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Martin Pollack

Austrian journalist (1944-2025) · Austria · Journalists · Died at 80

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Martin Pollack was an Austrian journalist, book author, translator, Slavist and historian. "One of Austria's most distinguished public intellectuals", Pollack propagated a fact-based truth and reconciliation in Austria for WWII crimes, which he saw as lacking in public discourse.

A life in dates

2025Died17 January 20252019Theodor Kramer prizeAward2018Johann-Heinrich-Merck-PreisAwardState Prize for Cultural JournalismAward2015Culture Award of Upper AustriaAward2011Leipzig Book Award for European UnderstandingAward2010Georg Dehio Book PrizeAward2007Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und HandelnAward2005Buch.PreisAward2003TranslatioAward1944Born23 May 1944

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Awards

Theodor Kramer prize2019
Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis2018
State Prize for Cultural Journalism2018
Culture Award of Upper Austria2015
Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding2011
Georg Dehio Book Prize2010
Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln2007
Buch.Preis2005
Translatio2003
Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

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Father: Gerhard Bast

About this person

Martin Pollack was an Austrian journalist, book author, translator, Slavist and historian. "One of Austria's most distinguished public intellectuals", Pollack propagated a fact-based truth and reconciliation in Austria for WWII crimes, which he saw as lacking in public discourse. Born into a family of devout Nazi supporters and war criminals at the end of World War II, Pollack managed to free himself from the beliefs of his family by way of his secondary schooling in the late 1950s in Salzburg.

Country
Austria
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2025 · aged 80

In common with Martin

Karl SchlögelBoth received Georg Dehio Book PrizeRenate WelshBoth received Theodor Kramer prizeErich HacklBoth received Theodor Kramer prizeThomas UrbanBoth received Georg Dehio Book PrizeRuth KlügerBoth received Theodor Kramer prizeGeorg Stefan TrollerBoth received Theodor Kramer prize

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