German Literature Fund Grand Prize

German literary award

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Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutsche Literaturfonds (German Literature Fund) based in Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1983.^[1] The prize money was raised in 2019 from €20,000 to €30,000.^[1] In addition to the main prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturförderpreis is also awarded.^[1] In 2020 the Deutsche Literaturfonds renamed the prize to Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds (Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund) and the prize money has been raised to €50,000.^[2] It is awarded for an outstanding literary work.^[3]

Recipients

Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis

1983: Rainald Goetz
1984: Adelheid Duvanel
1985: Helga M. Novak
1986: Anne Duden
1987: Wolfgang Hilbig
1988: Klaus Hensel
1989: Thomas Strittmatter
1990: Josef Winkler
1991: Herta Müller
1992: Ludwig Fels
1993: Jan Faktor
1995: Hansjörg Schertenleib
1996: Burkhard Spinnen
1997: Birgit Vanderbeke
1998: Thomas Meinecke
1999: Lutz Seiler
2001: Wilhelm Genazino
2002: Ralf Rothmann
2003: Reinhard Jirgl
2004: Peter Kurzeck
2005: Martin Mosebach
2006: Sibylle Lewitscharoff
2007: Paul Nizon
2008: Gerhard Falkner
2009: Gerd-Peter Eigner
2010: Anne Weber
2011: Jan Wagner
2012: Frank Schulz
2013: Marica Bodrožić
2014: David Wagner
2015: Esther Kinsky
2016: Ulrich Peltzer
2017: Nico Bleutge
2018: Thomas Lehr
2019: Nora Bossong^[4]

Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds

2020: Felicitas Hoppe^[5]^[6]
2021: Ulrike Draesner^[7]^[8]
2022: Georg Klein^[9]
2023: Annette Pehnt^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis | Literaturpreis Gewinner".
^ "Der Deutsche Literaturfonds verändert seinen Literaturpreis". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "Statut zum Großen Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds". deutscher-literaturfonds.de. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ Balke, Florian (5 December 2019). "So ist das Leben". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Felicitas Hoppe ist erste Preisträgerin". Börsenblatt (in German). Frankfurt. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ "Felicitas Hoppe bekommt Großen Preis des Literaturfonds". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. dpa. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ "Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds für Ulrike Draesner". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ "Ulrike Draesner erhält Großen Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds". MDR.DE (in German). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ "Mit 50.000 Euro dotiert: Georg Klein erhält den Großen Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds". FAZ.NET (in German). epd. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "Pehnt mit Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds ausgezeichnet". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.