The 2013 Thurgau Culture Prize, endowed with CHF 20,000, goes to author and director Leopold Huber. With this award, the cantonal government recognizes the achievements of the theater man and long-time director of the See-Burgtheater Kreuzlingen, which he has developed into an important cultural event in Thurgau.
Leopold Huber has made a name for himself as an author of books, radio plays and screenplays, but in particular as a director and producer in the fields of drama, musical theater and film, both in Thurgau and in the German-speaking world, writes the canton of Thurgau.
Leopold Huber was born in Upper Austria in 1955. He has worked as a freelance author, film and theater director since 1981. In 1990, he was a member of the founding ensemble of the See-Burgtheater Kreuzlingen (as dramaturge). He has co-directed the theater with Astrid Keller since 1993/94. He most recently directed "Die schwarze Spinne" by Jeremias Gotthelf (2010), "Der Zerrissene" by Johann Nestroy (2011), "The Black Rider" by Tom Waits (2012) and currently "Die Dreigroschenoper" by Bertolt Brecht (2013).
The Thurgau Culture Prize will be presented on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at a public ceremony on the lake stage in Kreuzlingen by Cantonal Councillor Monika Knill, Head of the Department of Education and Culture.
