German Literature Fund Grand Prize
German literary award
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Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutscher 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 Deutscher 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]
- 2024: Martina Hefter[11]
- 2025: Katerina Poladjan[12][13]
