Literary awards in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Numerous Austrian, German and Swiss literary prizes are mentioned in each issue of new books in german. What are they given for, how do they rate, and when were they instituted? Marilen Daum lists the major awards from all three countries and answers these questions. In naming the winners she provides a rollcall of outstanding writers in the German language since 1995 and before.
This selection focuses on the most important prizes awarded for fiction and poetry written in German. It covers awards in all literary genres, including children's and teenage literature. Each description lists the purpose of the prize, the award criteria and procedure, and the winners of recent years.
- The Adelbert von Chamisso-Preis
- The Alfred-Döblin-Preis
- The Aspekte-Literatur-Preis
- The Berliner Literaturpreis
- The Deutscher Bücherpreis
- The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
- The Deutscher-Krimi-Preis
- Erich-Fried-Preis
- The Ernst-Robert-Curtius-Preise für Essayistik
- Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
- The Georg-Büchner-Preis
- The Georg-Trakl-Preis für Lyrik
- The Geschwister Scholl Preis
- The Grosser Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
- The Grosser Preis der Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung
- The Heinrich-Böll-Preis der Stadt Köln
- The Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis
- The Jugendbuchpreis Buxtehuder Bulle
- The Literaturpreis der Stadt Solothurn
- The Manés Sperber-Preis für Literatur
- The Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
- The Österreichischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis
- The Peter-Huchel-Preis
- Preis der Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung
- The Rauriser Literaturpreis
- The Schweizer Jugendbuchpreis
- Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur
- The Alfred-Döblin-Preis
Further information on these and other literary prizes can be found in the Handbuch der Kulturpreise 1995-2000, Bonn 2000. ISBN 3-930395-24-X.
Marilen Daum is Head Librarian at the Goethe-Institut New York
Translation by Clare Muddyman, Goethe-Institut London
