Herder Prize recipients

Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)

Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)

Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)

Hungarian author (1929–2016)

Albanian writer (1936–2024)

Polish film director (1926–2016)

Estonian composer (born 1935)

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue (1882–1967)

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)

Croatian writer (1893–1981)

Polish composer (1933–2010)

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930-2017)

Hungarian writer (1950–2016)

Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure

Polish writer and poet (1924–1998)

Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translator

Estonian writer (1920–2007)

Polish social historian and politician (1932–2008)

Bulgarian musician (1899-1978)

Romanian writer and political figure (1880–1967)

Hungarian novelist (1933–2019)

Lithuanian poet (1930-2011)

Slovenian writer

Polish politician and activist (1922–2015)

Hungarian composer

Polish philosopher (1893–1970)

Hungarian poet (1902–1983)

Latvian composer (born 1946)

Romanian poet and essayist (1933–1983)

Bulgarian writer, politician (1922-2003)

Polish writer and journalist (born 1935)

Latvian writer (born 1952)

Yugoslav writer (1938–2013)

Slovak composer (1908–1993)

Greek archaeologist (1901–1974)

Macedonian writer (1921–1993)

Polish writer (1914–2001)

Bosnia and Herzegovina writer (1953–2023)

Romanian writer (1936–1996)

Hungarian writer, dentist (1901–1975)

Hungarian sculptor (1923-2019)

Romanian writer (1902–1974)

Slovak composer (1911–1989)

Hungarian musician (1905-2000)

Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist (1922-2010)

Hungarian writer (1930–2016)

Czechoslovak graphic, illustrator and painter (1935-1997)

Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet (1909–1987)

Croatian historian (1922–2012)

Estonian writer (1944–2017)

Polish composer

Czech poet, playwright, translator and artist (1914–2002)

Hungarian poet and translator (1929-2018)

Greek archaeologist and professor (1919-1992)

Polish historian (1916–2010)

Polish actor, theatre and film director, and politician (1924-2002)

Polish writer (1928-2000)

Polish archaeologist and egyptologist (1901–1981)

Lithuanian academic (1925-2018)