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 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 ...

*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 Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian people, Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', origin ...

*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 {{Lit-award-stub