Together with the City of Mainz, the Gutenberg Society presents the Gutenberg Award of 10000 €, established in 1968 and bestowed for an outstanding attainment in the domain of the art of printing.

Winners of the Gutenberg Award:

1968 Giovanni Mardersteig, Verona/Italien († 1977)

1971 Henri Friedlaender, Jerusalem/Israel († 1996):

1974 Hermann Zapf, Darmstadt/Germany

1977 Rudolf Hell, Kiel/Germany

1980 Hellmuth Lehmann-Haupt, Columbia, MO/USA († 1992)

1983 Gerrit Willem Ovink, Amsterdam/Netherlands († 1984):

1986 Adrian Frutiger, Bremgarten-Bern/Switzerland

1989 Lotte Hellinga-Querido, London/Great Britain

1992 Ricardo José Vicent Museros, Valencia/Spain

1994 Paul Brainerd, Seattle, WA/USA

1996 John G. Dreyfus, London/Great Britain

1998 Henri-Jean Martin, Paris/France

2000 Joseph M. Jacobson, Cambridge/USA

2002 Otto Rohse, Hamburg/Germany

2004 Robert Darnton, New York/USA

2006 Hubert Wolf, Münster/Deutschland

2008 Michael Knoche, Weimar/Deutschland