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09/29/2023 | Pressemitteilung

Holger Ehrhardt honored with European Fairy Tale Award

The Kassel-based German scholar Prof. Dr. Holger Ehrhardt received the European Fairy Tale Prize 2023 yesterday (September 28) in Volkach. The Walter Kahn Fairy Tale Foundation honored Ehrhardt's services to research on the Brothers Grimm.

Image: Fairy Tale Foundation Walter Kahn.
From left: Prof. Dr. Harm-Peer Zimmermann (board member of the Walter Kahn Fairytale Foundation), Prof. Dr. Holger Ehrhardt, Mara Hoffmann, Dr. Susanne Hose (chair of the board of trustees), Dr. Christina Niem (laudator of the Lutz Röhrich Prize), Roland Kahn (Chairman of the Board).

Ehrhardt holds a professorship for the work and impact of the Brothers Grimm at the University of Kassel. In recent years, he has repeatedly attracted attention beyond Germany's borders with the results of his research. For example, he meticulously analyzed sources to identify the "Marburg Fairy Tale Woman" who told Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm the fairy tale of Cinderella.

Erhardt has "helped Grimm research in Germany to achieve the highest reputation, so that his professorship is also perceived internationally as a beacon of Grimm research", according to the foundation. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.