Droste-Preis is a literary prize awarded in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
, Germany. The city of
Meersburg
Meersburg () is a town in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany. It is on Lake Constance.
It is known for its medieval city. The lower town ("Unterstadt") and upper town ("Oberstadt") are reserved for pedestrians only, and connected by t ...
awards the Droste Prize in memory of the writer
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Baroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (; 10 January 179724 May 1848), was a 19th-century German poet, novelist, and composer of Classical music. She was ...
, who spent the last years of her life in Meersburg.
It is awarded every three years.
The award is endowed with €6,000 (First Prize (): €4,000).
The award is only given to women.
Winners
*1957
Erika Burkart
*1960
Nelly Sachs
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*1963
Christine Busta
*1967
Rose Ausländer
Rose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian E ...
*1971
Hilde Domin
Hilde Domin (27 July 1912 – 22 February 2006) is the pseudonym of Hilde Palm (née Löwenstein), a German lyric poet and writer. She was among the most important German-language poets of her time.
Biography
Domin was born in 1909 in Cologne as ...
*1975
Eva Zeller
Eva Zeller (25 January 1923 – 5 September 2022) was a German poet and novelist.
Zeller was born in Eberswalde, Province of Brandenburg on 25 January 1923. She lived in the former East Germany until 1956, then lived for six years in Namibia, be ...
*1979
Gertrud Leutenegger
*1982
Dorothee Sölle
Dorothee Steffensky-Sölle (, 1929–2003), known as Dorothee Sölle, was a German liberation theologian who coined the term "Christofascism". She was born in Cologne and died at a conference in Göppingen from cardiac arrest.
Life and career
...
,
Maria Menz
*1985
Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer
*1988
Elisabeth Plessen
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* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
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* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...
*1991
Jenny Aloni
*1994
Eveline Hasler
Eveline Hasler (born 22 March 1933) is a Swiss writer. Born in Glarus, she studied Psychology and History at the University of Fribourg and worked as a teacher in St. Gallen. She has written novels (for adults) and children's books which have bee ...
*1997
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 ...
*2000
Helen Meier
*2003
Kathrin Schmidt
Kathrin Schmidt (born 12 March 1958 in Gotha, Bezirk Erfurt), is a German writer. She is known both for her poetry and prose.
Life and work
Kathrin Schmidt grew up in Gotha and from 1964 in Waltershausen. After graduating from high school, sh ...
, First prize:
Julia Schoch
*2006
Ulrike Draesner
Ulrike Draesner (born 1962 in Munich) is a German author. She was awarded the 2016 Nicolas Born Prize.
Life and work
The daughter of an architect, Draesner grew up in Munich, Germany. She received a Bavarian State scholarship for the best perform ...
, First prize:
Marion Poschmann
*2009
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 ...
, First prize:
Silke Scheuermann
Silke Scheuermann (born 15 June 1973, in Karlsruhe) is a German poet and novelist. She was educated in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Paris. She is best known for her debut novel ''Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf'' (The Hour Between Dog and Wolf), wh ...
*2012
Helga M. Novak, First prize:
Ulrike Almut Sandig
*2015
Judith Schalansky
Judith Schalansky (born 20 September 1980) is a German writer, book designer and publisher.
Work
Her book '' Atlas of Remote Islands'' won first prize in the Stiftung Buchkunst's The Most Beautiful German Books competition (German: Die schö ...
, First prize:
Teresa Präauer
*2018
Olga Flor, First prize:
Julia Weber
*2021
Katharina Hacker, First prize:
Laura Freudenthaler
References
External links
Literary awards of Baden-Württemberg
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