Friedrich-Märker-Preis was a
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
n prize given to
essay
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal a ...
ists. It was named after the essayist
Friedrich Märker.
From 1986 to 2002, the award was given annually by the
Münchner Stiftung zur Förderung des Schrifttums of
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
.
The prize money was €4,000. In addition, the foundation awarded the silver pen "for outstanding contributions to the teaching and dissemination of literature."
Winners of the Friedrich-Märker Preis
*1989
Carl Amery
*1990
Harald Weinrich
Harald Weinrich (24 September 1927 – 26 February 2022) was a German classical scholar, scholar of Romance philology and philosopher, known for the breadth of his writings.
Biography
He was emeritus professor of the Collège de France, and hel ...
*1991
*1992
*1993
*1994
Wieland Schmied
Wieland Schmied (5 February 1929 – 22 April 2014) was an Austrian art historian and critic, curator, literary scholar and writer. He was professor of art history at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich since 1986 and its rector from 1988 unti ...
*1995
Rüdiger Safranski
Rüdiger Safranski (born 1 January 1945) is a German philosopher and author.
Life
From 1965 to 1972, Safranski studied philosophy (among others with Theodor W. Adorno), German literature, history and history of art at Goethe University in ...
*1996
Christoph Dieckmann
*1997
Hans Krieger
Hans Krieger (13 March 1933 – 9 January 2023) was a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet.
Life
Born in Frankfurt, Krieger studied German and Romance studies in Frankfurt, Mun ...
*1999
Peter Sloterdijk
Peter Sloterdijk (; ; born 26 June 1947) is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He is a professor of philosophy and media theory at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. He co-hosted the German television show ''Im Glashaus: Das Phi ...
*2000
Erwin Chargaff
Erwin Chargaff (11 August 1905 – 20 June 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, Bucovinian Jew who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi Germany, Nazi era, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University ...
*2001
Peter von Matt
Peter von Matt (born 20 May 1937) is a Swiss philologist and author.
Life
Born in Lucerne, Peter von Matt grew up in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden. He studied Art History as well as German and English studies in Zurich and received a docto ...
*2002
References
Literary awards of Bavaria
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