The Aspekte-Literaturpreis (''Aspekte'' Literature Prize) is awarded annually for the best

debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ...

written in German, as judged by a panel of writers, critics, and scholars. The prize is sponsored by the

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television network through its arts program, '. It is valued at 10,000 Euros. Past recipients include

Georg Büchner Prize The Georg Büchner Prize (german: link=no, Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature, along with the Goethe Prize. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of ''Woyzeck'' ...

-winner

Felicitas Hoppe Felicitas Hoppe (born 22 December 1960) is a German writer. She received the Georg Büchner Prize in 2012. Biography Early years Felicitas Hoppe was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, and grew up there. After her Abitur she studied literature, ...

and

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-winner

Herta Müller Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...

. The award was established in 1979.

Winners

*1979

Hanns-Josef Ortheil Hanns-Josef Ortheil (born 5 November 1951, in Cologne) is a German author, scholar of German literature, and pianist. He has written many autobiographical and historical novels, some of which have been translated into 11 languages, according to Wor ...

for ''Fermer'' *1980 Michael Schneider for ''Das Spiegelkabinett'' *1981

Thomas Hürlimann Thomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist. Biography Hürlimann was born in Zug, Switzerland. He is a son of the former government and federal councilor (Minister) Hans Hürlimann. He studied philosophy in Zür ...

for ''Die Tessinerin'' *1982 Inge Merkel for ''Das andere Gesicht'' *1983 Zsuzsanna Gahse for ''Zero'' *1983 Beat Sterchi for ''Blösch'' *1984

for ''Niederungen'' *1985 Jochen Beyse for ''Der Aufklärungsmacher'' *1986

Barbara Honigmann Barbara Honigmann (born 12 February 1949 in East Berlin) is a German author, artist and theater director. Honigmann is the daughter of Jewish emigrant parents, who returned to East Berlin in 1947 after a period of exile in Great Britain. Her pa ...

for ''Roman von einem Kinde'' *1987

Erich Hackl Erich Hackl (born 26 May 1954 in Steyr, Upper Austria) is an Austrian novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into English, Spanish, French, Czech and Hebrew though he is significantly better known in the German-speaking w ...

for ''Auroras Anlaß'' *1988 Christa Moog for ''Aus tausend grünen Spiegeln'' *1989 Irina Liebmann for ''Mitten im Krieg'' *1990 Ulrich Woelk for ''Freigang'' *1991 Burkhard Spinnen for ''Dicker Mann im Meer'' *1992 Dagmar Leupold for ''Edmond'' *1993 Manfred Rumpl for ''Koordinaten der Liebe'' *1994 Radek Knapp for ''Franio'' *1995 Ingo Schulze for ''33 Augenblicke des Glücks'' *1996

for ''Picknick der Friseure'' *1997 Zoë Jenny for ''Das Blütenstaubzimmer'' *1998

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for ''Vom Wasser'' *1999 Christoph Peters for ''Stadt Land Fluß'' *2000 Andreas Maier for ''Wäldchestag'' *2001 Sherko Fatah for ''Im Grenzland'' *2002

Zsuzsa Bánk Zsuzsa Bánk (born 24 October 1965, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer. Her parents moved to Germany after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian revolution of 1956 and she studied journalism, political science, and literature at the J ...

for ''Der Schwimmer'' *2003 Roswitha Haring for ''Ein Bett aus Schnee'' *2004

Thomas Stangl Thomas Stangl (21 December 1854 in Aufhausen – 4 August 1921 in Würzburg) was a German classical scholar and text critic. He is found referenced most often for his edition of scholia to Cicero's speeches (''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae ...

for ''Der einzige Ort'' *2005 Jens Petersen for ''Die Haushälterin'' *2006 Paul Ingendaay for ''Warum Du mich verlassen hast'' *2007 Thomas von Steinaecker for ''Wallner beginnt zu fliegen'' *2008 María Cecilia Barbetta for ''Änderungsschneiderei Los Milagros'' *2009 Stephan Thome for ''Grenzgang'' *2010

Dorothee Elmiger Dorothee Elmiger (born 1985 in Wetzikon) is a Swiss writer. She presently lives in Switzerland. Elmiger is considered one of the most promising young Swiss writers, especially after winning the second Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Kelag Prize, ...

for ''Einladung an die Waghalsigen'' *2011 Eugen Ruge for ''In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts'' *2012 Teresa Präauer for ''Für den Herrscher aus Übersee'' *2013 Eberhard Rathgeb for ''Kein Paar wie wir'' *2014

Katja Petrowskaja Katja Petrowskaja (russian: link=no, Екатерина Мироновна Петровськая, uk, Катерина Миронівна Петровська; born 3 February 1970) is a Kiev born German prose writer and journalist. Biogra ...

for ''Vielleicht Esther'' *2015 Kat Kaufmann for ''Superposition'' *2016 Philipp Winkler for ''Hool'' *2017 Juliana Kálnay for ''Eine kurze Chronik des allmählichen Verschwindens'' *2018 Bettina Wilpert for ''nichts, was uns passiert'' *2019 for ''Kintsugi'' *2020 Deniz Ohde for ''Streulicht'' *2021 Ariane Koch for ''Die Aufdrängung'' *2022 Sven Pfizenmaier for ''Draußen feiern die Leute''

References

External links

''Aspekte'' website (in German).
{{Authority control German literary awards First book awards 1979 establishments in Germany Awards established in 1979