The Bremen Literature Prize (german: link=no, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, literally: Literature Prize of the city of

Bremen 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 ...

) is a German literary award. The prize money is €25,000 (Förderpreis: €6,000).

Recipients

*1954 Heinrich Schmidt-Barrien for ''Tanzgeschichten. Ein Reigen aus dem Leben'' *1955

Ilse Aichinger Ilse Aichinger (1 November 1921 – 11 November 2016) was an Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.

for ''Der Gefesselte. Erzählungen'', Herbert Meier for ''Die Barke von Gawdos. Stück in 3 Akten'' *1956

Ernst Jünger Ernst Jünger (; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir '' Storm of Steel''. The son of a successful businessman and ...

for ''Am Sarazenenturm'' *1957

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. Biography Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of Olga (née Haas) and Matthias Bachmann, a schoolteacher. Her fa ...

for ''Anrufung des großen Bären'', Gerd Oelschlegel for ''Romeo und Julia in Berlin'' *1958

Paul Celan Paul Celan (; ; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born German-language poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel to a Jewish family in Cernăuți (German: Czernowitz), in the then Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, U ...

for ''Mohn und Gedächtnis'' och ''Von Schwelle zu Schwelle'' *1959 Rolf Schroers for ''In fremder Sache'' *1960 ''not awarded'' *1961 ''not awarded'' *1962

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's bi ...

for ''Zeit der Schuldlosen'' *1963 Herbert Heckmann for ''Benjamin und seine Väter'' *1964

Christa Reinig Christa Reinig (6 August 1926, Berlin – 30 September 2008, Munich) was a German poet, fiction and non-fiction writer, and dramatist. She began her career in the Soviet occupation zone which became East Berlin, was banned there, after publish ...

for ''Gedichte'' *1965

Thomas Bernhard Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilizati ...

for ''Frost'' *1966

Wolfgang Hildesheimer Wolfgang Hildesheimer (9 December 1916 – 21 August 1991) was a German author who incorporated the Theatre of the Absurd. He originally trained as an artist, before turning to writing. Biography Hildesheimer was born of Jewish parents in Hambu ...

for ''Tynset'' *1967 Hans Günter Michelsen for ''Helm'' *1968 Helga M. Novak for ''Colloquium mit vier Häuten'' *1969

Horst Bienek Horst Bienek (May 7, 1930 in Gleiwitz – December 7, 1990 in Munich) was a German novelist and poet. Life Born in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (today Gliwice, Poland), Bienek was forced to leave there in 1945, when Germans were expelled ...

for ''Die Zelle'' *1970

Christian Enzensberger Christian Enzensberger (24 December 1931 – 27 January 2009) was a German Professor of English studies, author and a translator of English literature into German. Life Born in Nuremberg, Enzensberger was one of the more enigmatic figures in Ge ...

for ''Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz'' *1971

Gabriele Wohmann Gabriele Wohmann (née Guyot; 21 May 1932 – 22 June 2015) was a German novelist, and short story writer. Life Wohmann was born in Darmstadt. She attended the Nordseepädagogium on the island Langeoog as a boarding school. She studied at Fran ...

for ''Ernste Absicht'' *1972 Jürg Acklin for ''Alias'' *1973

Günter Herburger Günter Herburger (April 6, 1932 – May 3, 2018) was a German writer. He was initially counted among the "New Realists" funded by , became the author of socialist, imaginative utopian worlds since the 1970s and took an outsider position in German ...

for ''Die Eroberung der Zitadelle'' *1974

Jurek Becker Jurek Becker (, probably 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is '' Jacob the Liar'', which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during W ...

for ''Irreführung der Behörden'' *1975

Franz Innerhofer Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

for ''Schöne Tage'' *1976

Paul Nizon Paul Nizon (born 19 December 1929 in Bern) is a Swiss art historian and writer. Biography The son of a Russian chemist and a Swiss mother, after leaving school he studied history of art, classical archaeology and German language and literature ...

for ''Stolz'' *1977

Nicolas Born Nicolas Born (31 December 1937 in Duisburg – 7 December 1979 in Lüchow-Dannenberg) was a German writer. Nicolas Born was – together with Rolf Dieter Brinkmann – one of the most important and most innovative German poets of his generation. ...

for ''Die erdabgewandte Seite der Geschichte'',

Heinar Kipphardt Heinar Kipphardt (8 March 1922 - 18 November 1982) was a German writer. He came to prominence with the documentary theatre during the 1960s. He is best known for '' In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer'', a dramatization of the Oppenheimer securi ...

for ''März'', Förderpreis

Karin Kiwus Karin Kiwus (born 9 November 1942) is a German poet from Berlin. After studying journalism, German studies and politology she worked as an editor as well as a university teacher in Austin, Texas. She was the domestic partner of the German film d ...

for ''Von beiden Seiten der Gegenwart'' *1978

Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist.
Barbara Gard ...

for ''Kindheitsmuster'', Förderpreis

Maria Erlenberger Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

for ''Der Hunger nach Wahnsinn'' *1979

Alexander Kluge Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director. Early life, education and early career Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony (now Saxony-Anhalt), Germany. After growing up durin ...

for ''Neue Geschichten. Hefte 1-18, Unheimlichkeit der Zeit'', Förderpreis

Uwe Timm Uwe Timm (; born 30 March 1940 in Hamburg) is a German writer. Life and work Uwe Timm was born in the year 1940 in Hamburg. Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died i ...

for ''Morenga'' *1980

Peter Rühmkorf Peter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature. Rühmkorf's literary career started in 1952 in Hamburg with the magazine ''Zwischen den Kriegen'' ("Between the Wars"), ...

for ''Haltbar bis Ende 1999'', Förderpreis Peter-Paul Zahl for ''Die Glücklichen'' *1981

Christoph Meckel Christoph Meckel (12 June 1935 – 29 January 2020) was a German author and graphic artist. He received awards for his works which connect illustrations with the written text, sometimes texts by others. Life Born in Berlin, Meckel spent his yo ...

for ''Suchbild. Über meinen Vater'' och ''Säure'', Förderpreis

Werner Kofler Werner Kofler (23 July 1947 – 8 December 2011) was an Austrian novelist was born in Villach, Austria, and died in Vienna. Life Werner Kofler was the son of a merchant. He broke off his teacher training at the teacher training college in Klag ...

for ''Aus der Wildnis. Zwei Fragmente'' *1982

Peter Weiss Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays ''Marat/Sade'' and ''The Investigation'' and hi ...

for ''Die Ästhetik des Widerstands'', Förderpreis Franz Böni for ''Die Wanderarbeiter'' *1983

Erich Fried Erich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his political poetry, and later for his love poems. As a writer, he mo ...

for ''Das Nahe suchen'', Förderpreis Clemens Mettler for ''Gleich einem Standbild, so unbewegt'' *1984

Paul Wühr Paul Wühr (10 July 1927 – 12 July 2016) was a German experimental author. Wühr lived by Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, Italy and wrote for the publisher Hanser-Verlag. Selected works Novels * '' Gegenmünchen'', 1970 * '' Das falsche Buch'' ...

for ''Das falsche Buch'', Förderpreis Bodo Morshäuser for ''Die Berliner Simulation'' *1985

Rolf Haufs Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic languages, Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' (Rudolph (name), Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The O ...

for ''Juniabend'', Förderpreis

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 ...

for ''Niederungen'' *1986

Volker Braun Volker Braun (born 7 May 1939 in Dresden) is a German writer. His works include ''Provokation für mich'' (''Provocation for me'') – a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published in 1965, a play, ''Die Kipper'' (''The Dumpers ...

for ''Hinze-Kunze-Roman'', Förderpreis Eva Schmidt for ''Ein Vergleich mit dem Leben'' *1987 Jürgen Becker for ''Odenthals Küste'', Förderpreis Daniel Grolle for ''Keinen Schritt weiter'' *1988

Peter Handke Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored t ...

for ''Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers & Die Abwesenheit'', Förderpreis Evelyn Schlag for ''Die Kränkung'' *1989

Ingomar von Kieseritzky Ingomar may refer to: People *Inguiomer or Ingomar, uncle of Arminius (fl. AD 15) Arts * Ingomar the Barbarian (play), ''Ingomar the Barbarian'' (play), an 1851 play by Maria Ann Lovell *''Ingomar'', an opera by Colin McAlpin about the historic ...

for ''Das Buch der Desaster'', Förderpreis

Norbert Gstrein Norbert Gstrein (born 1961) is an Austrian writer. He was born in Mils in Tyrol, the son of the hotelier and ski school director Norbert Gstrein (1931–1988) and Maria Gstrein, née Thurner (born 1935). He grews up with his five siblings in and ...

for ''Einer'' *1990

Wilhelm Genazino Wilhelm Genazino (22 January 1943 – 12 December 2018) was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine '' pardon'' and for ''Lesezeichen''. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became ...

for ''Der Fleck, die Jacke, die Zimmer, der Schmerz'', Förderpreis

Irina Liebmann Irina Liebmann is a German journalist-author and sinologist of Russo-German provenance. She has won a number of important literary prizes: the most significant of these, probably, was the 2008 Leipzig Book Fair non-fiction Prize, awarded for ...

for ''Mitten im Krieg'' *1991

Fritz Rudolf Fries Fritz Rudolf Fries (19 May 1935 – 17 December 2014) was a German writer and translator. Life Fritz Rudolf Fries was born in Bilbao, Spain. His mother was a German of Spanish descent, and his father a German businessman who was shot during the Se ...

for ''Die Väter im Kino'', Förderpreis Thomas Strittmatter for ''Raabe Baikal'' *1992

Ror Wolf Ror Wolf (born Richard Georg Wolf; 29 June 1932 – 17 February 2020) was a German writer, poet, and artist who also published under the pseudonym Raoul Tranchirer. He wrote audio plays, novels, and poems and made collages. Life Richard Georg ...

for ''Nachrichten aus der bewohnten Welt'', Förderpreis

Durs Grünbein Durs Grünbein (born 1962) is a German poet and essayist. Life and career Durs Grünbein was born and grew up in Dresden. He studied Theater Studies in East Berlin, to which he moved in 1985. Since the Peaceful Revolution nonviolently toppled ...

for ''Schädelbasislektion'' *1993

Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt (born 2 May 1928) is a French writer and translator of German origin. Biography Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt was born in Reinbek near Hamburg, into a Jewish family of magistrates converted to Protestantism. His fat ...

for ''Der unterbrochene Wald'', Förderpreis

Hans-Ulrich Treichel Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Treichel (born 12 August 1952) is a Germanist, novelist and poet. His earliest published books were collections of poetry, but prose writing has become a larger part of his output since the critical and commercial success ...

for ''Von Leib und Seele'' *1994

Wolfgang Hilbig Wolfgang Hilbig (31 August 1941 2 June 2007) was a German writer and poet. Life Wolfgang Hilbig was born in Meuselwitz, Germany. His grandfather had emigrated from Biłgoraj (Congress Poland, Russian Empire) before the First World War. In 194 ...

for ''Ich'', Förderpreis Peter Weber for ''Der Wettermacher'' *1995 Reinhard Lettau for ''Flucht vor Gästen'', Förderpreis Marion Titze for ''Unbekannter Verlust'' *1996

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voi ...

for ''Die Kinder der Toten'', Förderpreis Jens Sparschuh for ''Der Zimmerspringbrunnen. Ein Heimatroman'' *1997

Michael Roes Michael Roes (born 7 August 1960 in Rhede, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German writer and filmmaker. Roes was born in Rhede and grew up in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia. Education and academic career He was a student of Philosophy, Anthropo ...

for ''Rub' al-Khali – Leeres Viertel. Invention über das Spiel'', Förderpreis

Stefanie Menzinger Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian " S ...

for ''Wanderungen im Inneren des Häftlings'' *1998

Einar Schleef Einar Schleef (17 January 1944 – 21 July 2001) was a German dramatist, director, set designer, writer, painter, photographer, and actor. Life Schleef was born and raised in Sangerhausen, a small town in the South East of Germany. An industria ...

for ''Droge Faust Parsifal'', Förderpreis Brigitte Oleschinski for ''Your passport is not guilty'' *1999

Dieter Forte Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name * Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician ...

for ''In der Erinnerung'', Förderpreis

Judith Hermann Judith Hermann (born 15 May 1970) is a German author. She has published several books of short stories and her first novel was published in 2014. She is a leading figure of the ''Fräuleinwunder'' ("girl wonder") group of women writers. Life ...

for ''Sommerhaus, später'' *2000

Adolf Endler Adolf Endler (20 September 1930 – 2 August 2009) was a lyric poet, essayist and prose author who played a central role in subcultural activities that attacked and challenged an outdated model of socialist realism in the German Democratic Repu ...

for ''Der Pudding der Apokalypse''; Förderpreis Christa Estenfeld for ''Menschenfresserin'' *2001

for ''Chronik der Gefühle''; Förderpreis

Raphael Urweider Raphael Bendicht Urweider was born on 5 November 1974 in Bern, Switzerland. He is a writer in English language, English and German language, German and a musician. Career Raphael Urweider is the son of a reformed minister. He studied German lit ...

for ''Lichter in Menlo Park'' *2002

W.G. Sebald Winfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was being cited by literary critics as one of the g ...

postumt for ''Austerlitz''; Förderpreis

Juli Zeh Juli Zeh (, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer and former judge. Biography Her first book was ''Adler und Engel'' (translated into English as ''Eagles and Angels'' by Christine Slenczka), which won the ...

for ''Adler und Engel'' *2003

Ulrich Peltzer Ulrich Peltzer (born 9 December 1956) is a German novelist. Life Peltzer was born in Krefeld. Starting in 1975, he studied philosophy and social psychology in Berlin. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982. Since then he has been working as a ...

for ''Bryant Park''; Förderpreis Andreas Schäfer for ''Auf dem Weg nach Messara'' *2004

Lutz Seiler Lutz Seiler (born 8 June 1963 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German poet and novelist. Life and work Lutz Seiler grew up in the Langenberg district of Gera, Thuringia (former East Germany). After training as a skilled building construction worker, h ...

for ''vierzig kilometer nacht''; Förderpreis Jörg Matheis for ''Mono'' *2005

Brigitte Kronauer Brigitte Kronauer (29 December 1940 – 22 July 2019) was a German writer who lived in Hamburg. Her novels, written in the tradition of Jean Paul with artful writing and an ironic undertone, were awarded several prizes, including in 2005 the Geo ...

for ''Verlangen nach Musik und Gebirge''; Förderpreis

Antje Rávic Strubel Antje is a female name. It is a Low German and Dutch diminutive form of Anna. Once a very common name in the northern part of the Netherlands, its popularity has steadily declined since 1900.Reinhard Jirgl Reinhard Jirgl (born 16 January 1953 in East-Berlin) is a German writer. Biography Jirgl was born in Berlin-Friedrichshain. He became a skilled worker for electromechanics. Then he completed a degree in electronics at Humboldt University, Berli ...

for ''Abtrünnig''; Förderpreis Svenja Leiber for ''Büchsenlicht'' *2007

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, r ...

for ''Johanna''; Förderpreis

Saša Stanišić Saša Stanišić ( sr-cyr, Саша Станишић; born 7 March 1978) is a Bosnian-German writer. He was born in Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the son of a Bosniak mother and a Serbian father. In the spring of 1992, he fled alongside ...

for ''Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert'' *2008

Hans Joachim Schädlich Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

for ''Vorbei''; Förderpreis Thomas Melle for ''Raumforderung'' *2009 Martin Kluger for ''Der Vogel, der spazieren geht''; Förderpreis Mathias Gatza for ''Der Schatten der Tiere'' *2010 Clemens J. Setz for ''Die Frequenzen''; Förderpreis Roman Graf for ''Herr Blanc'' *2011

Friederike Mayröcker Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian writer of poetry and prose, audio plays, children's books and dramatic texts. She experimented with language, and was regarded as an avantgarde poet, and as one of the lea ...

for ''ich bin in der Anstalt. Fusznoten zu einem nichtgeschriebenen Werk''; Förderpreis Andrea Grill for ''Das Schöne und das Notwendige'' *2012

Marlene Streeruwitz Marlene Streeruwitz (born 28 June 1950) is an Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Biography Born in Baden bei Wien in 1950, Streeruwitz was raised in a well-to-do family. Her father was a politician and later became mayor ...

for ''Die Schmerzmacherin''; Förderpreis

Joachim Meyerhoff Joachim Philipp Maria Meyerhoff (born 1967 in Homburg) is a German actor, director, and writer. Life Joachim Meyerhoff is the youngest son of Hermann Meyerhoff, who was the director of the psychiatric clinic in Hesterberg, Schleswig-Holstein ...

for ''Alle Toten fliegen hoch. Amerika'' *2013

Wolf Haas Wolf Haas (born 14 December 1960) is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German pri ...

for ''Verteidigung der Missionarsstellung''; Förderpreis Andreas Stichmann for ''Das große Leuchten'' *2014

Clemens Meyer Clemens Meyer (born 1977) is a German writer. He is the author of ''Als wir träumten'' (''As We Were Dreaming'', 2006), ''Die Nacht, die Lichter'' (''All the Lights'', 2008), ''Gewalten'' (''Acts of Violence'', 2010), ''Im Stein'' (''Bricks an ...

for ''Im Stein''; Förderpreis Roman Ehrlich for ''Das kalte Jahr'' *2015

Marcel Beyer Marcel Beyer (born 23 November 1965) is a German writer. Life Marcel Beyer was born in Tailfingen, Württemberg, and grew up in Kiel and Neuss. From 1987 to 1991 he studied German language and literature, English studies and literary studies a ...

for ''Graphit''; Förderpreis Nadja Küchenmeister for ''Unter dem Wacholder'' *2016

Henning Ahrens Henning is a surname, also used as a given name, with origins in East Prussia (now part of Germany). Henning may also refer to: People with Henning as a surname * A. J. Henning (born 2002), American football player * Andrew Henning (1863� ...

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Matthias Nawrat Matthias Nawrat (born 1979 in Opole) is a German writer. Life Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole in Poland. He moved with his family in 1989 to Bamberg. From 2000 to 2007, he studied Biology at Heidelberg and Freiburg im Breisgau. Beginning in ...

for ''Die vielen Tode unseres Opas Jurek'' *2017

Terézia Mora Terézia Mora (; born 5 February 1971) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator. Early life and education Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary, to a family with German roots and grew up bilingual. She moved to Germany after th ...

for ''Die Liebe unter Aliens''; Förderpreis Senthuran Varatharajah for ''Vor der Zunahme der Zeichen'' *2018

Thomas Lehr Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

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Laura Freudenthaler Laura Freudenthaler (born 1984, Salzburg) is an Austrian writer. She studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna. Freudenthaler published a book of short stories titled ''Der Schädel der Madeleine'' in 2014. She has also pu ...

for ''Die Königin schweigt'' *2019

Arno Geiger Arno Geiger (born 22 July 1968) is an Austrian novelist. Geiger grew up in the village of Wolfurt near Bregenz. He studied German studies, ancient history and comparative literature at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna. He has worked as a ...

for ''Unter der Drachenwand''; Förderpreis Heinz Helle for ''Die Überwindung der Schwerkraft'' *2020

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 pare ...

for ''Georg''; Förderpreis Tonio Schachinger for ''Nicht wie ihr'' *2021

Marion Poschmann Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in Essen) is a German author, novelist, and poet. Life Marion Poschmann grew up in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen. From 1989 to 1995 she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin. ...

for ''Nimbus''; Förderpreis Jana Volkmann for ''Auwald'' *2022

for ''Daheim''; Förderpreis

Matthias Senkel Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * ...

for ''Winkel der Welt'' *2023

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' ...

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