The Corine – International Book Prize, as it is officially called, is a German literature prize created by the Bavarian chapter of the

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (English: ''German Publishers and Booksellers Association'') is a trade association of the German publishing industry, based in Frankfurt. It was founded there in 1948 and merged with a similar Leipzig organ ...

, first awarded in 2001. It is awarded to German and international "authors for excellent literary achievements and their recognition by the public." The award announced on its website that it would take a break for 2012 and relaunch in 2013, but has not returned .

Trophy

The "Corine" trophy is a

figurine A figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with cla ...

produced by the

Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (German: ''Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg'') is located at the ''Nördliches Schloßrondell'' (northern palace circle) in one of the ''Cavalier Houses'' in front of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germa ...

. "Corine" was first manufactured in 1760 as part of a sixteen-figure set of ''

commedia dell'arte Commedia dell'arte was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Theatre of Italy, Italian theatre, that was popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was formerly called Italian comedy in English and is a ...

'' performers in porcelain, designed by the German modeller

Franz Anton Bustelli Franz Anton Bustelli (12 April 1723 – 18 April 1763) was a Swiss-born German modeller for the Bavarian Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory from 1754 to his death in 1763. He is widely regarded as the finest modeller of porcelain in the Rococo s ...

(1723–1763).

Winners

2001

* Fiction:

Zeruya Shalev Zeruya Shalev (; born 13 May 1959) is an Israeli author. Biography Zeruya Shalev was born on Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, Kinneret. She has an MA in Bible studies and works as a literary editor at Keshet Publishing House. On 29 January 2004, when ...

for '' Mann und Frau'' * Fiction:

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a ...

for '' One Step Behind'' * Non-fiction: Pascale N. Bercovitch for '' Das Lächeln des Delphins'' * Non-fiction:

Simon Singh Simon Lehna Singh, (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include ''Fermat's Last Theorem'' (in the United States titled ''Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve ...

for ''

The Code Book ''The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography'' is a book by Simon Singh, published in 1999 by Fourth Estate and Doubleday. ''The Code Book'' describes some illustrative highlights in the history of crypto ...

'' * Illustrated Non-fiction:

The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...

for ''

The Beatles Anthology ''The Beatles Anthology'' is a multimedia retrospective project consisting of a television documentary, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book describing the history of the Beatles. Beatles members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and R ...

'' * Children's Book: Joanne K. Rowling for ''

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the fourth novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. It follows Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, a wizard in his fourth year at Hogwar ...

'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Wolf Jobst Siedler Wolf Jobst Siedler (17 January 1926 – 27 November 2013) was a German publisher and writer. Life Born in Berlin, he studied at the Freie Universität and worked as a journalist. His publishing house ''Wolf Jobst Siedler Verlag'' was bought in ...

for ''Ein Leben wird besichtigt'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Manil Suri Manil Suri (born July 1959) is an Indian-American mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels all named for Hindu gods. His first novel, '' The Death of Vishnu'' (2001), which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the ...

for ''

The Death of Vishnu ''The Death of Vishnu'' (2001) is a novel by Indian-American writer Manil Suri. The book is about the spiritual journey of a dying man named Vishnu living on a landing of a Bombay apartment building, as well as the lives of the residents living ...

'' * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (''née'' Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career she was publis ...

for ''

Winter Solstice The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's geographical pole, poles reaches its maximum axial tilt, tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern Hemisphere, Northern and So ...

2002

* Fiction:

Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza ( , ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel '' The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller. Early life Paulo Coelho ...

for ''

The Alchemist An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy. Alchemist or Alchemyst may also refer to: Books and stories * ''The Alchemist'' (novel), the translated title of a 1988 allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho * ''The Alchemist'' (play), a play by Ben ...

'' * Non-fiction:

Waris Dirie Waris Dirie (; born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation ( FGM). From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against FGM. In 2002 she founded her own ...

for '' Desert Flower'' * Illustrated Non-fiction:

Jacques Perrin Jacques Perrin (; born Jacques André Simonet ; 13 July 1941 – 21 April 2022) was a French actor and film producer. He was occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Early life Jacques André Simonet was born on the Boulevard Port-Royal in ...

for '' Nomaden der Lüfte – Das Geheimnis der Zugvögel'' * Children's Book:

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...

posthumously, for life's work * HypoVereinsbank Business Book Award: Prof.

Meinhard Miegel Meinhard Miegel (born 23 April 1939 in Vienna) is a German political scientist. He is known for his work on the conditions of the economy and society. He co-founded the Institut für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft with Kurt Biedenkopf in 1977, an ...

for ''Die deformierte Gesellschaft. Wie die Deutschen ihre Wirklichkeit verdrängen'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Sven Regener Sven Regener (born 1 January 1961) is a German musician and writer living in Berlin. In 1982 he recorded his first LP with the band ''Zatopek'' and in 1984 he joined ''Neue Liebe''. In 1985 he founded the Berlin band Element of Crime together ...

for ''

Herr Lehmann ''Herr Lehmann'' is a German novel by Sven Regener, published in 2001, adapted for the screen in 2003. It has been translated into English by John Brownjohn under the title ''Berlin Blues''. The book has sold more than 1 million copies in Germa ...

'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's b ...

for his life's work * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Barbara Wood Barbara Wood (born January 30, 1947, in Warrington, Lancashire, England) is an American writer of historical romance novels. Her family moved to California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on ...

for ''Sacred Ground''

2003

* Fiction:

Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born September 28, 1942) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. The novels are written in English and have been translated into many forei ...

, '' Wilful Behaviour'' * Non-fiction: Inge and

Walter Jens Walter Jens (8 March 1923 – 9 June 2013) was a German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer. He was born in Hamburg, and attended the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums from 1933 to 1941, when he gained his ...

, ''Frau Thomas Mann'' * Illustrated Non-fiction:

Nina Hagen Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is ...

/ Marcel Feige, '' That's Why The Lady Is A Punk'' * Children's Book:

Cornelia Funke Cornelia Maria Funke (; born 10 December 1958) is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a Book illustration, book illustrator. She began writing no ...

, ''

The Thief Lord ''The Thief Lord'' is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was Funke's fir ...

'' * HypoVereinsbank Business Book Award: Hans-Olaf Henkel, ''Die Ethik des Erfolgs'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels '' Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), '' Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fiction works '' Eat ...

, ''

Everything Is Illuminated ''Everything Is Illuminated'' is the first novel by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2002. It was adapted into a film of the same name starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hütz in 2005. The book's writing and structure rece ...

'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20 November 192313 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great ben ...

for her life's work * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Ken Follett Kenneth Martin Follett (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 198 million copies of his works. His books have been sold in over 80 countries. Follett's commercial breakthrough came with ...

, '' Jackdaws''

2004

* Fiction:

Frank Schätzing Frank Schätzing (; born 28 May 1957) is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel '' The Swarm'' (2004). Life Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, an ...

, '' The Swarm'' * Non-fiction:

Frank Schirrmacher Frank Schirrmacher (5 September 1959 – 12 June 2014) was a German journalist, literature expert and essayist, writer, and from 1994 co-publisher of the national German newspaper ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung''. Education After studying G ...

, '' Das Methusalem-Komplott'' * Children's Book: Ulrich Janßen, Ulla Steuernagel, ''Die Kinder-Uni'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Louise Welsh Louise Welsh (born 1 February 1965 in London) is an English-born author of short stories and psychological thrillers, resident in Glasgow, Scotland. She has also written three plays, an opera, edited volumes of prose and poetry, and contributed ...

, ''

The Cutting Room The Cutting Room is a music venue in New York City that was open at 19 West 24th Street from late 1999 through January 2009 for music of all varieties, and reopened at the beginning of 2013 in a new location at 44 East 32nd Street. It was co-ow ...

'' * Economics Book:

Hans-Werner Sinn Hans-Werner Sinn (born 7 March 1948) is a German economist who served as President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research from 1999 to 2016. He currently serves on the German ministry of economy’s advisory council. He is Professor Emeri ...

, '' Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?'' * Audiobook: Schönherz & Fleer, '' Rilke Projekt, 1 bis 3'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Imre Kertész Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...

for his life's work * Weltbild Readers' Prize: Patricia Shaw, ''The Five Winds'' * Future Prize:

Tad Williams Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 13, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume ''Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'' series, ''Otherland'' series, '' Shadowmarch'' series, and ''The Bobby Dollar'' ...

, ''

Otherland ''Otherland'' is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001. The story is set on Earth near the end of the 21st century, probably between 2082 and 2089, in a world where technology has advanced ...

2005

* Fiction:

Per Olov Enquist Per Olov Enquist, also known as P. O. Enquist, (23 September 1934 – 25 April 2020) was a Swedish author. He had worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist. Biography Enquist was born and raised in Hjoggböle, a village in present ...

, '' Das Buch von Blanche und Marie'' * Non-fiction:

Claus Kleber Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber (born September 2, 1955) is a German journalist and former lawyer. He anchored ''heute-journal'', an evening news program on ZDF, one of Germany's two major public television stations. He is also known for his reporti ...

, ''Amerikas Kreuzzüge'' * Children's Book: Kai Meyer, '' Frostfeuer'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Eva Menasse Eva Menasse (born 11 May 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian author and journalist. She has studied history and German literature. Menasse had a successful career as a journalist, writing for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Frankfurt F ...

, ''Vienna'' * Economics Book:

Jeremy Rifkin Jeremy Rifkin (born January 26, 1945) is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. Rifkin is the author of 23 books about the influence of scientific and technological changes on the eco ...

, '' The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Walter Kempowski Walter Kempowski (; 29 April 1929 – 5 October 2007) was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called ''German Chronicle'' ("Deutsche Chronik") and the monumental ''Echolot'' ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical rep ...

for his life's work * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Cecelia Ahern Cecelia Ahern (born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist, known for her works like '' PS, I Love You''; '' Where Rainbows End''; and '' If You Could See Me Now''. Born in Dublin, Ahern is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold ...

, ''Für immer vielleicht'' * Audiobook:

Helma Sanders-Brahms Helma Sanders-Brahms (20 November 1940 – 27 May 2014) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Helma Sanders was born on 20 November 1940 in Emden, Germany. She attended a school for acting in Hannover from 1960 to 1 ...

, ''Tausendundeine Nacht'' * Future Prize: Kurt G. Blüchel, '' Bionik''

2006

* Fiction:

Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2 ...

, '' Never Let Me Go'' * Non-fiction: Neclà Kelek, ''Die verlorenen Söhne. Plädoyer für die Befreiung des türkisch-muslimischen Mannes'' * Children's Book:

Jonathan Stroud Jonathan Anthony Stroud (born 27 October 1970) is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the ''Bartimaeus'' young adult sequence and '' Lockwood & Co.'' children's series. His books have received note for their satire, and use of ...

, ''Bartimäus. Die Pforte des Magiers'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Bertina Henrichs Bertina Henrichs (born 1966, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer who writes in French and lives in Paris. Life Bertina Henrichs studied literature and film techniques in Berlin and France. With a thesis on writers who have adopted a foreign ...

, ''Die Schachspielerin'' * Economics Book:

Kurt Biedenkopf Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (; 28 January 1930 – 12 August 2021) was a German jurist, academic teacher and politician of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) party. He was rector of the Ruhr University Bochum. Biedenkopf made a political career ...

, ''Die Ausbeutung der Enkel'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Amos Oz Amos Oz (; born Amos Klausner (); 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a pro ...

for his life's work * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Diana Gabaldon Diana J. Gabaldon (; born January 11, 1952) is an American author and television writer. She is best known for the book series ''Outlander''. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventu ...

, ''Ein Hauch von Schnee und Asche'' * Audiobook:

Klaus Maria Brandauer Klaus Maria Brandauer (; born Klaus Georg Steng; 22 June, 1943) is an Austrian actor and director. He is also a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. Brandauer is known internationally for his roles in '' Mephisto'' (1981), ''Never Say Never ...

und

Birgit Minichmayr Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977) is an Austrian actress born in Linz, Austria. She studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. For her work in Maren Ade's film Everyone Else she won Silver Bear for Best Actress at 59th Berlin ...

, ''Brandauer liest Mozart'' * Future Prize:

Tim Flannery Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator Science communication encompasses a wide range of activities tha ...

, ''Wir Wettermacher''

2007

* Fiction:

Wilhelm Genazino Wilhelm Genazino (22 January 1943 – 12 December 2018) was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine ''pardon'' and for ''Lesezeichen''. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became ...

, '' Mittelmäßiges Heimweh'' * Non-fiction: Anne Siemens, ''Für die RAF war er das System, für mich der Vater - die andere Geschichte des deutschen Terrorismus'' * Children's Book: Sergej Lukianenko, ''Das Schlangenschwert'' * Rolf Heyne First Book Prize:

Harald Martenstein Harald Martenstein (born 9 September 1953, in Mainz) is a German journalist and author. Biography Martenstein studied History and Romance Studies in Freiburg. From 1981 to 1988, he was a journalist at the ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' and from 198 ...

, '' Heimweg'' * Economics Book:

Érik Orsenna Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult (born 22 March 1947) a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economi ...

, ''Weiße Plantagen – eine Reise durch unsere globalisierte Welt'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Peter Härtling Peter Härtling (; 13 November 1933 – 10 July 2017) was a German writer, poet, publisher and journalist. He received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his major contribution to German literature. Biography Härtling was ...

for his life's work * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Andrea Maria Schenkel Andrea Maria Schenkel (born 21 March 1962 in Regensburg, West Germany) is a German writer. She received the Corine Literature Prize (2007). Biography She published her debut novel ''Tannöd'' in 2006. Based on the Hinterkaifeck murder in the 1 ...

(Author) and

Monica Bleibtreu Monica Bleibtreu (; 4 May 1944 – 13 May 2009) was an Austrian-German actress and screenwriter, best known in the German-speaking world for her film, television and stage roles. Life and career Bleibtreu was born in Vienna, Austria, the daugh ...

(Reader) for the book and audiobook ''Tannöd'' * Audiobook:

Hape Kerkeling Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor. Career At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meanin ...

, ''Ein Mann, ein Fjord''

2008

* Fiction:

Feridun Zaimoglu Freydun (; from the Avestan ''Θraētaona''), is an Iranian masculine given name. Common variations include the names Freidun, Feridun, Faridun, Faredoon, Fereydoon, Ferydoon, Faridoon, Ferydoun, Fereydoun and Fereydun. Etymology All of the forms o ...

, '' Liebesbrand'' * Non-fiction: Manfred Lütz, ''Gott. Eine kleine Geschichte des Größten'' * Children's Book:

Andreas Steinhöfel Andreas Steinhöfel (; born 14 January 1962) is a German author for children and young adult books, and a translator. Biography Andreas Steinhöfel grew up with two brothers in the Middle Hesse small town Biedenkopf, and did his GCE Advanced ...

, '' Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten'' * Bilderwelten: Nadine Barth (Hrsg.), ''Verschwindende Landschaften'' * Economics Book:

Paul Collier Sir Paul Collier, (born 23 April 1949) is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and co-director of the International Gro ...

, ''The Bottom Billion'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

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 his life's work * Future Prize:

Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Chief Adviser of the Interim government of Muhammad Yunus, interim Yunus ministry, g ...

, ''Die Armut besiegen'' * Weltbild Readers' Prize:

Volker Klüpfel Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * ''Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-time ...

Michael Kobr Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...

, ''Laienspiel. Kluftingers neuer Fall'' * Audiobook:

, ''

The Man from Beijing ''The Man from Beijing'' is a novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell first published in Swedish on 20 May 2008 under the title (''The Chinese''). The English translation by Laurie Thompson was published in the UK on 10 January 2010, and in the ...

'' (read by

Axel Milberg Axel Theodor Klaus Milberg (born 1 August 1956) is a German actor. His most prominent role is that of ''Tatort'' investigator Klaus Borowski. Selected filmography * ''After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (1995) * ' (1996) * ''Father's Day'' (1 ...

)

2009

* Fiction:

Mohammed Hanif Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964) is a British-Pakistani writer and journalist''.'' His work has been published by ''The New York Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The New Yorker'' and ''The Washington Post''. Hanif worked as a corresponde ...

, '' A Case of Exploding Mangoes'' * Non-fiction:

Richard von Weizsäcker Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (; 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician ( CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobili ...

, ''Der Weg zur Einheit'' * Children's Book:

Mirjam Pressler Mirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel (18 June 1940 – 16 January 2019) was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from ...

, ''Nathan und seine Kinder'' * Bilderwelten: Alex MacLean, ''OVER: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point'' * Economics Book:

Reinhard Marx Reinhard Marx (born 21 September 1953) is a German Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising since 2008. Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in 2010. He is a former member of the Council of Cardinals established ...

, ''Das Kapital. Ein Plädoyer für den Menschen'' * Future Prize:

Nicholas Stern Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, (born 22 April 1946), is a British economist, banker, and academic. He is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and ...

, ''Der Global Deal'' * Audiobook:

Fred Vargas Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist. As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction ''policiers'' (pol ...

, ''Der verbotene Ort'' (gelesen von

Barbara Nüsse Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously a ...

) * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Rüdiger Safranski Rüdiger Safranski (born 1 January 1945) is a German philosopher and author. Life From 1965 to 1972, Safranski studied philosophy (among others, with Theodor W. Adorno), German literature, history and history of art at Goethe University ...

for his life's work

2010

* Fiction: Hans Joachim Schädlich, ''Kokoschkins Reise'' * Audience Award: Carla Federico, ''Im Land der Feuerblume'' * Young Adult Novel:

John Green John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTuber. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2012), which is one of the List of best-selling books#Bet ...

, ''

Paper Towns Paper Towns may refer to: * ''Paper Towns'' (novel), a 2008 novel by John Green * ''Paper Towns'' (film), a 2015 film based on the novel * ''Paper Towns'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film * Paper towns or phantom settlements, settlemen ...

'' * Bilderwelten:

Herlinde Koelbl Herlinde Koelbl (born 31 October 1939) is a German photographic artist, author and documentary filmer. Her comprehensive work is characterized above all by long-term photographic projects, often complemented by in-depth interviews. She is particu ...

, ''Mein Blick'' * Economics Book: Wolfgang Kersting, ''Verteidigung des Liberalismus'' * Future Prize:

William Kamkwamba William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987) is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, east of Kasung ...

, Bryan Mealer, ''The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope'' * Audiobook:

Jo Nesbø Jon "Jo" Nesbø (; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author to date. Siegel, Lee (5 May 2014).Pure Evil: Jo Nesbø and th ...

, ''The Leopard'' (gelesen von Burkhart Klaußner) * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President: Herbert Rosendorfer for his life's work

2011

* Zeit Publishing Literature Award:

John Burnside John Burnside (19 March 1955 – 29 May 2024) was a Scottish writer. He was one of four poets (with Ted Hughes, Sean O'Brien and Jason Allen-Paisant) to have won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for a single book – in th ...

, ''A Lie About My Father'' * Klassic Radio Audience Award:

Juliane Koepcke Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. She is the daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and sole survivor of the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 crash. ...

, ''When I fell from the Sky'' * Young Readers’ Award:

Kate de Goldi Kate De Goldi (born 1959) is a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and short story writer. Her early work was published under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. Early life De Goldi was born in Christchurch in 1959. She is of mixed Irish and Italia ...

, ''The 10 PM Question'' * Bilderwelten:

Elke Heidenreich Elke Heidenreich (née Riegert; born 15 February 1943) is a German author, TV presenter, literary critic and journalist. She has written audio plays, a magazine column, scripts for television plays and books. Heidenreich is known as the ''Kabaret ...

Tom Krausz Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film) ...

, ''Dylan Thomas'' * Business Book Award: Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff, ''

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes ''How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes'' (2010) is an illustrated book on various economic topics by Peter Schiff and Andrew Schiff. The book allegorically explores such topics as inflation, deficit spending, central banking, international tr ...

'' * Future Prize: António Damásio, ''Self Comes to Mind : Constructing the Conscious Brain'' * Audiobook: Axel Hacke, Ursula Mauder, ''The Best of My Love Life'' * Prize of Honour from the Bavarian Minister-President:

Christine Nöstlinger Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018) was an Austrian writer best known for children's books. She received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in childr ...

for her life's work

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External links

Corine Internationaler Buchpreis (Selbstdarstellung)

Landesverband Bayern zur Corine
Awards established in 2001 German non-fiction literary awards First book awards Fiction awards 2001 establishments in Germany