Hugo Portisch (19 February 1927 – 1 April 2021) was a longstanding, broadly recognized and popular Austrian journalist, as well as a writer.^[1][2]

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• 2010: Concordia Honorary Award
• 2012: Julius Raab Medal^[3]
• 2014: renewed Journalist of the Year Award for his life's work^[4]
• 2015: Viktor Frankl Prize^[5]
• 2016: Honorary Citizen of St. Pölten^[6]
• 2018: Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna^[7]
• 2019: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria^[8]

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.