford/USA |
| 1997 | Dietrich Stolzenberg, Hamburg |
| 2006 | Hellmuth Nordwig, Fürstenfeldbruck |
| 1997 | Axel Fischer, Munich |
| 1996 | Jean Pütz, Cologne |
| 1992 | Rainer Flöhl, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1991 | Hubert Nachtsheim, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1988 | Friedrich L. Boschke, Bammental |
| 1987 | Reinhold Ellmer, Schwerte |
| 1986 | Otto Krätz, Munich |
| 1983 | Ernst H. Haux, Bonn |
| 1981 | Hans Jürgen Bersch, Mainz |
Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, University of Leipzig (lead)
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Charlotte Gerischer, JCF Berlin
Dr. Peter Gölitz, former Wiley-VCH
Dr. Michael Groß, science journalist, Oxford
Dr. Tom Kinzel, GDCh Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Holger Wormer, Technical University of Dortmund
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