The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award c ...

in memory of

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (11 October 1825 – 28 November 1898) was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire). Biog ...

. The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the ''Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung'' in

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

Laureates

*1938

Max Frisch Max Rudolf Frisch (; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity (social science), identity, individuality, Moral responsibility, responsibility, morality, and political commi ...

*1939 Franz Fischer *1941 Walter Sautter *1942 Kurt Guggenheim *1942

Walter Corti Walter Robert Corti (11 September 1910 – 12 January 1990) was a Swiss philosopher and writer. He contributed to the newspaper ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' and the cultural magazine ''Du''. In 1946 (after World War II) he helped found the Pestalo ...

*1954

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 ...

*1955

Franz Fassbind Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

*1958

Erwin Jaeckle Erwin may refer to: People Given name * Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist * Erwin Chemerinsky (born 1953), American legal scholar * Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2 * Erwin Hauer (1926� ...

*1959 Karl Jakob Wegmann *1960 Raffael Ganz *1961

Erika Burkart Erika Burkart (8 February 1922 – 14 April 2010) was a Swiss writer, teacher and poet. She wrote poems and epic poems, and received international recognition. Burkart was the recipient of many awards, among them the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis ...

*1964

Herbert Meier Herbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018)Hugo Loetscher Hugo Loetscher (22 December 1929 – 18 August 2009) was a Swiss writer and essayist. Life Loetscher was born and raised in Zürich. He studied philosophy, sociology, and literature at the University of Zürich and the University of Paris, S ...

*1967 Werner Weber *1968

Adolf Muschg Adolf Muschg (born 13 May 1934) is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Biography Adolf Muschg was born in Zollikon, canton of Zürich, Switzerland. He studied German studies, English studies ...

Franz Hohler Franz Hohler (born 1 March 1943) is a Swiss author and cabaret performer based in Zürich. Life Hohler is the author of one-man programs and satirical programs for television and radio. He has written theater pieces, children's books, stori ...

*1970

Gerold Späth Gerold Späth (born 16 October 1939 in Rapperswil) is a Switzerland, Swiss author, poet and writer. Life and career Born 1939 in Rapperswil on the Obersee (Zürichsee), ''Obersee'' lakeshore in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, the son ...

*1972

Paul Nizon Paul Nizon (born 19 December 1929 in Bern) is a Swiss art historian and writer. Biography The son of a Jewish chemist from Vitebsk and a Swiss mother, after leaving school he studied history of art, classical archaeology and German language and ...

Jürg Acklin Jürg is the name of: * Jürg Amann (1947–2013), Swiss author and dramatist * Jürg Baur (1918–2010), German composer and teacher of classical music * Jürg Berger (born 1954), retired Swiss professional ice hockey forward * Jürg Capol (born 1 ...

*1973

Hans Ulrich Lehmann Hans Ulrich Lehmann (4 May 1937 – 26 January 2013) was a Swiss composer. Education Hans Ulrich Lehmann studied violoncello at the Biel Conservatory in his hometown and music theory with Paul Müller-Zürich at the Zurich University of the Arts. ...

*1974

Silvio Blatter Silvio Blatter (born 25 January 1946 in Bremgarten, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer. Life Silvio Blatter was born into a working-class family. He attended school at the " Bezirksschule"-level in his hometown. From 1962 to 1966, he attended the t ...

*1975

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 ...

*1976

Rolf Hörler Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...

*1979 Alice Vollenweider *1980

Hermann Burger Hermann Burger (10 July 1942 – 28 February 1989) was a Swiss people, Swiss poet, novelist and essayist. In his creative works Burger often focused on society's lonely outsiders and, increasingly, the inevitability of death. His virtuosity in app ...

Franz Böni Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

, Werner Bodinek *1981 Jürg Altherr *1983

Jürg Amann Jürg Amann (born in Winterthur on 2 July 1947; died on 5 May 2013, in Zurich) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser, and other works. Awards *1982 Ingeborg Bachmann Pr ...

*1984 Hansjörg Schertenleib *1985 Emil Zopfi *1986 André Grab *1987

Hanna Johansen Hanna Johansen (born Hanna Margarete Meyer; 17 June 1939 – 25 April 2023) was a Swiss writer. Johansen studied classical philology, education and German studies at the Universities of Marburg and Göttingen. From 1967 to 1969 she lived in It ...

, Martin Hamburger *1988 Iso Camartin *1989 Christoph Rütimann *1991 Rita Ernst, Dante Andrea Franzetti *1992

Thomas David Müller Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

, Peter Sieber *1993 Hannes Brunner,

Tim Krohn Tim Krohn (born 9 February 1965) is an author of Swiss literature, recipient of the 1994 Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis. Born in Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, Krohn grew up in canton of Glarus, Glarus. He interrupted his studies of German s ...

*1994

Hans Ulrich Bächtold 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 ...

, Rainer Henrich,

Kurt Jakob Rüetschi Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages, Germanic languages. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad (name), Konrad/Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. Like ...

, Thomas Stalder *1995

Daniel Schnyder Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961) is a Swiss jazz reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music. Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur. He has record ...

*1996 Urs Frei, Konrad Klotz *1997 Perikles Monioudis, Beatrice Maritz *1998 Silvia Gertsch, Max Bachmann

References

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