Hugo Portisch

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

Awards and honours

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

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.

External links

Hugo Portisch - Kosmopolit, Humanist und überzeugter Europäer

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