The Johann-Friedrich-von-Cotta-Literatur- und Übersetzerpreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart is a literary prize awarded in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

, Germany, awarded every three years to writers and translators. The prize is endowed with €20,000.

Winners

*2005 **Writer:

Petra Morsbach Petra Morsbach (born 1 June 1956) is a German author. Life and career Morsbach was born in Zürich, but grew up in Germany. She studied at Munich University and Leningrad Theater Academy. Morsbach's first novel, ''Plötzlich ist es Abend'' (' ...

**Translator: Michael Walter *2008 **Writer:

Egon Schwarz Egon is a Danish variant of the male given name Egino. It is most commonly found in Central and Northern Europe. Egon may refer to: People * Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1588–1635), Imperial Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (161 ...

**Translator: Hartmut Köhler *2011 **Writer:

Günter Herburger Günter Herburger (6 April 1932 – 3 May 2018) was a German writer. He was initially counted among the "New Realists" funded by , became the author of socialist, imaginative utopian worlds since the 1970s and took an outsider position in German- ...

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Claudia Ott Claudia Ott (born 1968 in Tübingen) is a German scholar of Middle-Eastern languages, Translation, literary translator and musician. She is mainly known for her 2004 German translations based on the oldest existing Arabic manuscript of the ''On ...

* 2014 ** Writer: Ulrike Edschmid ** Translator: Joachim Kalka * 2017 ** Writer:

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 nominated for the Inte ...

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Petra Strien Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, Petra is also called ...

* 2020 ** Writer:

Thomas Stangl Thomas Stangl (21 December 1854 in Aufhausen – 4 August 1921 in Würzburg) was a German classical scholar and text critic. He is found referenced most often for his edition of scholia to Cicero's speeches (''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae''), ...

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Claudia Steinitz Claudia may refer to: People Ancient Romans *Any woman from the Roman Claudia gens * Claudia (vestal), a Vestal Virgin who protected her father Appius Claudius Pulcher in 143 BC *Claudia Augusta (63–63 AD), infant daughter of Nero by his second ...

Literaturpreis der Stadt Stuttgart

From 1978 to 2002 this prize was known as City of Stuttgart Literary Prize. *1978 **Writer: Werner Dürrson **Writer: Roland Lang **Translator: Fritz Vogelgsang *1980 **Writer:

Irmela Brender Irmela is a feminine given name. In the Balkans, Irmela is popular among the Bosniaks in the former countries of Yugoslavia. The name is a hybrid between Irma (name), Irma and Arnel (disambiguation), Arnela, two names that are also popular among ...

**Writer: Margarete Hannsmann **Translator:

Otto Bayer Otto Bayer (4 November 1902 – 1 August 1982) was a German industrial chemist at IG Farben who was head of the research group that in 1937 discovered the polyaddition for the synthesis of polyurethanes out of poly-isocyanate and polyol. Ba ...

*1982 **Writer:

Friederike Roth Friederike Roth (born 6 April 1948) is a German writer. She is especially active as a playwright. Roth was born in Sindelfingen Sindelfingen ( Swabian: ''Sendlfenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg in south Germany. It lies near Stuttgart at ...

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Franz Mechsner Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

**Translator: Ragni Maria Seidl-Gschwend *1984 **Writer:

Otto Jägersberg Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

**Writer: Jochen Kelter **Translator: Hans Hermann *1986 **Writer: Walter Helmut Fritz **Writer:

Christoph Lippelt Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenho ...

**Translator: Elke Weh *1988 **Writer:

Ludwig Greve Ludwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Ludwig (surname), including a list of people * Ludwig von Koopa, a character in Mario (the game) Arts and entertai ...

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Hanns-Josef Ortheil Hanns-Josef Ortheil (born 5 November 1951, in Cologne) is a German author, scholar of German literature, and pianist. He has written many autobiographical and historical novels, some of which have been translated into 11 languages, according to Wo ...

**Translator: Maria Csollán *1990 **Writer:

Zsuzsanna Gahse Zsuzsanna Gahse ( Vajda; born 27 June 1946) is a Hungarian-born German-language writer and translator who lives in Switzerland. Life and works Gahse is the daughter of Hungarian parents and Hungarian is her mother tongue. Her family fled to ...

**Writer:

Johannes Poethen Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Ye ...

**Translator: Rosemarie Tietze *1992 **Writer: Tina Stroheker **Writer:

Rolf Vollmann Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...

**Translator: Helga Pfetsch *1994 **Writer: Albrecht Goes **Writer:

Reinhard Gröper Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian and Swedish surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name *Reinhard of Blankenburg (after ...

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Barbara Henninges Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously a ...

*1996 **Writer: Maria Beig **Translator: Willi Zurbrüggen *1998 **Writer: Hermann Kinder **Translator:

Hildegard Grosche Hildegard is a female name derived from the Old High German ''hild'' ('war' or 'battle') and ''gard'' ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'. Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish Hild ...

*2000 **Writer: Peter O. Chotjewitz **Translator:

Nikolaus Stingl Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In turn, the name ...

*2002 **Writer:

Jürgen Lodemann Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car drive ...

**Translator: Ralph Dutli

External links

Webseite der Stadt Stuttgart zum Johann Friedrich von Cotta-Preis
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