Anna Seghers-Preis is a literary prize of

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. The prize goes back to the German writer

Anna Seghers Anna Seghers (; born ''Anna Reiling,'' 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), is the pseudonym of a German writer notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian ...

(1900–1983), who stated in her testament that the revenues from her work should be used to encourage promising young writers. The award is endowed with 25,000 euros, to be awarded in equal parts to an author from the German and the Latin American region. The prize has been awarded since 1986 by the

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(Berlin) till 1994, later by the Anna Seghers Foundation. The board of the Anna Seghers Foundation appoints an annual personality as a juror, which suggests the two winners.

Winners

* 1986: Ingeborg Arlt, Omar Saavedra Santis * 1987: Kerstin Hensel, Ramón Díaz Eterovic, Gioconda Belli * 1988:

Kathrin Schmidt Kathrin Schmidt (born 12 March 1958 in Gotha, Bezirk Erfurt), is a German writer. She is known both for her poetry and prose. Life and work Kathrin Schmidt grew up in Gotha and from 1964 in Waltershausen. After graduating from high school, she ...

, Jens Sparschuh * 1989: Annett Gröschner, Jörg Kowalski * 1990: Arturo Arias,

Daína Chaviano Daína Chaviano () (born 19 February 1957, Havana)Profile
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, Johannes Jansen,

Reinhard Jirgl Reinhard Jirgl (born 16 January 1953 in East-Berlin) is a German writer. Biography Jirgl was born in Berlin-Friedrichshain. He became a skilled worker for electromechanics. Then he completed a degree in electronics at Humboldt University, Berl ...

, Sonja Voß-Scharfenberg. * 1991: ''Haus für Strassenkinder'' (Brazil) * 1992: Ines Eck * 1993: Alois Hotschnig * 1994:

João Ubaldo Ribeiro João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the Br ...

* 1995:

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* 1996: Michael Kleeberg, Miguel Vitagliano * 1997: Ulrich Peltzer,

Carmen Boullosa Carmen Boullosa (born September 4, 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. It has been praised by a number of writers, i ...

* 1998: Róža Domašcyna, David Mitrani Arenal * 1999: Stefanie Menzinger, Hermann Bellinghausen * 2000: Melanie Gieschen, Alonso Cueto * 2001: Ana Teresa Torres, Carsten Probst * 2002: Rafael Gumucio, Lutz Seiler * 2003:

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* 2004:

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, Jan Wagner * 2005:

Cristina Rivera-Garza Cristina Rivera Garza (born October 1, 1964) is a Mexican author and professor best known for her fictional work, with various novels such as ''Nadie me verá llorar'' (''No One Will See Me Cry'') winning a number of Mexico’s highest literary a ...

Ulf Stolterfoht Ulf Stolterfoht (born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart) is a German writer. Life and work Ulf Stolterfoht opted out of military service and performed civilian service instead, after which he studied German and Linguistics in Bochum und Tübingen. St ...

* 2006:

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Pedro Lemebel Pedro Segundo Mardones Lemebel (21 November 1952 – 23 January 2015) was an openly gay Chilean essayist, chronicler, and novelist. He was known for his cutting critique of authoritarianism and for his humorous depiction of Chilean popular cul ...

* 2007: Fabián Casas,

Katja Oskamp Katja Oskamp (born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig) is a German writer. She won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award. Personal life and education Oskamp was born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig, Germany and grew up in Berlin. She studied t ...

* 2008:

Lukas Bärfuss Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019. Biography Born in Thun, Switzerland in 1971, Lukas Bärfuss began training as a bookseller after graduating f ...

Alejandra Costamagna Alejandra Costamagna Crivelli (born 23 March 1970) is a Chilean writer and journalist. Biography Costamagna's parents arrived in Chile from Argentina in 1967. Alejandra Costamagna recalls that her first approach to writing was through journal en ...

* 2009: Daniela Dröscher,

Guadalupe Nettel Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973) is a Mexican writer. She has published four novels, including ''The Body Where I Was Born'' (2011) and ''After the Winter'' (2014). She won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero and the Premio Herralde literar ...

* 2010: Félix Bruzzone,

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* 2011: Sabrina Janesch, Lina Meruane (Chile) * 2012:

Olga Grjasnowa Olga Grjasnowa (born 14 November 1984, in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, USSR) is a German writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. Personal life and education Olga Grjasnowa was born into a Russian-Jewish famil ...

, Wilmer Urrelo Zaráte * 2015:

Nino Haratischwili Nino Haratischwili ( ka, ნინო ხარატიშვილი; born 8 June 1983) is a Georgia born German novelist, playwright, and theater director. She has received numerous awards, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Kra ...

* 2016: Yuri Herrera (Mexico) * 2017: Maren Kames * 2018:

Julián Fuks Julián Fuks (born 1981) is a Brazilian writer. Life and career Fuks was born in São Paulo to Argentine parents, who left their country fleeing from the dictatorship. He graduated in journalism and has a master's degree in literary theory a ...

, Manja Präkels * 2019: Fernanda Melchor, Joshua Groß * 2020: Ivna Žic, Hernán Ronsino * 2021: Francis Nenik,

Magela Baudoin Magela Baudoin Teran (Caracas, January 3, 1973) is a Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bo ...

* 2022: Yael Inokai,

Alia Trabucco Zeran Alia Trabucco Zerán (born 26 August 1983) is a Chilean writer. She has an MFA in creative writing in Spanish from New York University and a PhD in Spanish and Latin American studies from University College London. Her debut novel ''La Resta'' ('' ...

External links

Anna Seghers Foundation
German literary awards Awards established in 1986 1986 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub