Margrit Sprecher receives lifetime achievement award
Margrit Sprecher is receiving the Reinhardt von Graffenried Lifetime Achievement Award for her life's work. The Fondation Reinhardt von Graffenried states that the journalist has had a significant influence on German-language journalism through her numerous reports and articles.
Sprecher's books "Leben und Sterben im Todestrakt" (Living and Dying on Death Row) and "Ungebetene Besuche" (Uninvited Visits) have attracted a great deal of attention, the foundation announced on Friday.
According to the press release, the Graubünden-born journalist is the first Swiss journalist to receive the 20,000 Swiss franc award. The prize will be presented to her on April 27 in Bern. It is the fifth award for the journalist: in 1985, she was awarded the International Journalism Prize Klagenfurt. This was followed by the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize Hamburg in 1992, the Zurich Press Association Prize in 2003 and the Grisons Literature Prize in 2008. (SDA)
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