Jan Assmann

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German egyptologist (1938-2024)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1938 to 2024 · aged 85

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Jan and his wife Aleida Assmann at the October 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair.

Awards 14

2022Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2018Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

2017Karl Jaspers Prize

2017Balzan Prize

2016Sigmund Freud Prize

2011Thomas Mann Prize

2007Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon

2006Alfried-Krupp Science Prize

2005honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1998Prize of the Historical College

1996Max Planck Research Award

honorary doctor of the University of Münster

honorary doctor of Yale University

honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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SpouseAleida Assmann

ChildDavid Assmann

ChildCorinna Assmann

Connected to Jan 6

Theodor W. HänschAlso won Alfried-Krupp Science PrizeHans BlumenbergAlso won Sigmund Freud PrizeClaudio MagrisAlso won Thomas Mann PrizeStanley B. PrusinerAlso won Max Planck Research AwardChristopher ClarkAlso won Prize of the Historical CollegeJean StarobinskiAlso won Karl Jaspers Prize

About this person

Country

Germany

Category

Academics

Type

Academic

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 85

Written about in

25 languages

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