The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a
literary award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...
in memory of
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11 October 1825 – 28 November 1898) was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire).
Biog ...
.
The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the ''Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung'' in
Zurich.
Laureates
*1938
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch (; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant featur ...
*1939
Franz Fischer
*1941
Walter Sautter
*1942
Kurt Guggenheim
*1942
Walter Corti
*1954
Hans Boesch
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*1955
Franz Fassbind
*1958
Erwin Jaeckle Erwin may refer to:
People Given name
* Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist
* Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2
* Erwin Hauer (1926–2017), Austrian-born American sculptor
* Egon Erwin Kisc ...
*1959
Karl Jakob Wegmann
*1960
Raffael Ganz
*1961
Erika Burkart
*1964
Herbert Meier
*1966
Hugo Loetscher
*1967
Werner Weber
*1968
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 a ...
,
Franz Hohler
Franz Hohler (born 1 March 1943) is a Swiss author and cabaret performer based in Zürich.
Life
Hohler is the author of one-man programs and satirical programs for television and radio. He has written theater pieces, children's books, storie ...
*1970
Gerold Späth
Gerold Späth (born 16 October 1939 in Rapperswil) is a Swiss author, poet and writer.
Life and career
Born 1939 in Rapperswil on the ''Obersee'' lakeshore in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, the son of an organ builder made his stud ...
*1972
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 literatu ...
,
Jürg Acklin
*1973
Hans Ulrich Lehmann
*1974
Silvio Blatter
*1975
Beat Brechbühl
*1976
Rolf Hörler
*1979
Alice Vollenweider
*1980
Hermann Burger
Hermann Burger (10 July 1942 – 28 February 1989), was a Swiss poet, novelist and essayist. In his creative works Burger often focused on society's lonely outsiders and, increasingly, the inevitability of death. His virtuosity in applying literar ...
,
Franz Böni,
Werner Bodinek
*1981
Jürg Altherr
*1983
Jürg Amann
Jürg Amann (born in Winterthur on July 2, 1947; died on May 5, 2013 in Zurich) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser, and other works.
Awards
*1982 Ingeborg Bachmann Pr ...
*1984
Hansjörg Schertenleib
*1985
Emil Zopfi
*1986
André Grab
*1987
Hanna Johansen,
Martin Hamburger
*1988
Iso Camartin
Iso Camartin (born 24 March 1944 in Chur) is a Swiss author, publicist and anchorman.
Selected works
*''Kants Schematismuslehre und ihre Transformation beim frühen Fichte. Zur Ausformung des Identitätsdenkens''. Dissertation, Regensburg 1971 ...
*1989
Christoph Rütimann
*1991
Rita Ernst,
Dante Andrea Franzetti
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*1992
Thomas David Müller,
Peter Sieber
*1993
Hannes Brunner,
Tim Krohn
Tim Krohn (born 9 February 1965) is an author of Swiss literature, recipient of the 1994 Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis.
Born in Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, Krohn grew up in Glarus. He interrupted his studies of German language, Philoso ...
*1994
Hans Ulrich Bächtold,
Rainer Henrich,
Kurt Jakob Rüetschi,
Thomas Stalder
*1995
Daniel Schnyder
Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961 in Zurich) is a Swiss jazz reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music.
Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur. H ...
*1996
Urs Frei,
Konrad Klotz
*1997
Perikles Monioudis,
Beatrice Maritz
*1998
Silvia Gertsch,
Max Bachmann
Swiss literary awards
Awards established in 1938
1938 establishments in Switzerland
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