The Calw Hermann Hesse Prize is a literary prize awarded since 1990. It is named after the German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter

Hermann Hesse Hermann Karl Hesse (; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include ''Demian'', ''Steppenwolf (novel), Steppenwolf'', ''Siddhartha (novel), Siddhartha'', and ''The Glass Bead Game'', ...

. Alternating every year since 2017, the International Hermann Hesse Prize of the Foundation (awarded by the , worth: €15,000) and the Hermann Hesse Prize of the International Hermann Hesse Society (worth: €10,000) are awarded in

Calw Calw (; previously pronounced and sometimes spelled ''Kalb'' accordingly) is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the district Calw. It is located in the Northern Black Forest and is a ...

. The first prize is awarded for "a literary achievement of international standing in connection with its translation". The latter is intended to promote the examination of the work of the poet, who was born in Calw in 1877. In 2017, the first recipient was

Adolf Muschg Adolf Muschg (born 13 May 1934) is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Biography Adolf Muschg was born in Zollikon, canton of Zürich, Switzerland. He studied German studies, English studies ...

Recipients

* 1990 literary magazine: "Verwendung" – editor Egmont Hesse, Berlin * 1992 translator: , Moscow * 1994 literary magazine: "Schreibheft" – editor Norbert Wehr, Essen * 1996 translator: , Norway * 1998 literary magazine: "Am Erker" – editors Joachim Feldmann, Rudolf Gier, Michael Kofort, Münster * 2000 translator: Jean Malaplate, France * 2002 literary magazine: "EDIT", Leipzig * 2004 translator: , Peru * 2006 literary magazine: "Sprache im technischen Zeitalter" – editor Joachim Neuß * 2008 translator: , Poland * 2010 literary magazine: POET, Leipzig * 2012 translator:

Susan Bernofsky Susan Bernofsky (born 1966) is an American translator of German-language literature and author. She is best known for bringing the Swiss writer Robert Walser to the attention of the English-speaking world, translating many of his books and writi ...

, US * 2014

Nicholson Baker Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as ''The Mezzanine'' and ''Room Temperature'' we ...

(US) and his translator (Germany) (International Hermann Hesse Prize) * 2014 Honorary Award: * 2016

Luiz Ruffato Luiz Fernando Ruffato de Souza (Cataguases, Brazil, February 1961) is a contemporary Brazilian writer. An alumnus of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Ruffato worked as a journalist in São Paulo and pu ...

(Brazil) and his translator (Germany) (International Hermann Hesse Prize) ---- * 2017

(Hermann Hesse Prize of the International Hermann Hesse Society) * 2018

Joanna Bator Joanna Bator (born 2 February 1968) is a Polish novelist, journalist, feminist and academic. She specializes in cultural anthropology and gender studies. She is the recipient of the 2013 Nike Award. Life and career She was born to Jewish paren ...

(Poland) and her translator

Esther Kinsky Esther Kinsky (born 1956 in Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German literary translator and the author of novels and poetry. Life and works Esther Kinsky grew up in North Rhine-Westphalia and read Slavonic studies at Bonn. Sh ...

(Germany) (International Hermann Hesse Prize) * 2019

Eugen Drewermann Eugen Drewermann (born 20 June 1940) is a German church critic, theologian, peace activist and former Catholic priest. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Drewermann was born in Bergkamen near Dortmund. He is best kno ...

(Hermann Hesse Prize of the International Hermann Hesse Society) * 2020

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( ; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction. She was described in ''The Times Literary Supplement'' as "the most prominent" of a "procession of criticall ...

(Nigeria and US) and her translator (Germany) (International Hermann Hesse Prize) * 2021 (Hermann Hesse Prize of the International Hermann Hesse Society)

References

External links

* German literary awards Hermann Hesse Awards established in 1990 1990 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub