The Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis was endowed in 1936 in honour of the writer and

dialectal The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...

poet

Johann Peter Hebel Johann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems (''Allemannische Gedichte'') and one of Ge ...

. The prize is since 1974 awarded every two years (before every year) to writers, translators, essayists, media representatives or scientists from the German district

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 ...

, who write in the Alemannic dialect or are connected with Hebel. The ceremony of the €10,000 prize takes place in

Hausen im Wiesental Hausen may refer to: Places in Germany Bavaria * Hausen, Miltenberg, in the Miltenberg district *Hausen, Lower Bavaria, in the Kelheim district * Hausen, Upper Franconia, in the Forchheim district *Hausen, Rhön-Grabfeld, in the Rhön-Grabfeld dis ...

, which is also home to the "Hebelfest" every 10 May. The municipality of Hausen also award every year the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Gedenkplakette to personalities from the Ober Rhein region.

Winners

* 1936 Hermann Burte * 1937 Alfred Huggenberger * 1938 Eduard Reinacher * 1939

Hermann Eris Busse Hermann Eris Busse (9 March 1891, Freiburg im Breisgau – 15 August 1947) was a German novelist and literary critic. He is best known for his Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the stat ...

* 1940 Benno Rüttenauer * 1941 Emil Strauß * 1942 Wilhelm Weigand * 1943

Jakob Schaffner Jakob Schaffner (14 November 1875 – 23 September 1944Philip Rees (1990) ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', Simon & Schuster, p. 347, ) was a leading Swiss novelist who became a supporter of Nazism. Emergence as a wri ...

* 1946 Anton Fendrich * 1947 Franz Schneller * 1948 Traugott Meyer * 1949

Wilhelm Hausenstein Wilhelm Hausenstein (17 June 1882 – 3 June 1957) was a German politician, writer, journalist, art critic, historian and diplomat. He was the first German ambassador to France following World War II. Life and career Early life Hausenstein was ...

* 1950 Wilhelm Altwegg * 1951

Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweit ...

* 1952

Max Picard Max Picard (5 June 1888 in Schopfheim, Baden, Germany – 3 October 1965 in Sorengo, Switzerland) was a Swiss writer and philosopher, important as one of the few thinkers writing from a deeply Platonic sensibility in the 20th century. Biograp ...

* 1953 Reinhold Zumtobel * 1954

Otto Flake Otto Flake (29 October 1880, Metz – 10 November 1963) was a German writer. Early life Flake was born on 29 October 1880 in Metz. He attended high school in Colmar and studied German philology, philosophy and art history at the University of St ...

* 1955 Wilhelm Zentner * 1956 Lina Kromer * 1957 Emanuel Stickelberger * 1958 Friedrich-Alfred Schmid-Noer * 1959

Carl Jacob Burckhardt Carl Jacob Burckhardt (September 10, 1891 – March 3, 1974) was a Swiss diplomat and historian. His career alternated between periods of academic historical research and diplomatic postings; the most prominent of the latter were League of Nati ...

* 1960

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th ce ...

* 1961 Albin Fringeli * 1962 Richard Nutzinger * 1963 Robert Minder * 1964 Adalbert Bächtold * 1965 Adalbert Welte * 1966 Eberhard Meckel * 1967 Josef Lefftz * 1968 Hermann Schneider * 1969

Gertrud Fussenegger Gertrud Fussenegger (8 May 1912 – 19 March 2009) was an Austrian writer and a prolific author, especially of historical novels. Many commentators felt that her reputation never entirely escaped from the shadow cast by her enthusiasm, as a youn ...

* 1970

Marie Luise Kaschnitz Marie Luise Kaschnitz (born Marie Luise von Holzing-Berslett; 31 January 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a German short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet. She is considered to be one of the leading post-war German poets. She was born in Ka ...

* 1971 Lucien Sittler * 1972 Kurt Marti * 1973 Joseph Hermann Kopf * 1974 Gerhard Jung * 1976 André Weckmann * 1978 Erika Burkart * 1980

Elias Canetti Elias Canetti (; bg, Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her ...

* 1982 Maria Menz * 1984 Claude Vigée * 1986

Peter Bichsel Peter Bichsel (born 24 March 1935) is a popular Swiss writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Bichsel was born 1935 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the son of manual labourers. Shortly after ...

* 1988

Michael Köhlmeier Michael Köhlmeier (born 15 October 1949 in Hard, Austria)

* 1990

Manfred Bosch ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byr ...

* 1992 Adrien Finck * 1994 Peter von Matt * 1996 Kundeyt Surdum * 1998 Lotte Paepcke * 2000

Emma Guntz Emma Guntz (née Emma Linnebach) (born 30 August 1937 in Bruchsal) is a German-French poet, journalist and editor living and working in Strasbourg, France. Life After passing her Abitur exam in her home town of Bruchsal, Emma Guntz studied Engli ...

* 2002

Markus Werner Markus Werner (; 27 December 1944 – 3 July 2016) was a Swiss writer, known as the author of the novels '' Zündels Abgang'' (''Zündel’s Exit''), ''Am Hang'' ('' On the Edge''), and ''Die kalte Schulter'' (''Cold Shoulder''). Life Markus Werne ...

* 2004 Maria Beig * 2006 Martin Stadler * 2008

Arno Geiger Arno Geiger (born 22 July 1968) is an Austrian novelist. Geiger grew up in the village of Wolfurt near Bregenz. He studied German studies, ancient history and comparative literature at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna. He has worked as ...

* 2010

Arnold Stadler Arnold Stadler (born 1954) is a German writer, essayist and translator. Life He was born on 9 April 1954 in Meßkirch in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Stadler grew up on a farm in Rast, a small village adjoini ...

* 2012

Karl-Heinz Ott Karl-Heinz is a German given name, composed of Karl and Heinz but with a hyphen dash. Notable people with that name include: * Hilarios Karl-Heinz Ungerer, German Bishop * Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 1934), football coach and former player * Karl-H ...

* 2014

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 ...

* 2016

Lukas Bärfuss Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019. Biography Born in Thun, Switzerland in 1971, Lukas Bärfuss began training as a bookseller after graduating ...

* 2018

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 ...

* 2020

Sibylle Berg Sibylle Berg (born 2 June 1962) is a Swiss contemporary author and playwright. They write novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and columns. Their 15 books have been translated into 30 languages. They have won numerous awards, inclu ...

* 2022

Monika Helfer Monika Helfer (born 18 October 1947, in Au) is an Austrian writer. She was invested with the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2016. She was the recipient of the Solothurner Literaturpreis in 2020, and the Schubart-Literaturpreis in 20 ...

References

External links

* Literary awards of Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-lit-award-stub