Bodensee-Literaturpreis (Lake Constance Literature Prize) is a literary prize awarded in

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 ...

, Germany. The city of

Überlingen Überlingen (; ) is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the German-Swiss border, border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second-largest city in the Bodenseek ...

has been awarding the Lake Constance Literature Prize since 1954. The foundation of this municipal literature prize goes back to an initiative of the Baltic writer Eugen Assmann (1902–1979). The prize is to be awarded to an author for a special literary achievement within the literature of the entire Lake Constance area. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.

Winners

*1954 Wolfram von den Steinen for ''Notker der Dichter und seine geistige Welt'' *1955

Friedrich Georg Jünger Friedrich "Fritz" Georg Jünger (1 September 1898 – 20 July 1977) was a German writer and lawyer. He wrote poetry, cultural criticism and novels. He was the younger brother of Ernst Jünger. Life and work The younger brother of Ernst Jünger, ...

for "sein lyrisches Werk" *1956 Leopold Ziegler for "sein philosophisches Werk" *1957

Richard Beitl Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and i ...

for "sein volkskundliches und erzählerisches Werk" *1958 Mary Lavater-Sloman for''Einsamkeit'' *1959 Wilhelm Boeck for''Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer'' *1960 Johannes Duft for ''Bibliotheca Sangallensis'' *1961 Albert Knoepfli for "sein kunsthistorisches Schaffen" *1962 Felix Freiherr von Hornstein for ''Wald und Mensch'' *1963 not awarded *1964 Jacob Picard for ''Die alte Lehre'' *1965

Otto Feger Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from ...

for ''Geschichte des Bodenseeraumes'' *1966 Albert Bächtold for "sein erzählerisches Werk" *1967

Martin Walser Martin Johannes Walser (; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for ''Süddeutscher Rundfunk'', where he wrote and directed audio plays. He was a member of Group 47 ...

for "sein Gesamtwerk" *1968 Georg Siemens for "seine erzählenden und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten" *1969 Gebhard Spahr for '' Weingartner Liederhandschrift'' *1970 not awarded *1971

Claus Zoege Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Claus von Amsberg, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (1926–2002) * Claus-Casimir of Orange ...

for ''Die Bildhauerfamilie Zürn'' *1972

Werner Koch Werner Koch (born July 11, 1961) is a German free software developer. He is best known as the principal author of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG). He was also Head of Office and German Vice-Chancellor of the Free Software Foundation Europe. ...

for ''Seeleben'' *1973 not awarded *1974

Ernst Benz Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born ...

for ''Geist und Landschaft'' *1975 Horst Stern for "seine publizistische Tätigkeit, besonders im Hinblick auf die Ökologie des Bodenseeraumes" *1976 und 1977 exposed *1978

Manfred Bosch ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of Gothic fiction. Byro ...

for "seine Gedichte in Radolfzeller Mundart und seine Essays" *1979

Arno Borst The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a so ...

for ''Mönche am Bodensee 610–1525'' *1980

Otto Frei Otto Frei was a Swiss wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman middleweight at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrate ...

for "sein erzählerisches Werk" *1981

Hermann Kinder Hermann Kinder (18 May or 18 June 1944 – 27 August 2021) was a German writer. Biography Kinder was born on 18 May or 18 June 1944 in Toruń and spent his childhood in Ulm, Nuremberg, and Münster. He earned a degree in art history from the Un ...

for "seine epische Prosa" und Peter Renz for ''Vorläufige Beruhigung'' *1983 Ingrid Puganigg for ''Fasnacht'' *1985

Werner Dürrson Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Raid ...

for ''Das Kattenhorner Schweigen'' *1987

Golo Mann Golo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist. After completing a doctorate in philosophy under Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg, in 1933 he fled Hitler's Germany. He followe ...

for "seine dem Bodensee geltenden essayistischen und autobiographischen Schriften" *1989

Hans Boesch Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

for ''Der Sog'' *1991 Bruno Epple for "sein literarisches Schaffen" *1993

Pirmin Meier Pirmin Adrian Meier (born February 21, 1947) is a Swiss author and teacher (also in the field of adult education). To fellow writer Hansjörg Schneider, Meier is "der eigenständigste und eigenwilligste Schweizer Geschichtsschreiber seiner Genera ...

for ''Paracelsus – Arzt und Prophet'' *1995 not awarded *1997

for ''Bohème am Bodensee'' *1999

Beat Brechbühl Beat, beats, or beating may refer to: Common uses * Assault, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact * Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact * Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of inte ...

for ''Fussreise mit Adolf Dietrich'' and for "seine Beiträge zu ''Auf dem Rücken des Sees''" *2001 Werner Mezger for ''Das große Buch der schwäbisch-alemannischen Fasnet'' *2004

Zsuzsanna Gahse Zsuzsanna Gahse ( Vajda; born 27 June 1946) is a Hungarian-born German-language writer and translator who lives in Switzerland. Life and works Gahse is the daughter of Hungarian parents and Hungarian is her mother tongue. Her family fled to ...

for ''durch und durch. Müllheim/Thur in drei Kapiteln'' *2006

Markus Werner Markus Werner (; 27 December 1944 – 3 July 2016) was a Swiss writer, known as the author of the novels '' Zündels Abgang'' (''Zündel’s Exit''), ''Am Hang'' ('' On the Edge''), and ''Die kalte Schulter'' (''Cold Shoulder''). Life Markus Werne ...

for '' Am Hang'' *2008

Michael Köhlmeier Michael Köhlmeier (born 15 October 1949 in Hard, Austria)

for ''Abendland'' *2010 Christian Uetz for previous literary oeuvre *2012

Peter Stamm Peter Stamm (born 18 January 1963 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was nominated for the Inte ...

for previous literary *2014

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 ...

for previous literary oeuvre *2016 Peter Salomon for previous literary oeuvre *2018

Eva Gesine Baur Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), in the ''Devil May Cry'' video game series * ...

for previous literary oeuvre *2020

Monika Helfer Monika Helfer (born 18 October 1947, in Au) is an Austrian writer. She was invested with the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2016. She was the recipient of the Solothurner Literaturpreis in 2020, and the Schubart-Literaturpreis in 20 ...

for literary oeuvre * 2022 Verena Rossbacher for her literary oeuvre

References

External links

* Literary awards of Baden-Württemberg Awards established in 1954 {{Germany-lit-award-stub