title: Hugo Portisch
text: # 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
  
  * 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
  