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Thaddäus-Troll-Preis
Thaddäus-Troll-Preis is a literary prize awarded by the ''Förderkreis deutscher Schriftsteller in Baden-Württemberg'', an organization that supports and sponsors writers in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The prize is awarded annually to German-language writers resident in the state and is named in honor of Thaddäus Troll, one of the founders of the organization. The prize money is €10,000. In 2023, the prize was renamed the Anna Haag Prize. Winners Source: *1981 Manfred Esser *1982 Katja Behrens *1983 Michael Spohn *1984 Rainer Wochele *1985 Gerhard Raff *1986 Rafik Schami *1987 Ernst Köhler (writer) *1988 Carmen Kotarski *1989 Eva Christina Zeller *1990 Hellmut G. Haasis *1991 Urs M. Fiechtner *1992 Thommie Bayer *1993 Harald Hurst *1994 Walle Sayer *1995 Michael Buselmeier *1996 Arnold Stadler *1997 Marcus Hammerschmitt *1998 Markus R. Weber *1999 Karl-Heinz Ott *2000 Joachim Zelter *2001 Anna Breitenbach *2003 Martin Gülich *2005 Angelika Overath *2007 Susa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaddäus Troll
Hans Bayer, known by the pseudonym Thaddäus Troll, (18 March 1914 – 5 July 1980) was a German journalist and writer and one of the most prominent modern poets in the Swabian German dialect. In his later years, he was also an active campaigner for libraries and for support, pension rights, and fair publishing contracts for writers. He was born in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart, and committed suicide there at the age of 66. The literary award Thaddäus-Troll-Preis is named in his honour. Life and career Thaddäus Troll was born Hans Bayer in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart. His family had a soap-making business in the town. After he finished his secondary education at the Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium, he worked briefly as a volunteer at a newspaper in Cannstatt. He then studied German, art history, comparative literature, theater, and journalism at the universities of Tübingen, Munich, Halle, and Leipzig, receiving his doctorate in 1938 from Leipzig University. Bayer served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
