Eichendorff-Literaturpreis is a literary prize of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It was first awarded in 1956 and was created in honour of

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism.Cf. J. A. Cuddon: ' ...

. The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, has been awarded annually by the Wangener Kreis – Society for Literature and Art of the East. The award goes to writers who are closely related to

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

n culture.

Recipients

*1956 Ernst Günther Bleisch *1958

Reiner Zimnik Reiner may refer to: *Reiner (crater), a crater on the Moon, named after Vincentio Reiner *Reiner Braun, a fictional character in the anime/manga series '' Attack on Titan'' People with the given name Reiner *Reiner Knizia, a board game designer * ...

*1960 Kurtmartin Magiera *1961 Jürgen von Teichmann *1962 Hans-Christian Kirsch *1963 Jochen Hoffbauer, Dagmar von Mutius *1964 Egon H. Rakette *1965 Hans Niekrawietz *1966

Dagmar Nick Dagmar may refer to: People * Dagmar (given name), a feminine Scandinavian and German given name * Berthe Dagmar (1884–1934), French film actress * Dagmar (actress) (1921–2001), main stage name of American actress Virginia Ruth Egnor * Dagma ...

*1967 Ruth Hoffmann *1968 Gerhard Uhde *1969 Hugo Hartung *1970 Hans Lipinsky-Gottersdorf *1971 Heinz Piontek *1972

Kurt Heynicke Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

*1973 Josef Mühlberger *1974 Werner Klose *1975 Lutz Besch *1976 Peter Hirche, Friedrich Bischoff *1977 Norbert Ernst Dolezich, Maria Blucha *1978 Monika Taubitz *1979 Peter Huchel *1980 Ilse Langner *1981 Eberhard Cyran *1982 Christine Busta *1983 Ruth Storm *1984

Reiner Kunze Reiner Kunze (born 16 August 1933 in Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge, Saxony) is a German writer and GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the University of Leipzig. In 1968, he left the GDR state party SED following the communist Warsaw Pact ...

*1985 Dietmar Scholz *1986 Peter Lotar *1987 Dietmar Grieser *1988

Richard Wolf Richard "Wolfie" Wolf is an American Emmy Award-winning film and television composer, multi-platinum-selling music producer, songwriter, remixer, and author. Wolf got his start writing songs for his band and various artists before working for ...

*1989

Walter Neumann Walter David Neumann (born 1 January 1946) is a British mathematician who works in topology, geometric group theory, and singularity theory. He is an emeritus professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. Neumann obtained his Ph.D. under the ...

*1990

Otfried Preußler Otfried Preußler (sometimes spelled as Otfried Preussler; both ; born Otfried Syrowatka; 20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's books author. More than 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have be ...

*1991

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 ...

*1992 Christian Saalberg *1993 Bodo Heimann *1994 Bernd Jentzsch *1995 Werner Heiduczek *1996 Peter Horst Neumann *1997 Armin Müller *1998 Ilse Tielsch *1999 Barbara von Wulffen *2000

Peter Härtling Peter Härtling (; 13 November 1933 – 10 July 2017) was a German writer, poet, publisher and journalist. He received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his major contribution to German literature. Biography Härtling wa ...

*2001 Werner Dürrson *2002 Urszula Kozioł *2003

Günter de Bruyn Günter de Bruyn (; 1 November 1926 – 4 October 2020) was a German author. Life Günter de Bruyn was born in Berlin in November 1926; his father Carl was a Catholic from Bavaria. Günter served as a Luftwaffenhelfer and soldier in World War I ...

*2004

Wulf Kirsten Wulf Kirsten (21 June 1934 – 14 December 2022) was a German poet, novelist, and publisher. He is known for his nature poetry and his essays on the history and culture of Saxony. The son of a stonemason, Kirsten was born in Klipphausen, Meisse ...

*2005 Uwe Grüning *2006

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 ...

*2007 Renata Schumann *2008 Günther Schiwy (postum for his biography ''Eichendorff. Der Dichter in seiner Zeit'') *2009 Gerd-Peter Eigner *2010

Christoph Hein Christoph Hein (; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator. He grew up in the village Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule in the GDR, he received secondary educat ...

*2011 Jörg Bernig *2012 Catalin Dorian Florescu *2013 Ulrich Schacht *2014

Adam Zagajewski Adam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and essayist. He was awarded the 2004 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, the 2017 P ...

*2015 Nico Bleutge *2016

Christian Lehnert Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...

*2017 Michael Krüger *2018 Kerstin Preiwuß *2019 Christa Ludwig *2020

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 ''Herkunft'' *2021 Iris Wolff *2022 Joanna Bator

References

External links

* German literary awards Awards established in 1956 1956 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub