Droste-Preis 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

Meersburg Meersburg () is a town in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany. It is on Lake Constance. It is known for its medieval city. The lower town ("Unterstadt") and upper town ("Oberstadt") are reserved for pedestrians only, and connected by t ...

awards the Droste Prize in memory of the writer

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Baroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (; 10 January 179724 May 1848), was a 19th-century German Biedermeier poet, novelist, and composer of Classical ...

, who spent the last years of her life in Meersburg. It is awarded every three years. The award is endowed with €6,000 (First Prize (): €4,000). The award is given only to women.

Winners

*1957

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 ...

*1960

Nelly Sachs Nelly Sachs (; 10 December 1891 – 12 May 1970) was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazism, Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearn ...

*1963

Christine Busta Christine Busta (23 April 1915, Vienna, Austria – 3 December 1987, Vienna) was an Austrian poet and children's writer. In her work, she stood for an undogmatic Catholicism. Awards and honours * 1950 Promotion Prize for Literature * 1954 ...

*1967

Rose Ausländer Rose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian E ...

*1971

Hilde Domin Hilde Domin (27 July 1909 – 22 February 2006) is the pseudonym of Hilde Palm (née Löwenstein), a Germans, German lyric poet and writer. She was among the most important German language, German-language poets of her time. Biography Domin was b ...

*1975 Eva Zeller *1979

Gertrud Leutenegger Gertrud Leutenegger (7 December 1948 – 20 June 2025) was a Swiss poet, novelist and playwright who wrote in German. Her first novel, ''Vorabend'', appeared in 1975. Her last novel, the 2014 ''Panischer Frühling'', earned her shortlisting in m ...

*1982

Dorothee Sölle Dorothee Steffensky-Sölle (; 1929–2003), known as Dorothee Sölle, was a German Lutheran liberation theologian who coined the term " Christofascism". Life and career Sölle was born Dorothee Nipperdey on 30 September 1929 in Cologne, German ...

, Maria Menz *1985

Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 31 August 1936) is an Austrian novelist and poet, one of the leading women prose writers in German. Her mainly fictional works present the horrors of Fascism, especially the repression of minorities. Early life ...

*1988 Elisabeth Plessen *1991 Jenny Aloni *1994 Eveline Hasler *1997

Friederike Mayröcker Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian writer of poetry and prose, radio plays, children's books and dramatic texts. She experimented with language, and was regarded as an avant-garde poet, and as one of the l ...

*2000 Helen Meier *2003

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, sh ...

, First prize:

Julia Schoch Julia may refer to: People *Julia (given name), including a list of people with the name *Julia (surname), including a list of people with the name *Julia gens, a patrician family of Ancient Rome *Julia (clairvoyant) (fl. 1689), lady's maid of Qu ...

*2006

Ulrike Draesner Ulrike Draesner (born 1962 in Munich) is a German author. She was awarded the 2016 Nicolas Born Prize. Life and work The daughter of an architect, Draesner grew up in Munich, Germany. She received a Bavarian State scholarship for the best perfor ...

, First prize: Marion Poschmann *2009

Marlene Streeruwitz Marlene Streeruwitz (born 28 June 1950) is an Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Biography Born in Baden bei Wien in 1950, Streeruwitz was raised in a well-to-do family. Her father was a politician and later became mayor ...

, First prize:

Silke Scheuermann Silke Scheuermann (born 15 June 1973 in Karlsruhe) is a German poet and novelist. She was educated in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Paris. She is best known for her debut novel ''Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf'' (The Hour Between Dog and Wolf), whi ...

*2012

Helga M. Novak Helga M. Novak (pseudonym for Maria Karlsdottir; 8 September 1935 – 24 December 2013) was a German-Icelandic writer. Novak was born in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and Lis ...

, First prize: Ulrike Almut Sandig *2015

Judith Schalansky Judith Schalansky (born 20 September 1980) is a German writer, book designer and publisher. Work Her book '' Atlas of Remote Islands'' won first prize in the Stiftung Buchkunst's "The Most Beautiful German Books" competition (German: Die sch ...

, First prize: Teresa Präauer *2018

Olga Flor Olga Flor (born 1968) is an Austrian writer. Life Flor was born in Vienna. She grew up in Vienna, Cologne and Graz and completed her ''Matura'' at Akademisches Gymnasium Graz. Flor studied physics and history at the University of Graz. From ...

, First prize: *2021

Katharina Hacker Katharina Hacker (born 11 January 1967) is a German author best known for her award-winning novel ''Die Habenichtse'' (''The Have-Nots''). Hacker studied philosophy, history and Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of ...

, First prize:

Laura Freudenthaler Laura Freudenthaler (born 1984, Salzburg) is an Austrian writer. She studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna. Freudenthaler published a book of short stories titled ''Der Schädel der Madeleine'' in 2014. She has also pu ...

*2024

Esther Kinsky Esther Kinsky (born 1956 in Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German literary translator and the author of novels and poetry. Life and works Esther Kinsky grew up in North Rhine-Westphalia and read Slavonic studies at Bonn. ...

, First Prize:

References

External links

Literary awards of Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-lit-award-stub