Albatros Literaturpreis (or Internationaler Literaturpreis Albatros) was an international literary award given every two years by the based in
Bremen, Germany
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
. It was awarded only five times. The award was for contemporary authors in prose, poetry or essay writing including translated works. The prize was €40,000 split between author (€25,000)
and translator (€15,000).
The award went "to authors from around the world whose work is characterized by high literary quality and cultural and socio-political relevance."
[ See guidelines for awards, text translated from German.] In addition to "the excellent work of open thinking and the free discussion of all aspects of our lives, carrying with our world and our time".
[ Is also awarded to an outstanding translator who translated the work into German. The panel was convened by the Günter Grass Foundation. The right to nominate the winners lied exclusively with the jury. The award ceremony took place in Bremen.
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Honorees
*2006 Lidia Jorge (Author), Karin von Schweder-Schreiner (Translator), for her previous novels
*2008 Bora Ćosić
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(Author), Catherine Wolf Grießhaber (Translator), for his work to date
*2010 David Grossman
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In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.
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(Author), Anne Birch Hauer (Translator) for his novel '' Eine Frau flieht vor einer Nachricht''Dave Eggers
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(Author), Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann (Translator), for '' Zeitoun''
*2014 Julie Otsuka
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(Author), Katja Scholtz (Translator), for '' Wovon wir träumten''
References
External links
Internationaler Literaturpreis Albatros
official website (archive)
Literary awards of Bremen
Awards established in 2006
2006 establishments in Germany
German non-fiction literary awards
Translation awards
Günter Grass
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