Ernst-Meister-Preis für Lyrik (Ernst Meister Prize for Poetry) is a literary prize of

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. The prize is endowed with €5,000. The Ernst Meister Prize was founded in 1981 in memory of the

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poet and writer

Ernst Meister Ernst Meister (3 September 1911 – 15 June 1979) was a German poet and writer. Meister's poetry falls within a dark abstract landscape of existentialism, with tortured themes influenced by his experiences during World War II. In his 1976 coll ...

and has been awarded at irregular intervals. Since 2021, the award will be organized every three years by the New Ernst Meister Society for the city of Hagen. The prize honors "the work of authors who express their responsibility for language and poetry in a special way".

Recipients

* 1981

Christoph Meckel Christoph Meckel (12 June 1935 – 29 January 2020) was a German author and graphic artist. He received awards for his works which connect illustrations with the written text, sometimes texts by others. Life Born in Berlin, Meckel spent his yo ...

* 1986

Oskar Pastior Oskar Pastior (; 20 October 1927 – 4 October 2006) was a Romanian-born German poet and translator. He was the only German member of Oulipo. Biography Born into a Transylvanian Saxons, Transylvanian Saxon family in Sibiu (Hermannstadt), he Depor ...

* 1990

Paul Wühr Paul Wühr (10 July 1927 – 12 July 2016) was a German experimental author. Wühr lived by Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, Italy and wrote for the publisher Hanser-Verlag. Selected works Novels * '' Gegenmünchen'', 1970 * '' Das falsche Buch'' ...

* 1994 Michael Krüger * 2001 Brigitte Oleschinski (main prize, HP), Jochen Winter (HP), Jürgen Wiersch (Allgemeiner Förderpreis, AF), Helwig Brunner (AF),

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(AF) * 2003

Lutz Seiler Lutz Seiler (born 8 June 1963 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German poet and novelist. Life and work Lutz Seiler grew up in the Langenberg district of Gera, Thuringia (former East Germany). After training as a skilled building construction worker, h ...

(HP),

Ulf Stolterfoht Ulf Stolterfoht (born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart) is a German writer. Life and work Ulf Stolterfoht opted out of military service and performed civilian service instead, after which he studied German and Linguistics in Bochum und Tübingen. Sto ...

(Westfälischer Förderpreis, WF), Hendrik Rost (AF) * 2005 Jan Wagner (HP),

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(WF), Andreas Münzner (AF) * 2008

Monika Rinck Monika Rinck (born 29 April 1969 in Zweibrücken) is a German writer. Life and work After graduating from high school, Monika Rinck studied religious studies, history, and comparative literature in Bochum, Berlin and Yale. She writes poetry, pro ...

(HP),

Ulrike Almut Sandig Ulrike Almut Sandig (born 1979) is a German writer. She was born in Großenhain in the former GDR, and has lived in Riesa, Leipzig and Berlin. She studied religion and indology at university, and then studied at the German Institute for Literatur ...

(AF),

Mirko Bonné Mirko Bonné (born 9 June 1965) is a German writer and translator. Bonné was born in Tegernsee, Bavaria. In 1975 his family moved to Hamburg, where he attended the Hansa Gymnasium. He graduated from the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Geesthacht in 198 ...

(WF) * 2011

Marion Poschmann Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in Essen) is a German author, novelist, and poet. Life Marion Poschmann grew up in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen. From 1989 to 1995 she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin. ...

(HP), Jan Skudlarek, Münster (WF) Daniela Seel, Berlin (AF) * 2018

Barbara Köhler Barbara Köhler (11 April 1959 – 8 January 2021) was a German poet and translator. She was born in Burgstädt, East Germany, but was raised in Penig. She studied at the Johannes R. Becher Literature Institute in Leipzig in 1985. She was ther ...

* 2021

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References

German literary awards awards established in 1981 1981 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub