Rheingau Literatur Preis is a

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

. It is awarded annually since 1994 by the which follows the

Rheingau Musik Festival The (RMF) is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres. Concerts take place at culturally important locations, such as Eberbach Abbey and Schloss Johannisberg, ...

. An author is awarded whose prose gained the attention of the literary critics ("") The prize of 11,111 Euro is given by the cultural ministry Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung and by the Rheingau Musik Festival. The author also receives 111 bottles of Rheingau

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, donated by the association

Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ...

Rheingau.

Winners

*1994

Stefanie Menzinger Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian " S ...

, ''Schlangenbaden'', ''Wanderungen im Inneren des Häftlings'' *1995 Ulla Berkéwicz, ''Überlebnis'', ''Sopravvivenza'' *1996 Herbert Maurer, ''Sprich günstig mit dem Balkan'', ''Pannonias Zunge'' *1997

Thomas Meinecke Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

, ''Tomboy'', ''Hellblau'' *1998 Hella Eckert, ''Hanomag'', ''Da hängt mein Kleid'' *1999

Thomas Lehr Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

, ''September. Fata Morgana'', ''42'' *2000

Peter Stamm Peter Stamm (born 18 January 1963 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was short-listed for the ...

, ''Sieben Jahre'', ''An einem Tag wie diesem'' *2001

Bodo Kirchhoff Bodo Kirchhoff (born 6 July 1948) is a German writer and novelist. He was born in Hamburg before moving with his family to Kirchzarten in the Black Forest in 1955, which he describes as a culture shock. In addition to writing literary fiction, he ...

, ''Parlando'', ''Erinnerungen an meinen Porsche'' *2002

Robert Gernhardt Robert Gernhardt (13 December 1937 – 30 June 2006) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet. Life Robert Gernhardt was born the son of a judge and a chemist in Tallinn, where his family was part of the Baltic German minority. I ...

, ''Reim und Zeit'', Gesammelte Gedichte: 1954 – 2006 *2003

Reinhard Jirgl Reinhard Jirgl (born 16 January 1953 in East-Berlin) is a German writer. Biography Jirgl was born in Berlin-Friedrichshain. He became a skilled worker for electromechanics. Then he completed a degree in electronics at Humboldt University, Ber ...

, ''Die Unvollendeten'', ''Abtrünnig: Roman aus der nervösen Zeit'' *2004

Ralf Rothmann Ralf Rothmann (born May 10, 1953 in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist. His novels have been translated into several languages with Knife Edge (''Messers Schneide'') and Young Light (''Junges Licht'') being t ...

, ''Feuer brennt nicht'', ''Junges Licht'' *2005 Gert Loschütz, ''Auf der Birnbaumwiese'', ''Dunkle Gesellschaft: Roman in zehn Regennächten'' *2006

Clemens Meyer Clemens Meyer (born 1977) is a German writer. He is the author of ''Als wir träumten'' (''As We Were Dreaming'', 2006), ''Die Nacht, die Lichter'' (''All the Lights'', 2008), ''Gewalten'' (''Acts of Violence'', 2010), ''Im Stein'' (''Bricks an ...

, ''Als wir träumten'', ''Gewalten: Ein Tagebuch'' *2007 Antje Rávik Strubel, ''Gebrauchsanweisung für Schweden'', ''Kältere Schichten der Luft'' *2008

Ursula Krechel Ursula Krechel (born 4 December 1947) is a German writer. Krechel was born in Trier. From 1966 to 1972 she studied German studies, theatre, and art history at the University of Cologne. From 1969 to 1972, she worked as a drama advisor in Dortmun ...

, ''Shanghai fern von wo'', ''Ungezürnt: Gedichte'', ''Lichter'', ''Lesezeichen'' *2009 Christoph Peters, ''Stadt Land Fluß'', ''Mitsukos Restaurant'' *2010 , ''Das Beste, was wir hatten'' *2011

Josef Haslinger Josef Haslinger (born July 5, 1955) is an Austrian writer. Haslinger was born in Zwettl, Lower Austria. He studied philosophy, drama and Germanic studies at the University of Vienna. He received his PhD in 1980. Since then he has been working as ...

, ''Jáchymov'' *2012 Sten Nadolny, ''Weitlings Sommerfrische'' *2013 , ''Soutines letzte Fahrt'' *2014 , ''Deutscher Meister'' *2015

Klaus Modick Klaus Modick (born 3 May 1951) is a German author and literary translator. Education and early career Klaus Modick was born in Oldenburg and completed his secondary education at the Altes Gymnasium there in 1971. He then attended Hamburg Univ ...

, ''Konzert ohne Dichter'' *2016

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 ...

, ''Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert'' *2017 Ingo Schulze, ''Peter Holtz: Sein glückliches Leben erzählt von ihm selbst'' *2018

Robert Seethaler Robert Seethaler (born 1966) is an Austrian novelist, and actor. Awards and honours * 2005: Tankred-Dorst-Drehbuchpreis der Drehbuchwerkstatt München for ''Heartbreakin’'' * 2007: Debütpreis des Buddenbrookhauses for ''Die Biene und der Kurt ...

, ''Das Feld'' *2019

Dörte Hansen Dörte Hansen (also known as Dörte Hansen-Jaax, born 1964 in Husum, West Germany) is a German linguist, journalist and writer. Life Hansen grew up in Högel in Nordfriesland; her family spoke Low German at home. She learned her "first fore ...

, ''Mittagsstunde'' *2020 Annette Pehnt, ''Alles was Sie sehen ist neu'' *2021

Judith Hermann Judith Hermann (born 15 May 1970) is a German author. She has published several books of short stories and her first novel was published in 2014. She is a leading figure of the ''Fräuleinwunder'' ("girl wonder") group of women writers. Life ...

, ''Daheim'' *2022 , ''Zukunftsmusik''

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* {{Literary awards of Hesse Literary awards of Hesse Rheingau