The Kurd Laßwitz Award () is a science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the science fiction author Kurd Laßwitz. Only works originally published in German are eligible for nomination in all categories except for the ''Foreign Work'' category.

Wolfgang Jeschke Wolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 – 10 June 2015) was a German science fiction author and editor at Heyne Verlag. In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction. Biography Jeschke was born in 1936 in D� ...

has won the award 19 times in four different categories, while

Andreas Eschbach Andreas Eschbach (born 15 September 1959, in Ulm) is a German writer, primarily of science fiction. His stories that are not clearly in the SF genre usually feature elements of the fantastic. Biography Eschbach studied aerospace engineering ...

has won the prize 11 times in two different categories. The foreign-language category includes novels, stories, collections and non-fiction.

Iain Banks Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies (). After the success of '' The Wasp Fact ...

and

China Miéville China Tom Miéville ( , born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and Literary criticism, literary critic. He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called ...

won the foreign-language prize four times. Other authors to win multiple times are

Hans Joachim Alpers Hans Joachim Alpers (14 July 1943 – 16 February 2011) was a German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Together with Werner Fuchs and Ulrich Kiesow he founded Fantasy Productions, which became one of the premier German RPG- and b ...

, Carl Amery,

Herbert W. Franke Herbert W. Franke (14 May 1927 – 16 July 2022) was an Austrian scientist and writer. ''Die Zeit'' calls him "the most prominent German writing Science Fiction author". He is also one of the important early computer artists (and collectors), cr ...

, Ian McDonald, Michael Marrak, and

Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...

Award winners

German-language Novel

This category includes German-language works with a length of at least 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year. *1981: Georg Zauner, ''Die Enkel der Raketenbauer '' *1982:

, ''

The Last Day of Creation ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'' *1983: Richard Hey, ''Im Jahr 95 nach Hiroshima'' *1984: Thomas R. P. Mielke, ''Das Sakriversum'' *1985:

, ''Die Kälte des Weltraums'' *1986:

, ''Endzeit'' *1987: Carl Amery, ''Die Wallfahrer'' *1988:

Gudrun Pausewang Gudrun Pausewang (3 March 1928 – 23 January 2020), less commonly known by her married name, Gudrun Wilcke, was a German author of children's and young adult literature. She was known for books such as '' The Last Children of Schewenborn'' and ...

, '' Die Wolke'' *1989: Norbert Stöbe, ''New York ist himmlisch'' *1990:

, ''Midas'' *1991: Carl Amery, ''Das Geheimnis der Krypta'' *1992:

Christian Mähr Christian Mähr (born 1952) is an Austrian chemist and science fiction writer. His novel ''Fatous Staub'' concerns parallel worlds, computers, and the mathematical work of Pierre Fatou. It won the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis Deutscher Scienc ...

, ''Fatous Staub'' *1993: Herbert Rosendorfer, ''Die goldenen Heiligen oder Columbus entdeckt Europa'' *1994: Thomas Ziegler, ''Die Stimmen der Nacht'' *1995:

, ''Das zerrissene Land'' *1996:

, ''Die graue Eminenz'' *1997:

, ''Solarstation'' *1998: No Award *1999:

, ''

Jesus Video ''Jesus Video'' is a 1998 novel by German writer Andreas Eschbach. Its plot revolves around the search for a hidden video camera that is believed to hold digital footage of Jesus made by a time traveller. The book had very limited success as a ha ...

'' *2000:

, ''Kelwitts Stern'' *2001: Michael Marrak, ''Lord Gamma'' *2002:

, ''Quest'' *2003: Michael Marrak, ''Imagon'' *2004:

, ''Der Letzte seiner Art'' *2005:

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'' *2006:

, ''Das Cusanus-Spiel'' *2007:

, ''Auf der Spur des Engels'' *2008:

, ''Ausgebrannt'' *2009:

Dietmar Dath Dietmar Dath (born 3 April 1970) is a German author, journalist and translator. Life Born in Rheinfelden, Dath grew up in Schopfheim, West Germany, and finished high school in Freiburg. After civilian service he studied German studies and phys ...

, ''Die Abschaffung der Arten'' *2010:

, ''Ein König für Deutschland'' *2011: , ''Walpar Tonnraffir und der Zeigefinger Gottes'' *2012:

, ''Herr aller Dinge'' *2013:

, ''Pulsarnacht'' *2014:

, ''Dschiheads'' *2015: , ''Drohnenland'' *2016:

Andreas Brandhorst Andreas Brandhorst (born 26 May 1956) is a translator (English to German) and author of fantasy and science fiction. In addition to writing under his own name, he uses the pseudonyms Thomas Lockwood and Andreas Weiler. Early life, family and edu ...

, ''Das Schiff'' *2017:

, ''Omni'' *2018: Michael Marrak, ''Der Kanon mechanischer Seelen'' *2019:

, ''NSA – Nationales Sicherheits-Amt'' *2020:

, ''Das größte Abenteuer'' *2021:

, ''Eines Menschen Flügel'' *2022: , ''Nanopark'' * 2023:

Aiki Mira Aiki Mira is a German, non-binary person who publishes science fiction literature under this pseudonym. Biography Aiki Mira lives in Hamburg and is listed as a Hamburg author in the authors' gallery of the Hamburg City Library. After studying ...

, ''Neongrau – Game Over im Neurosubstrat'' * 2024:

, ''Neurobiest''

Foreign Work

This category includes foreign-language fiction and non-fiction which was published as a German translation for the first time in the award year. Until 1997, it was called ''Foreign Novel''. * 1984:

Brian Aldiss Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...

, ''

Helliconia Spring ''Helliconia Spring'' is a novel by Brian W. Aldiss published in 1982. It is the first part of the ''Helliconia'' trilogy, followed by '' Helliconia Summer'' (1983) and '' Helliconia Winter'' (1985). Plot summary ''Helliconia Spring'' is a novel ...

'' * 1985: Philip K. Dick, ''

VALIS ''Valis'' (stylized as ''VALIS'') is a 1981 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, intended to be the first book of a three-part series. The title is an acronym for ''Vast Active Living Intelligence System'', Dick's gnostic vi ...

'' * 1986:

Daniel Keyes Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel ''Flowers for Algernon''. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000. Biography Early life ...

, '' The Minds of Billy Milligan'' * 1987: Jerry Yulsman, '' Elleander Morning'' * 1988: Christopher Priest, '' The Glamour'' * 1989:

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. , he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award in List of joint ...

, ''

Speaker for the Dead ''Speaker for the Dead'' is a 1986 science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, an indirect sequel to the 1985 novel ''Ender's Game''. The book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in ''Ender's Game ...

'' * 1990:

Lucius Shepard Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. Career Shepard was a native of Lynchburg, Virginia, wher ...

, '' Life During Wartime'' * 1991: Iain M. Banks, ''

The Bridge The Bridge may refer to: Art, entertainment and media Art * ''The Bridge'' (sculpture), a 1997 sculpture in Atlanta, Georgia, US * Die Brücke (''The Bridge''), a group of German expressionist artists * ''The Bridge'' (M. C. Escher), a lithograph ...

'' * 1992: Iain M. Banks, ''

The Wasp Factory ''The Wasp Factory'' is the first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1984. Before the book came out, Banks had written several science fiction novels that had not been accepted for publication. He decided to try a more mainstrea ...

'' * 1993: Iain M. Banks, ''

Use of Weapons ''Use of Weapons'' is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1990. It is the third novel in the Culture series. The narrative takes the form of a biography of a man called Cheradenine Zakalwe, who was bor ...

'' * 1994:

, '' Doomsday Book'' * 1995: Ian McDonald, ''

Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone Scissors are hand-operated shearing tools. A pair of scissors consists of a pair of blades pivoted so that the sharpened edges slide against each other when the handles (bows) opposite to the pivot are closed. Scissors are used for cutting var ...

'' * 1996: Stephen Baxter, ''

The Time Ships ''The Time Ships'' is a 1995 hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A canonical sequel to the 1895 novella ''The Time Machine'' by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publ ...

'' * 1997:

Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning '' Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang''. Wilhelm establish ...

, '' Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos'' * 1998: Iain M. Banks, ''

Excession ''Excession'' is a 1996 science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the fifth in the Culture series, a series of ten science fiction novels which feature a utopian interstellar society called the Culture. It concerns the ...

'' * 1999: Ian McDonald, '' Sacrifice of Fools'' * 2000:

Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, and the Lo ...

, '' Distress'' * 2001:

Mary Doria Russell Mary Doria Russell (born August 19, 1950) is an American novelist. Early life and education Russell was born in Elmhurst, Illinois. She graduated from Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois, which has registered its chapter of the ...

, '' The Sparrow'' * 2002:

, ''

To Say Nothing of the Dog ''To Say Nothing of the Dog'': ''or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last'' is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It uses the same setting, including time-traveling historians, which Willis explored in '' Fire Watch'' ...

'' * 2003:

, ''

Perdido Street Station ''Perdido Street Station'' is a novel by British writer China Miéville, published in 2000 by Macmillan. Often described as weird fiction, it is set in a world where both magic and steampunk technology exist. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Awar ...

'' * 2004:

Vernor Vinge Vernor Steffen Vinge (; October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was an American science fiction author and professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. He was the first wide-scale popularizer of the technolo ...

, ''

A Deepness in the Sky ''A Deepness in the Sky'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. Published in 1999, the novel is a loose prequel (set 30,000 years previous) to his earlier novel '' A Fire Upon the Deep'' (1992). Plot summary An intellige ...

'' * 2005:

, '' The Scar'' * 2006:

, ''

Iron Council ''Iron Council'' (2004) is a weird fantasy novel by the British writer China Miéville, his third set in the Bas-Lag universe, following '' Perdido Street Station'' (2000) and '' The Scar'' (2002). In addition to the steampunk influences shared ...

'' * 2007:

Robert Charles Wilson Robert Charles Wilson (born December 15, 1953) is an American-Canadian science fiction author. Career Wilson's work has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel (for '' Spin''), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for the novel '' The Chronoliths' ...

, ''

Spin Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles * Spin quantum number, a number which defines the value of a particle's spin * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thr ...

'' * 2008:

Sergey Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian language, Russian. His works often feature intense Action fiction, action-packed plots, interwoven with the Ethical dilemma ...

, ''

Spectrum A spectrum (: spectra or spectrums) is a set of related ideas, objects, or properties whose features overlap such that they blend to form a continuum. The word ''spectrum'' was first used scientifically in optics to describe the rainbow of co ...

'' * 2009:

Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine ' ...

, '' Glasshouse'' * 2010:

John Scalzi John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his ''Old Man's War'' series, three novels of which have been n ...

, '' The Android's Dream'' * 2011:

, ''

The City & the City ''The City & the City'' is a novel by British author China Miéville that follows a wide-reaching murder investigation in two cities that exist side by side, each of whose citizens are forbidden to go into or acknowledge the other city, combini ...

'' * 2012:

Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell Memorial, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and has been nominated ...

, ''

The Windup Girl ''The Windup Girl'' is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi. It was his debut novel and was published by Night Shade Books on September 1, 2009. The novel is set in a future Thailand and covers a number of conte ...

'' * 2013:

Ted Chiang Ted Chiang (; pinyin: ''Jiāng Fēngnán''; born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula Award, Nebula awards, four Hugo Award, Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus Award, ...

Hell Is the Absence of God "Hell Is the Absence of God" is a 2001 satirical fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in , and subsequently reprinted in ''Year's Best Fantasy 2'', and in ''Fantasy: The Best of 2001'', as well as in Chiang's 2002 a ...

* 2014:

Jo Walton Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel '' Among Others'', which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and '' Tooth and Claw'', a Victorian-era novel w ...

, ''

Among Others ''Among Others'' is a 2011 fantasy novel written by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published originally by Tor Books. It is published in the UK by Corsair (Constable & Robinson). It won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Hugo Award for B ...

'' * 2015:

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

, ''

Paradises Lost ''Paradises Lost'' is a science fiction novella by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in 2002 as a part of the collection '' The Birthday of the World''. It is set during a multigenerational voyage from Earth to a poten ...

'' * 2016:

Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work explores mathemati ...

, ''

Seveneves ''Seveneves'' is a science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson published in 2015. The story tells of the desperate efforts to preserve ''Homo sapiens'' in the wake of apocalyptic events on Earth after the unexplained disintegration of the Moon an ...

'' * 2017:

Cixin Liu Liu Cixin (, pronounced ; born 23 June 1963) is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer. In English translations of his works, his name is given as Cixin Liu. He is sometimes called "''Da'' Liu" ("Big Liu") by his fellow sc ...

, '' The Three Body Problem'' * 2018:

Nnedi Okorafor Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu; born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. She is best known for her ''Binti Series'' and her novels '' Who Fears ...

, '' The Book of Phoenix'' * 2019:

Jasper Fforde Jasper Fforde (born 11 January 1961) is an English novelist whose first novel, '' The Eyre Affair'', was published in 2001. He is known mainly for his '' Thursday Next'' novels, but has also published two books in the loosely connected '' Nurser ...

, ''

Early Riser ''Early Riser'' is the debut studio album by American musician Taylor McFerrin. It was released on June 2, 2014 through Brainfeeder. Produced by McFerrin himself, it features contributions from Bobby McFerrin, César Camargo Mariano, Emily King, ...

'' * 2020:

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...

, ''

The Testaments ''The Testaments'' is a 2019 novel by Margaret Atwood. It is the sequel to ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (1985). The novel is set 15 years after the events of ''The Handmaid's Tale''. It is narrated by Aunt Lydia, a character from the previous novel; A ...

'' * 2021:

Simon Stålenhag Simon Stålenhag (born 20 January 1984) is a Swedish artist, musician, and designer specialising in retro-futuristic digital art. His work primarily focuses on nostalgic Swedish and American countryside environments, with retro sci-fi elements. ...

, ''

Tales from the Loop ''Tales from the Loop'' is an American science fiction drama television series developed and written by Nathaniel Halpern based on the art book of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. The eight-episode first season was released in ...

'' * 2022:

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has ...

, ''

The Ministry for the Future ''The Ministry for the Future'' is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. Set in the near future, the novel follows a subsidiary body, established under the Paris Agreement, ...

'' * 2023:

Becky Chambers Becky Chambers (born May 3, 1985) is an American science fiction writer. She is the author of the Hugo Award-winning ''Wayfarers'' series as well as novellas including '' To Be Taught, If Fortunate'' (2019) and the ''Monk & Robot'' series, which ...

, ''Die Galaxie und das Licht darin'' (''The Galaxy and the Ground Within'') * 2024:

, ''Immer nach Hause'' (''Always Coming Home'')

German-language Short Fiction (since 1997)

This category includes German-language works with a length of less than 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year, i.e. it includes short stories and novelettes/novellas combined in one award category. From 1997–2007 it was called ''German-language Short Story'' (though it also included novelettes/novellas already). From 1981–1996 this category was split into two separate award categories for ''Novellette/Novella'' and ''Short Story''. * 1997:

, ''Partner fürs Leben'' * 1998: , ''Blind Date'' * 1999: , ''Wüstenlack'' * 2000:

, ''Die Cusanische Acceleratio'' * 2001: , ''Troubadoure'' * 2002:

, ''Allah akbar And So Smart Our NLWs'' * 2003: Erik Simon, ''Spiel beendet, sagte der Sumpf'' * 2004:

Angela Steinmüller Angela Steinmüller (born 15 April 1941 in Schmalkalden) is a German mathematician and science fiction author. Together with her husband Karlheinz Steinmüller she has written science fiction short stories and novels that depict human developmen ...

and

Karlheinz Steinmüller Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 4 November 1950) is a German physicist and science fiction author. Together with his wife Angela Steinmüller he has written science fiction short stories and novels that depict human development on a cosmic scale, g ...

, ''Vor der Zeitreise'' * 2005:

, ''Das Geschmeide'' * 2006:

Rainer Erler Horst Rainer Erler (26 August 1933 – 8 November 2023) was a German director, screenwriter, writer and producer. Life and career Born in Munich, Erler grew up in Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln, Solln and entered the ...

, ''An e-Star is born'' * 2007: , ''Canea Null'' * 2008: , ''Der Moloch'' * 2009:

, ''Survival-Training'' and

Heidrun Jänchen Heidrun Jänchen (born 10 October 1965 in Burgstädt) is a German science fiction and fantasy author. In 2009, she won the Kurd Laßwitz Award for her novel ''Ein Geschäft wie jedes andere''. In the same year, her novel ''Simon Goldsteins Gebu ...

, ''Ein Geschäft wie jedes andere'' * 2010: , ''Das Klassentreffen der Weserwinzer'' * 2011: , ''Die Schwelle'' * 2012: , ''Am Ende der Reise'' * 2013: , ''Im Käfig'' * 2014: Michael Marrak, ''Coen Sloterdykes diametral levitierendes Chronoversum'' * 2015: , ''Boatpeople'' * 2016:

Karsten Kruschel Karsten Kruschel (born 1959 in Havelberg) is a German science fiction writer, essayist and critic, who lives near Leipzig. His best known works are the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis winning novels ''Vilm'' and ''Galdäa''. Some of his short stori ...

, ''Was geschieht dem Licht am Ende des Tunnels?'' * 2017: , ''Suicide Rooms'' * 2018: , ''Das Internet der Dinge'' * 2019: , ''Confinement'' * 2020: , ''Koloss aus dem Orbit'' * 2021:

and

, ''Marslandschaften'' * 2022:

, ''Utopie-27'' * 2023: , ''Die Nachrichtenmacher'' * 2024: , ''Die End-of-Life-Schaltung''

Radio drama

Although a prize has been awarded for a best work of radio drama since 1987, it is only since 1993 that a winner has been selected by a jury * 1993: Eva Maria Mudrich, ''Sommernachtstraum'' * 1994: not awarded * 1995: not awarded * 1996:

Wolfgang Rindfleisch Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...

, ''Uhrwerk Orange'' (derivative of

Anthony Burgess John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his Utopian and dystopian fiction, dy ...

, 'A Clockwork Orange'). Director: Wolfgang Rindfleisch. Music: Trötsch * 1997: Friedrich Bestenreiner, 'Paradise Hospital Inc.'. Director: Thomas Werner * 1998:

Karlheinz Knuth Karlheinz is a German given name, composed of Karl and Heinz. Notable people with that name include: * Karlheinz Böhm (1928–2014), Austrian actor * Karlheinz Brandenburg (born 1954), audio engineer * Karlheinz Deschner (1924–2014), German ag ...

, ''Die Tage nebenan – or: Da, wo Cäsar nicht ermordet wurde''. Director: Thomas Werner * 1999:

Heiko Michael Hartmann Heiko may refer to: * Heiko (given name) (including a list of people with the name) * Heiko (film), a 2008 short film See also * HEICO * Hayko (disambiguation) Hayko (in Armenian Հայկո) or Haigo in Western Armenian is an Armenian first name ...

, ''MOI''. Director:

Oliver Sturm Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, ...

* 2000:

Marina Dietz A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo fro ...

, ''Träumen Androiden'' (derivative of Philip K. Dick, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'). Director: Marina Dietz * 2001: not awarded * 2002: Walter Adler, ''Tokio liebt uns nicht mehr'' (derivative of

Ray Loriga Jorge Loriga Torrenova (born March 5, 1967), better known as Ray Loriga, is a Spanish author, screenwriter, and director. Writing career His first novel ''Lo Peor de todo'' (''The Worst Thing of All''), was published in 1992, and was followe ...

, '). Director: Walter Adler * 2003: not awarded * 2004: not awarded * 2005: Norbert Schaeffer, ''Das letzte Geheimnis'' (derivative of

Bernard Werber Bernard Werber (born 18 September 1961 in Toulouse) is a French science fiction writer, active since the 1990s. He is chiefly recognized for having written the trilogy '' Les Fourmis'', the only one of his novels to have been published in Eng ...

, '). Director: Norbert Schaeffer * 2006:

Matthias Wittekindt Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew (given name), Matthew. Notable people Notable people named Matthias include the following: Religion * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 t ...

, ''Das Lewskow-Manuscript''. Director: Alexander Schuhmacher. Music: Tim Frühwirth, Lömsch Le Mans,

Frank Wingold Frank, FRANK, or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a Germanic people in late Roman times * Franks, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusa ...

* 2007:

Matthias Scheliga Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. Notable people Notable people named Matthias include the following: Religion * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscar ...

, ''Amnesia''. Director:

Jürgen Dluzniewski Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car drive ...

* 2008: nicht vergeben * 2009:

Bodo Traber Bodo may refer to: Ethnicity * Boro people, also called ''Bodo'', an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India * Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Boro people Culture a ...

Tilman Zens Tilman is both a masculine given name and a surname. The German version of the surname is Tillmann. Other variants include Tillman and Dillman. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name * Tilman Fertitta (1957), America ...

, ''Die Flüsterer'', Director:

Petra Feldhoff Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, Petra is also called ...

* 2010: not awarded * 2011: not awarded * 2012:

Till Müller-Klug image:Geschiebemergel.JPG, Closeup of glacial till. Note that the larger grains (pebbles and gravel) in the till are completely surrounded by the matrix of finer material (silt and sand), and this characteristic, known as ''matrix support'', is d ...

, ''Sprachlabor Babylon'', Director:

Thomas Wolfertz 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 ...

, Musik:

Ekkehard Ehlers Ekkehard Ehlers (born 1974) is an artist working in the field of electronic music. In addition to his solo career, he has recorded under the monikers Auch, Betrieb and Ferdinand Fehlers and as a member of the duo Autopoesies and his band März. ...

* 2013: Heinz von Cramer, ''Unerwartete Ereignisse'', Director: Burkhard Schmid * 2014: not awarded * 2015: Walter Adler, ''Foxfinder'', Director: Walter Adler * 2016:

Georg Heinzen Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker * Spiders Georg, an Internet meme See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: ...

, ''Sale'', Director: Martin Zylka * 2017: not awarded * 2018:

, ''Paradise Revisited'', Director: Bodo Traber * 2019:

Anne Krüger Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie and Ana. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in t ...

, ''Supermarkt'', Director: Andrea Getto * 2020:

Gerrit Booms Gerrit is a Dutch male name meaning "''brave with the spear''", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard. People with this name include: * Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet * Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect * Gerrit Badenho ...

, ''Unser Leben in den Wäldern'' (derivative of

Marie Darrieussecq Marie Darrieussecq (; born 3 January 1969, Bayonne) is a French writer. She is also a translator, and has practised as a psychoanalyst. Her books explore the unspoken and abandoned territories in literature. Her work is dense, marked by a consta ...

, ') * 2021: Heinz Sommer, ''Der zweite Schlaf'' * 2022: Christian Wittmann and Georg Zeitblom, ''r_crusoe™'' * 2023: : ''Die Nacht war bleich, die Lichter blinkten'', Director: Lorenz Schuster * 2024: no award

Other categories

* Graphic Artist (1981–1992) * Graphic Artwork (since 1993) * Translator (1981–1992) * Translation (since 1993) * Movie (1987–1996) * Special Award for Extraordinary Accomplishments ** 2004:

Franz Rottensteiner Franz Rottensteiner (born 18 January 1942) is an Austrian publisher and critic in the fields of science fiction and speculative fiction in general. Biography Rottensteiner was born in Waidmannsfeld, Lower Austria. He studied journalism, Englis ...

, on the occasion of the hundredth number of the ''

Quarber Merkur ''Quarber Merkur'' is a German language literary magazine of speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, etc.). It is published in Austria since 1963 and edited by Franz Rottensteiner. The name of the magazine is derived from , a ravine part o ...

'' magazine he edited

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Kurd Laßwitz Award
at the

Internet Speculative Fiction Database The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurd-Lasswitz-Preis German science fiction awards German literary awards Awards established in 1981