Charlemagne Medal goes to Italian publisher
Italian publisher Inge Schönthal-Feltrinelli is receiving this year's Karl Medal for European Media. She was honored for publishing many translations of works from other European countries through her publishing house.
She had thus created "a life's work that brings more diversity to the highly concentrated Italian media landscape", said Frauke Gerlach, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the "Médaille Charlemagne" association, explaining her decision.
Since 2000, the "Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens" has been awarded to European personalities or institutions who have made a special contribution to the process of European unification and the development of a European identity in the field of media. Previous winners include the director Fatih Akin and the organization Reporters Without Borders.
