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
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 adress thus changed to Hugo-Portisch-Gasse 1.
 * 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