The Batty Weber Prize or ''Prix Batty Weber'' is
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
's national literary prize. It has been awarded every three years since 1987 to a Luxembourg writer for his entire literary work. It is named after the writer
Batty Weber
Batty (Jean-Baptiste) Weber (1860–1940) is considered to have been one of Luxembourg's most influential journalists and authors, contributing much to the development of the country's national identity. His style is characterized by his sense of h ...
(1860–1940) who considerably influenced Luxembourg's cultural life.
Laureats
* 1987:
Edmond Dune
* 1990:
Roger Manderscheid
Roger Manderscheid (1 March 1933, in Itzig – 1 June 2010) was a writer from Luxembourg. He won the Batty Weber Prize in 1990 for his literary work and the inaugural Servais Prize
The Servais Prize for Literature (french: Prix Servais pour la ...
* 1993:
Léopold Hoffmann
* 1996:
Anise Koltz
Anise Koltz (born 1928) is one of Luxembourg's major contemporary authors. Best known for her poetry and her translations of poetry, she has also written a number of children's stories. In 1962, she was a cofounder with Nic Weber of the successful ...
* 1999:
Nic Weber
* 2002:
Pol Greisch
* 2005:
Guy Rewenig
* 2008:
Nico Helminger
Nico Helminger (born 1953) is a Luxembourg author who has written poetry, novels, plays and libretti for operas. In 2008, he was awarded the Batty Weber Prize for his literary work."Helminger, Guy", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsfeld, ...
* 2011:
Jean Portante
Jean Portante (born 19 December 1950 in Differdange) is a Luxembourgish writer who resides in Paris. He has written novels, stories, plays, journalistic articles and poetry, and has been widely translated.
Numerous books have been translated incl ...
* 2014:
Lambert Schlechter
* 2017:
Georges Hausemer
* 2020:
Pierre Joris
Pierre Joris (born July 14, 1946) is a Luxembourg-American poet, essayist, translator, and anthologist. He has moved between Europe, North Africa & the US for 55 years, publishing over 80 books of poetry, essays, translations & anthologies — mo ...
See also
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Literature of Luxembourg The literature of Luxembourg is little known beyond the country's borders, partly because Luxembourg authors write in one or more of the three official languages (French, German and Luxembourgish), partly because many works are specifically directed ...
References
Awards established in 1987
Luxembourgian literary awards
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