Christophe Plantin Prize

The Christophe Plantin Prize (French: Prix Christoffel Plantin), is a Belgian civilian prize, intended to reward a Belgian citizen who resides abroad, who has made significant contributions to cultural, artistic or scientific activities.

Named after noted printer Christophe Plantin, the prize was created in 1968 on the initiative of:

• Dr. Baron Ludo van Bogaert, doctor
• Baron Roger Avermaete, writer
• Hugo van Kuyck, architect
• Maurits Naessens, banker
• OJ Van de Perre, industrialist

Funded by voluntary contributions, the prize consists of a 10,000 € fund and a medal created by Antwerp artist May Néama. On one side the medal has a portrait of Christoffel Plantin, accompanied by his statement: "I have more hope in posteriority than in the current world population." To the reverse is an old picture of Antwerp quays, with a compass and another statement of Plantin: "Labore and Constantia."

Winners

Year	Winner	Art	Resides	Notes
1968	Armand HENNEUSE	Poetry	Lyon
1969	Antoon VOLLEMAERE	Mayan paleography	Bujumbura
1970	Albert VAN DEN BRANDEN, S.J.	Theology	Lebanese University
1971	Pierre LEON	Music	Bonn Opera
1972	Jean DEVAUX	Arts and Ballet	Guatemala
1973	Jan YOORS	Artist	New York City
1974	Pierre RIJCKMANS	Sinologist	Australian National University
1975	Robert VLIEGEN	Music	Osaka College of Music
1976	Paul DETIENNE, S.J.	Languages	India	Author and Bengali translator
1977	Claude ALARD	Sculptor	Bourges
1978	Mgr. Jose RUYSSCHAERT	Religion	Vatican	1965 - vice-prefect, Vatican library 1971 - Honorary chaplain to Pope Paul VI
1979	Professor Dr. Karel MAERTENS	Medicine	University of Kinshasa
1980	Professor Pierre van RUTTEN	Ethetics and semantics	University of Ottawa
1981	Henri R. LERIBAUX	Nuclear science	Texas A&M University
1982	Professor B. HENDRICKX	History	University of Johannesburg
1983	Philippe FALISSE	Music	India	traditional music of Dhrupad
1984	Charles L. SCHEPENS	Medicine	United States
1985	Edouard VERSTEYLEN	Archeology	Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú
1986	Doctor Gabrielle WILLE	Drug addiction	Universidad del Norte
1987	Luc CROEGAERT, S.J.	African studies	Africa
1988	Nicole DACOS	Philosophy	Academia Belgica
1989	Doctor Ghislaine GODENNE	Medicine	University of Maryland, College Park
1990	Willem A. Grootaers, C.I.C.M.	Dialect	Fu Jen Catholic University and Sophia University	Japanese women
1991	Jan OF YOUR	Philosophy	Academia of Investigaciòn Científica Mexican
1992	Doctor Emile L. Boulpaep	Medicine	Yale University
1993	Doctor Marc R. of LEVAL	Medicine	Great Ormond Street Hospital
1994	Doctor Lilyan Kesteloot	Culture and litereature of Africa	University of Dakar
1995	Ferdinand of TRAZEGNIES there GRANDA	Lawyer	Ambassador
1998	Doctor Jan Modest Quaegebuer	Medicine	Columbia University
1999	Robert Cailliau		CERN	co-creator of the World Wide Web
2000	Professor Lutgarde Buydens	Pharmacology	University of Nijmegen
2001	Robert Casteels	Performing Arts	LASALLE College of the Arts
2002	Pierre De Meyts	Medicine	Hagedorn Research Institute
2003	Professor Eduardo Dargent Chamot	History of Nutrition	St. Mary's University
2004	Professor Christian Wellekens	Computer voice recognition	Institut Eurécom
2005	Professor Hervé Bourlard	Computer sciences	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2006	Professor Dr. Bart Willem Kempenaers		Max Planck Institute
2007	Dirk van Braeckel	Automotive design	Bentley Motors	Design Bentley Continental GTC
2008	Professor Patrick De Deckker	Research/Lecturer Past climates, earth's history	Australian National University

External links

• Christophe Plantin Prize website