Thaddäus-Troll-Preis is a

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

awarded by the ''Förderkreis deutscher Schriftsteller in Baden-Württemberg'', an organization that supports and sponsors writers in the German state of

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 ...

. The prize is awarded annually to German-language writers resident in the state and is named in honor of

Thaddäus Troll Hans Bayer, known by the pseudonym Thaddäus Troll, (18 March 1914 – 5 July 1980) was a German journalist and writer and one of the most prominent modern poets in the Swabian German dialect. In his later years, he was also an active campaigner ...

, one of the founders of the organization. The prize money is €10,000. In 2023, the prize was renamed the Anna Haag Prize.

Winners

Source: *1981 Manfred Esser *1982

Katja Behrens Katja Behrens (born Katja Oswald; 18 December 1942 – 6 March 2021) was a German author and translator of Jewish descent. Biography Behrens was the daughter of Josef Oswald, a photographer, and Leni Oswald, an author and journalist. With her m ...

*1983 Michael Spohn *1984 Rainer Wochele *1985

Gerhard Raff Gerhard Raff (born 13 August 1946 in Stuttgart-Degerloch, then American Zone of Occupation, later West Germany) is a German historian, editor and publisher, well known around Swabia (eastern and southern Baden-Württemberg) for his writings on ...

*1986

Rafik Schami Rafik Schami () (born Suheil Fadel ()Clauer, Markus (n.d.) (trans. by Jonathan Uhlaner) Goethe Institut. 23 June 1946) is a Syrian-German author, storyteller and critic. Biography Born in Syria in 1946, Schami is the son of a baker from a Chr ...

*1987 Ernst Köhler (writer) *1988 Carmen Kotarski *1989 Eva Christina Zeller *1990 Hellmut G. Haasis *1991 Urs M. Fiechtner *1992

Thommie Bayer Thommie Bayer (Thomas Bayer-Heer, born 22 April 1953) is a German writer, musician and painter. Bayer was born in Esslingen am Neckar, near Stuttgart (where he attended school). From 1972 to 1978, he studied at the Stuttgart State Academy of Ar ...

*1993 Harald Hurst *1994 Walle Sayer *1995

Michael Buselmeier Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...

*1996

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 adjoinin ...

*1997

Marcus Hammerschmitt Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...

*1998 Markus R. Weber *1999

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 ...

*2000

Joachim Zelter Joachim was, according to Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary (mother of Jesus), and the maternal grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of the New Testament apoc ...

*2001

Anna Breitenbach Anna Breitenbach (born 1952) is a German author and performance artist. She was born in Hessen. She studied German and political science in Göttingen and Tübingen and attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. She worked as a radio repo ...

*2003

Martin Gülich Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Mart� ...

*2005

Angelika Overath Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist. Overath studied German literature, history, Italian Studies, and cultural studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD thesis, PhD-thesis in 1986 about ...

*2007 Susanne Stephan *2008

Annette Pehnt Annette Pehnt (born 1967 in Cologne) is a German writer and literary critic. She lives in Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg. After graduating from school in 1986 Pehnt performed voluntary social work in Belfast. After a year living in Scotland, sh ...

*2009

José F. A. Oliver José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

*2010 Martin von Arndt *2011 Lisa-Marie Dickreiter *2012 Sandra Hoffmann *2013 Matthias Kehle *2014 Katrin Zipse *2015 Carolin Callies *2016 Felicitas Andresen *2017 Manuela Fuelle *2018 Kai Wieland *2019

Iris Wolff Iris Wolff (born 28 July 1977 as Martina Iris Wolff) is a German writer. Life Wolff was born in Sibiu (''Hermannstadt''), a city in the Transylvania region of what was then the Socialist Republic of Romania. Part of the Transylvanian Saxon co ...

*2020 Kai Weyand *2021 Christian Schulteisz *2022 Cihan Acar

References

External links

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