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MEMBERS OF HONOR

Last updated: 23-04-2024

Welcome to the esteemed list of Honorary Members within the Union Internationale de la Marionnette!

Here, we proudly present the distinguished individuals who have been honored by UNIMA for their exceptional contributions to the art of puppetry since 1929. As outlined in the statutes of Union Internationale de la Marionnette, individuals of outstanding merit in the advancement of puppetry, whose work attains international recognition, are appointed as honorary members of UNIMA.

Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of these esteemed individuals, organized by country and year of recognition. From the pioneers of the early 20th century to the contemporary masters shaping the future of puppetry, each member has left an indelible mark on the art of puppetry.

 

Argentina

  1. Javier VILLAFANE 1988, (1909-1996)
  2. Luis Alberto SANCHEZ VERA 1992, (1929-2010)
  3. Gabriel GUAIRA CASTILLA 2019

Australia

  1. Edith Constance MURRAY 1980, (1897-1988)
  2. Axel AXELRAD 1996, (1919-2018)
  3. Norman HETHERINGTON 2008, (1921-2010)
  4. Richard BRADSHAW 2016, (1938-)
  5. Lyndon Peter WILSON 2021

Austria

  1. Anton AICHER 1962 posthumous, (1859-1930) 
  2. Richard TESCHNER 1962 posthumous,  (1879-1948)
  3. Hermann AICHER 1969, (1901-1977) 

Belgium

  1. Michel GHELDERODE 1969 posthumous, (1898-1962)
  2. Pierre WELLEMAN 1969, (1892-1974) 
  3. Hubert ROMAN 2004, (1937-2010)

Belorussia

  1. Alina FOMINA 2000, (1942-)

Bulgaria

  1. Mara PENKOWA 1972 posthumous, (1894-1969)
  2. Niculina GEORGIEVA 1988, (1931-2016)
  3. Eugen FABIANY 1992, (1924-2011)

Canada

  1. Micheline LEGENDRE 2000, (1923-2010)

Chile

  1. Ana Maria ALLENDES 2016, (1942-)

Croatia

  1. Drago PUTNIKOVIC 1992, (1933-2013) 
  2. Kosovka KUZAT-SPAIC 2000, (1933-2005)
  3. Luko PALJETAK 2004, (1943-)
  4. Zlatko BOUREK 2016, (1929-2018)

Cuba

  1. Carucha CAMEJO 2012, (1927-2012)
  2. Rene FERNANDEZ SANTANA 2016, (1944-)

Czechoslovakia

  1. Vasek SOJKA 1929 posthumous, (1905-1926) 
  2. Karel DRIML 1930 posthumous, (1891-1929) 
  3. Jindrich VESELY 1958 posthumous,  (1885-1939)
  4. Josef  SKUPA 1958 posthumous,  (1892-1957)
  5. Vojtich SUCHARDA 1958,  (1884-1968) 
  6. Vaclav SOJKA-SOLOLOV 1958 posthumous, (1876-1966)
  7. Vit SKALA 1958, (1883-1967)
  8. Vaclav STRUZNY 1958 posthumous,
  9. Vaclav BINOVEC,  (1892-1976)
  10. Nazi KTSKA, (1900 1969)
  11. Gustav NOSEK 1960, (1887-1974)
  12. Jiri TRNKA 1960, (1912-1969)
  13. Ota BUBENICEK 1962 posthumous, (1871-1962) 
  14. Frantisek CECH 1962 posthumous, (1898-1951) 
  15. Jirina SKUPOVA 1969, (1895-1970) 
  16. Kamil BEDNAR 1972 posthumous, (1912-1972) 
  17. Erik KOLAR 1972, (1906-1976)
  18. Zdenek BEZDEK 1976 posthumous, (1919-1975)
  19. Jan OZABAL1984 posthumous, (1914-1981) 
  20. Jan DVORAK 1988, (1925-2006)

Estonia

  1. Ferdinand VEIKE 2004, (1924-2015)
  2. Rein AGUR 2008, (1935-)
  3. Harry GUSTAVSON 2019

Finland

  1. Mona LEO 1976, (1903-1989)
  2. Sirppa SIVORI-ASP 1992, (1928-2006)

France

  1. Andre HARDY 1929, (1887-1986)
  2. Eleonore NEICHTHAUSER 1930 posthumous, (1860-1930) 
  3. Paul JEANNE 1958 posthumous, (1876-1953)  
  4. Gaston BATY 1958 posthumous, (1885-1952)
  5. Marcel TEMPORAL 1960, (1881-1964)
  6. Geza BLATTNER (France/Hungary) 1962, (1893-1967)
  7. Jacques CHESNAIS 1969, (1907-1971)
  8. Marion TOURNON-BRANLY 1980, (1924-2016) 
  9. Jean Loup TEMPORAL 1984 posthumous, (1921-1983)
  10. Philllip GENTY 2016, (1938-)

Germany

  1. Wilhelm LOWENHAUPT 1958 posthumous, (1872-1935)
  2. Ivo PUHONNY 1958 posthumous, (1876-1940)
  3. Fritz WORTELMANN 1958, (1902-1976) 
  4. Ernst EHLERT 1960,  (1881-1965) 
  5. Xavier SCHICHTL (Jean Xavier August SCHICHTL) 1962,  (1888-1965)
  6. Marie JANSSEN 1966, (1876-1970)
  7. Ludwig KRAFFT 1966, (1901-1977)
  8. Heinrich M. DENNENBORG 1969, (1909-1987)
  9. Harro SIEGEL1969, (1900-1985)
  10. Walter TRIER 1972 posthumous, (1890-1951) 
  11. Peter Anton KASTNER 1972 posthumous, (1899-1967)
  12. Luise JENS-MATTHIESEN 1972 posthumous, (1890-1972) 
  13. Karel MAGERSUPPE 1972, (1900-1981)
  14. Ernst ROTTGER 1972, (1899-1968) 
  15. Hans Richard PURSCHKE 1980, (1911-1986)
  16. Friedrich ARNDT 1984, (1905-1985)
  17. Albrecht ROSER 1988, (1922-2011)
  18. Otto LINK 1958, (1888-1959) 
  19. Herbert OESTREICH 1969, (1904-1970) 
  20. Jutta BALK 1972, (1902-1987)  
  21. Carl SCHRODER 1972, (1904-1997)
  22. Eugen SINGLDINGER 1972, (1889-1978)
  23. Felix LORENZ 1976, (1907-1987)
  24. Inge BORDE-KLEIN 1984, (1917-2006)
  25. Rolf MAESER (MASER) 1992, (1925-2007) 
  26. Gisela LOHMANN 1996, (1922-2008)
  27. Dieter BRUNNER 2000, (1942-) 
  28. Reiner REUCHS 2016, (1939-)

Great Britain

  1. Edward Gordon CRAIG 1958, (1872-1967)
  2. Olive BLACKHAM 1966, (1899-2002)
  3. Lotte REINGER 1966, (1899-1981)
  4. Gerald MORICE 1969, (1907-1986)
  5. Alan COLLINGRIDGE 1972 posthumous, (1900-1972) 
  6. H.W. WHANSLAW 1972 posthumous, (1883-1965)
  7. Muriel LANCHESTER 1972, (1901-1992)
  8. Waldo S. LANCHESTER 1972, (1897-1978)
  9. Jan BUSSELL 1976, (1909-1985)
  10. Ann HOGARTH 1976, (1910-1993) 
  11. George SPEAIGHT 1976, (1914-2005)
  12. Tom E. HOWARD 1976, (1904-1997)
  13. Franciszka THEMERSON 1976, (1907-1988) 
  14. A.R. PHILPOTT 1984 posthumous, (1904-1978)
  15. John BLUNDALL 1988, (1937-2014)
  16. Percy PRESS jr 1992, (1922-1997)
  17. Ray DASILVA 2004, (1933-)
  18. Penny FRANCIS 2012, (1931-2023)

Hungary

  1. Sandor TOTH 1969, (1904-1980)
  2. Bela BUKY 1972, (1899-1983)
  3. Emillia LAKATOS 1972, (1906-1986)
  4. Andor LEVICZKY 1976, (1902-1978)
  5. Vincene MESZAROS 1976, (1912-) 
  6. Henrik KEMENY 1980, (1925-2011)
  7. Laszlo VISVARI (VIZVARI) 1984, (1919-2003)
  8. Terez SED 1992, (1917-2010)
  9. Lajos KOS 1996, (1924-2008) 
  10. Dezso SZILAGYI 2000, (1922-2010)
  11. Ivan KOOS 2000 posthumous, (1927-1999)

India

  1. Kamaladevi CHATTOPADPYAY 1980, (1903-1988)
  2. Meher R. CONCRACTOR 1992, (1918-1992)

Iran

  1. Nosrat KARIMI 2019

Ireland

  1. George Bernard SHAW 1958 posthumous, (1856-1950)

Italy

  1. Vittorio Podrecca PODRECCA 1960, (1883-1959)
  2. Antonio PASQUALINO 1984, (1931-1995)
  3. Maria SIGNORELLI 1988, (1908-1992)
  4. Otello SARZI 1996, (1922-2001)
  5. Cesare FELICI 2004, (1923-2005) 
  6. Marianne Vibaek PASQUALINO 2008, (1933-)
  7. Mariano DOLCI 2012, (1937-)

Japan

  1. Yoshida BUNGORO 1960, (1869-1962) 
  2. Munjuro KIRITAKE (Sakichi ISOWAKA) 1969, (1900-1970) 
  3. Yoshida CHIYOKATSU 1972, (1907-1989) 
  4. Yuki SESSAI (Magosaburo X) 1972, (1907-1997) 
  5. Kinosuke OE 1976, (1906-1997)
  6. Kamematsu KIRITAKE 1976, (1905-1988)
  7. Jiro NAN’E 1984, (1902-1982)
  8. Taiji KAWAJIRI 1988, (1914-1994)
  9. Hiroko KAWAJIRI 1988 posthumous, (1923-1969) 
  10. Kinosuke TAKEDA 1992 posthumous, (1923-1979) 
  11. Rintaro SUDA 1996, (1928-2011) 
  12. Ryuho NISHIKAWA (Koryu IV) 2000, (1922-2000)
  13. Uno KOSHIRO 2008,  (1929-2015) 
  14. Sennosuke TAKEDA 2012, (1930-2021)

Mexico

  1. Mireya CUETO Velazquez 1988, (1922-2013)

Netherlands

  1. Harry VAN TUSSENBOREK 1962, (1879-1963)
  2. Guido VAN DETH 1972 posthumous, (1913-1969)
  3. Wim MEILINK 1972 posthumous, (1908-1971)
  4. Felicia Beck VAN DETH 1984, (1931-2015)
  5. Hetty PAERL 2016, (1931-2020) 
  6. Damiet VAN DALSUM, 2019

Peru

  1. Maria Victoria MORALES DE ARAMAYO 2019

Poland

  1. Jan SZTAUDYNGER 1960, (1904-1970) 
  2. Stanislaw DOBROWOLSKI 1960, (1907-1985) 
  3. Maria KOWNACKA 1962, (1894-1982) 
  4. Zofia JAREMOWA 1976, (1919-2008)
  5. Henryk JURKOWSKI 1984, (1927-2016)
  6. Marta JANIC 1988, (1914-1997-)
  7. Stanislaw OCHMANSKI 1996, (1929-2023) 
  8. Leokadia SERAFINAOWICZ 2000, (1915-2007) 
  9. Adam KILIAN 2008, (1923-2016)

Romania

  1. Lucia CALOMERI 1958 posthumous, (1883-1955)
  2. Marcel BRESLASU 1960, (1903-1966)
  3. Antigona PAPAZICOPOL 1976, (1915-1998)
  4. Florica TEODORU 1976, (-1984) 
  5. Dorina TANACESCU 1976, (1920-2003)
  6. Horia DAVIDESCU 1988, (1921-2018)
  7. Ildiko KOVACS 1992, (1927-2008)

Russia

  1. Irina ZHAROVTSEVA  (JAROVTSEVA) 2000, (1932-2003) 
  2. Valery SHADSKY 2016, (1949-)

Slovakia

  1. Vladimir SIVACEK 2004, (1942-) 

Slovenia

  1. Edi MAJARON 2010, (1940-)

South Africa

  1. Lily HERZBERG 1980, (1918-2006)

South Korea

  1. Kyung-Hee LEE 1996, (1932-)
  2. Ock-Rang KIM 2016, (1945-)

Spain

  1. Harry V. TOZER 1988, (1902-1999)
  2. Herta FRANKEL 1992, (1913-1996)
  3. Guadalupe TEMPESTINI 2019

Sri Lanka

  1. Jayadeva TILAKASIRI 2004, (1921-2018) 

Sweden

  1. Michael MESCHKE 1996, (1931-)

Switzerland

  1. Jakob FLACH 1969, (1894-1982)
  2. Therese KELLER 1972 posthumous, (1923-1972)
  3. Richard KOELNER 1976, (1904-1993)
  4. Marcelle MOYNIER 1976, (1888-1980)
  5. Rudolf STOSSEL (STOESSEL) 1984, (1903-1998) 
  6. Gustav GYSIN 2016 posthumous, (1928-2015)

Turkey

  1. Tuncay TANBOGA (Hayali Torun Celebei) 1996, (1937-1997)
  2. Metin AND 2000, (1927-2008)

USA

  1. Tony SARG 1958 posthumous, (1880-1942)
  2. Paul MCPHARLIN 1958 posthumous, (1903-1948)
  3. Romain PROCTOR 1962 posthumous, (1899-1961)
  4. Remo BUFANO 1962 posthumous, (1889-1948)
  5. Marjorie BATCHELDER MCPHARLIN 1966, (1903-1997)
  6. Vivian MICHAEL 1969, (1894-1976)
  7. Rufus ROSE 1972, (1904-1975)
  8. Margo ROSE 1972, (1903-1997)
  9. Jim HENSON 1976, (1936-1990)
  10. Bil BAIRD 1980, (1904-1987)
  11. Mollie Peck FALKENSTEIN 1980, (1906-1992)
  12. Frank BALLARD 1984, (1929-2010)
  13. Nancy Lohman STAUB 1988, (1933-)
  14. Allelu KURTEN 1992, (1930-2016)
  15. Peter SCHUMANN 1996, (1934-)
  16. George LATSHAW 2000, (1923-2006)
  17. Vincent ANTHONY 2010 
  18. Alan COOK 2012, (1932-2019) 
  19. Andrew  PERIALE 2016, (1952-)
  20. Bonnie PERIALE 2016
  21. Karen SMITH 2021, (1954-)

USSR

  1. Ivan ZIETSEV 1958 posthumous, (1865-1930)
  2. Ivan EFIMOV 1958 posthumous, (1878-1958)
  3. Nina EFIMOVA 1958 posthumous, (1877-1948)
  4. Andrey (Andrei) Yakovlevich FEDOTOV 1962, (1900-1963)
  5. Liubov’ Vasil’evna SHAPORINA-YAKOLEVA 1962, (1885-1967) 
  6. Evgeny SHAVARTS 1962 posthumous, (1896-1958) 
  7. Evgeny DEMMENI 1972 posthumous, (1898-1969)
  8. Petr BOGATYREV 1972, (1893-1971) 
  9. Asmik A. GEOZALIAN 1972  posthumous, (1879-1947)
  10. Georgi I. MIKELADSE (MIKELADZE) 1972, (1892-1974)
  11. Sergei OBRAZTSOV 1976, (1901-1992)
  12. Lenora SHPET 1976, (1905-1976)
  13. Nina V. GERNET 1980, (1899-1982)
  14. Eugeni SPERANSKI 1984, (1903-1999)
  15. Georgi TURAEV 1988, (1923-2011-) 

Venezuela

  1. Ezequiel Jesus Arangú FERNÁNDEZ 2019

Yugoslavia

  1. Milan KLEMENCIC 1958 posthumous, (1875-1957)
  2. Joze PENGOV 1969 posthumous, (1916-1968)
  3. Milajlo VALTROVIC 1972, (1839-1915)
  4. Marija KULUNDZIC 1984, (1916-1998)