Hugo Portisch (19 February 1927 – 1 April 2021) was a longstanding, broadly recognized and popular Austrian journalist, as well as a writer.[1][2]

Hugo Portisch, 2009

Awards and honours

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  • 2010: Concordia Honorary Award
  • 2012: Julius Raab Medal[3]
  • 2014: renewed Journalist of the Year Award for his life's work[4]
  • 2015: Viktor Frankl Prize[5]
  • 2016: Honorary Citizen of St. Pölten[6]
  • 2018: Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna[7]
  • 2019: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria[8]


In October 2022, a part of Würzburggasse, a street in Vienna, was renamed in Portisch's honour. The location was chosen as the ORF is headquartered here: Its address thus changed to Hugo-Portisch-Gasse 1.

References

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  1. ^ "1927–2021: Hugo Portisch ist tot". news.ORF.at. April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hugo Portisch: Der leidenschaftliche Welterklärer". profil.at. April 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Harald Mahrer verleiht goldene Julius-Raab-Medaille an Christian Konrad". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ^ "derStandard.at". www.derstandard.at. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ^ "VIKTOR FRANKL INSTITUT. Preisträger / Übersicht". 2017-09-29. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ Helmreich-Haag, Mag Dagmar. "Dr. Hugo Portisch ist Ehrenbürger". St. Pölten (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  7. ^ margaretha.kopeinig (2018-04-12). "Hugo Portisch wird Ehrenbürger von Wien". kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  8. ^ red, wien ORF at/Agenturen (2019-12-18). "Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Hugo Portisch". wien.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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