Grimmelshausen Prize () is a literary prize in Germany, which is awarded since 1993 on every two years.
The prize is named after
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was one of the most notable German authors of the 17th century. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel ''Simplicius Simplicissimus'' () and the accompanying ''Simplic ...
, author of
Simplicius Simplicissimus
''Simplicius Simplicissimus'' () is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in five books by German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen published in 1668, with the sequel ''Continuatio'' appearing in 1669. Inspired b ...
, a famous German book. The prize money is €10,000.
Laureates
* 1993:
Ruth Klüger – ''weiter leben''
* 1995:
Alban Nikolai Herbst – ''
Wolpertinger
In German folklore, a Wolpertinger (, also called Wolperdinger or Woiperdinger) is an animal said to inhabit the Alps, alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany.
Origins
Images of creatures that may be Wolpertingers ...
oder Das Blau''
* 1997:
– ''
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* 1999:
Robert Menasse
Robert Menasse (born 21 June 1954) is an Austrian writer.
Biography
Menasse was born in Vienna. As an undergraduate, he studied German studies, philosophy and political science in Vienna, Salzburg and Messina. In 1980 he completed his PhD thesi ...
– ''Schubumkehr''
* 2001:
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 ...
– ''Sutters Glück''
* 2003:
Brigitte Kronauer
Brigitte Kronauer (29 December 1940 – 22 July 2019) was a German writer who lived in Hamburg. Her novels, written in the tradition of Jean Paul with artful writing and an ironic undertone, were awarded several prizes, including in 2005 the Geo ...
– ''Teufelsbrück''; sponsorship award:
Ricarda Junge – ''Silberfaden''
* 2005:
Dieter Forte – ''Auf der anderen Seite der Welt''; sponsorship award:
Jagoda Marinić
Jagoda Marinić (born September 20, 1977 in Waiblingen) is a prize-winning author, novelist, playwright, essayist, and journalist from Germany. She has what is often called a "migrant background," a term she rejects; her parents emigrated from D ...
– ''Russische Bücher''
* 2007:
Feridun Zaimoğlu
Feridun Zaimoğlu (born 4 December 1964, in Bolu) is a German author and visual artist of Turkish descent.
His central themes are the problems of the second and third generation of Turkish immigrants to Germany.
Life
Feridun Zaimoğlu, bor ...
– ''Leyla''; sponsorship award:
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 ...
– ''Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf''
* 2009:
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, Ber ...
– ''Die Stille''; sponsorship award:
Claudia Gabler – ''Die kleinen Raubtiere unter ihrem Pelz'
* 2011:
Peter Kurzeck
Peter Kurzeck (10 June 1943 – 25 November 2013) was a German writer.
Life
Peter Kurzeck was born on 10 June 1943, in Tachau, Reichsgau Sudetenland, Nazi Germany. In 1946, his family moved to Germany and Kurzeck was raised in Staufenberg n ...
– ''Vorabend''; Förderpreis:
Annika Scheffel – ''Ben''
* 2013:
Ulrike Edschmid – ''Das Verschwinden des Philip S.''; sponsorship award:
Marie T. Martin – ''Luftpost''
* 2015:
Robert Seethaler
Robert Seethaler (born 1966) is an Austrian novelist, and actor.
Awards and honours
* 2005: Tankred-Dorst-Drehbuchpreis der Drehbuchwerkstatt München for ''Heartbreakin’''
* 2007: Debütpreis des Buddenbrookhauses for ''Die Biene und der Kurt ...
– ''Ein ganzes Leben'';
sponsorship award: Verena Boos – ''Blutorangen''
* 2017:
Christoph Hein
Christoph Hein (; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator.
He grew up in the town Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule (EOS) in the GDR, he received secondary educ ...
– ''Glückskind mit Vater'';
sponsorship award:
Sophie Passmann – ''Monologe angehender Psychopathen''
* 2019:
Dörte Hansen
Dörte Hansen (also known as Dörte Hansen-Jaax, born 1964 in Husum, West Germany) is a German linguist, journalist and writer.
Life
Hansen grew up in Högel in Nordfriesland; her family spoke Low German at home. She learned her "first foreig ...
– ''Mittagsstunde''; sponsorship award:
Nele Pollatschek – ''Das Unglück anderer Leute''
* 2021:
Christoph Nußbaumeder – ''Die Unverhofften''; sponsorship award:
Sheree Domingo – ''Ferngespräch''
* 2023:
Frank P. Meyer – ''Vom Ende der Bundeskegelbahn''; sponsorship award:
Caroline Wahl – ''22 Bahnen''
References
External links
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German literary awards
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