Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis ("dramatist award of

Mülheim Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compa ...

"), founded in 1976, is one of the leading theater awards in Germany. It is awarded by an open jury of theater professionals, critics and playwrights who watch a short list of productions during the '' Stücke'' festival; the productions are not the full play but a piece, often the first act.Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
official website The short list is chosen by a jury from plays that were first performed in Germany during the prior season. The winner receives .

Winners

*1976

Franz Xaver Kroetz Franz Xaver Kroetz (; born 25 February 1946) is a German author, playwright, actor and film director. He achieved great success beginning in the early 1970s. ''Persistent'', '' Farmyard'', and ''Request Concert'', all written in 1971, are some o ...

– ''Das Nest'' *1977

Gerlind Reinshagen Gerlind Reinshagen (4 May 1926 – 9 June 2019) was a German writer. Biography The daughter of Ekkehard and Friedel Technau, she was born in Königsberg and studied pharmacy and art. She wrote children's books, novels, poetry and radio plays bef ...

– ''Sonntagskinder'' *1978

Martin Sperr Martin Sperr (14 September 1944 – 6 April 2002) was a German dramatist and actor. He was born in Steinberg near Marklkofen and died in Landshut. Awards and honors *1978 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis Works * 1965 * 1967 ''Landshuter Erzähl ...

– ''Die Spitzeder'' *1979

Heiner Müller Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdr ...

– ''Germania – Tod in Berlin'' *1980

Ernst Jandl Ernst Jandl (; 1 August 1925 – 9 June 2000) was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator. He became known for his experimental lyric, mainly sound poems (''Sprechgedichte'') in the tradition of concrete and visual poetic forms. Poetry Inf ...

– ''Aus der Fremde'' *1981 Peter Greiner – ''Kiez'' *1982 Botho Strauß – ''

Kalldewey, Farce ''Kalldewey, Farce'' is a 1981 play by the German writer Botho Strauß. It follows a couple, Lynn and Hans, who are mysteriously unable to break up, are visited by an unknown man called Kalldewey, and go through a peculiar form of therapy. The pl ...

'' *1983

George Tabori George Tabori ( György Tábori; 24 May 1914 – 23 July 2007) was a Hungarian writer and theatre director. Life and career Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father Kornél (Cornelius) was m ...

– ''Jubiläum'' *1984 Lukas B. Suter – ''Schrebers Garten'' *1985 Klaus Pohl – ''Das alte Land'' *1986

Herbert Achternbusch Herbert Achternbusch ( Schild; 23 November 1938 – 10 January 2022) was a German film director, writer and painter. He began as a writer of avant-garde prose, such as the novel ''Die Alexanderschlacht'', before turning to low-budget films. He h ...

– ''Gust'' *1987 Volker Ludwig – ''Linie 1'' *1988

Rainald Goetz Rainald Maria Goetz (born 24 May 1954, in Munich) is a German author, playwright and essayist. Biography After studying History and Medicine in Munich and earning a degree (PhD and M.D) in each, he soon concentrated on his writing. His first p ...

– ''Krieg'' *1989

Tankred Dorst Tankred Dorst (19 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was a German playwright and storyteller. Dorst lived and worked in Munich. His farces, parables, one-act-plays and adaptations were inspired by the theatre of the absurd and the works of Ionesc ...

– ''Korbes'' *1990

– ''Weisman und Rotgesicht'' *1991 Georg Seidel – ''Villa Jugend'' *1992 Werner Schwab – ''Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos'' *1993 Rainald Goetz – ''Katarakt'' *1994 Herbert Achternbusch – ''Der Stiefel und sein Socken'' *1995

Einar Schleef Einar Schleef (17 January 1944 – 21 July 2001) was a German dramatist, director, set designer, writer, painter, photographer, and actor. Life Schleef was born and raised in Sangerhausen, a small town in the South East of Germany. An industria ...

– ''Totentrompeten'' *1996 Werner Buhss – ''Bevor wir Greise wurden'' *1997

Urs Widmer Urs Widmer (21 May 1938 – 2 April 2014) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, an essayist, and a short story writer. Biography Widmer was born in Basel in 1938, and for many years lived in Zurich. Widmer studied German, French, and history at the u ...

– ''Top Dogs'' *1998 Dea Loher – ''Adam Geist'' *1999 Oliver Bukowski – ''Gäste (Tragödie)'' *2000 Rainald Goetz – ''Jeff Koons'' *2001 René Pollesch – ''world wide web-slums'' *2002

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-vo ...

– ''Macht nichts'' *2003

Fritz Kater Fritz Kater (12 December 1861 – 20 May 1945) was a German trade unionist active in the Free Association of German Trade Unions (FVdG) and its successor organization, the Free Workers' Union of Germany. He was the editor of the FVdG's organ ...

– ''Zeit zu lieben Zeit zu sterben'' *2004 Elfriede Jelinek – ''Das Werk'' *2005

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 ...

– ''Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen)'' *2006 René Pollesch ''Cappuccetto Rosso'' *2007 Helgard Haug / Daniel Wetzel (

Rimini Protokoll Rimini Protokoll is a German theatre group founded in 2000 by Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, and Daniel Wetzel. They create stage plays, interventions, scenic installations, and radio plays. Many of their works are characterized by interactivity ...

) ''Karl Marx: Das Kapital, Erster Band'' *2008 Dea Loher – ''Das letzte Feuer'' *2009 Elfriede Jelinek – ''Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel)'' *2010

Roland Schimmelpfennig Roland Schimmelpfennig (born 19 September 1967) is a German theatre director and playwright. His plays are performed in more than 40 countries. Biography Schimmelpfennig was born in Gottingen. He began his career as a journalist in Istanbul, b ...

– ''Der goldene Drache'' in the production of the Wiener Burgtheater *2011 Elfriede Jelinek – ''Winterreise'' *2012

Peter Handke Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored t ...

– '' Storm Still'' (''Immer noch Sturm'') *2013 Katja Brunner – ''von den beinen zu kurz'' *2014 Wolfram Höll – ''Und dann'' *2015 Ewald Palmetshofer – ''die unverheiratete'' *2016 Wolfram Höll – ''Drei sind wir'' *2017 Anne Lepper – ''Mädchen in Not'' *2018 Thomas Köck – ''paradies spielen (abendland. ein abgesang)'' *2019 Thomas Köck – ''atlas'' * 2020 canceled due to the

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* 2021 – ''Tragödienbastard''

References

External links

Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulheimer Dramatikerpreis German theatre awards Awards established in 1976 1976 establishments in West Germany