The Rauris Literature Prize () is an annual Austrian literary award since 1972 by the

Salzburg state Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of S ...

government. The prize money is €10,000. It is awarded "for the best prose first publication by a German-speaking author from the previous year". The prize is presented at the opening of the Rauris Literature Days.

Recipients

* 1972

Bodo Hell Bodo Hell (born 15 March 1943 in Salzburg) is an Austrian writer. He studied the Organ (music), organ with the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Mozarteum, Salzburg, and in Vienna he studied Film and Television, Philosophy, German Studies and Hi ...

pp * 1973

Gerhard Amanshauser Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919– ...

and

Peter Rosei Peter Rosei (born in Vienna on 17 June 1946) is an Austrian literary writer. Rosei attended the University of Vienna, where he earned a doctorate in law in 1968. He worked for a time as the personal assistant to the Viennese painter Ernst Fuchs ...

* 1974 Karin Struck * 1975 Franz Innerhofer * 1976 Peter Henisch (Special prize, no debut) * 1977

Hans Joachim Schädlich 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 ...

* 1978

Claudia Storz Claudia may refer to: People Ancient Romans *Any woman from the Roman Claudia gens * Claudia (vestal), a Vestal Virgin who protected her father Appius Claudius Pulcher in 143 BC * Claudia Augusta (63–63 AD), infant daughter of Nero by his secon ...

* 1979 Werner Herzog * 1980

Klaus Hoffer Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseb ...

* 1981 ''not awarded'' * 1982 Thomas Hürlimann * 1983 Michael Köhlmeier and

Martin R. Dean Martin R. Dean (born July 17, 1955 in Menziken/Aargau) is a Swiss writer. Life Dean was born in Menziken to a Swiss mother and an Indian physician from Trinidad. In 1976, he obtained his university entrance diploma at grammar school in A ...

* 1984

Erwin Einzinger Erwin may refer to: People Given name * Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist * Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2 * Erwin Hauer (1926–2017), Austrian-born American sculptor * Egon Erwin Kis ...

and Alain Claude Sulzer * 1985 Herta Müller and

Helen Meier Helen Meier (17 April 1929 – 13 February 2021) was a Swiss writer. Biography Meier attended a in Rorschach and subsequently became a primary schoolteacher. After working in England, France, and Italy, she attended the University of Fribourg ...

* 1986

Christa Moog Christa may refer to: * Christa (given name), a female given name * Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author * '' Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa'' * 1015 Christa, an asteroid See also * Christ (disambiguation) ...

and

Eva Schmidt Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in ...

* 1987

Gisela Corleis Gisela is the name of: People Full name * Gisela, Abbess of Chelles (757–810), daughter of Pepin the Short, sister of Charlemagne ** Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne (781–808) * Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious (born 821), consort of Eberha ...

* 1988 Werner Fritsch * 1989

Norbert Gstrein Norbert Gstrein (born 1961) is an Austrian writer. He was born in Mils in Tyrol, the son of the hotelier and ski school director Norbert Gstrein (1931–1988) and Maria Gstrein, née Thurner (born 1935). He grews up with his five siblings in and ...

* 1990

Thomas Hettche Thomas Hettche (born 30 November 1964 in Treis, Hesse) is a German author. Hettche completed his ''Abitur'' at the Liebigschule Giessen, He studied German studies and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and ...

* 1991 Judith Kuckart * 1992

Patrick Roth Patrick Roth (born June 25, 1953 in Freiburg/Breisgau) is a German writer. He moved to the USA in his early twenties and lived there for many years. The author of more than a dozen books, he has won a number of literary prizes including the Rauris ...

and

Sabine Scholl The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines div ...

* 1993 Ruth Klüger * 1994

Thomas Lehr 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 ...

* 1995

Klaus Händl Klaus Händl (born September 17, 1969) is an Austrian actor, writer and director. Biography Händl was born in Rum, Tyrol, Austria. He started his theater career as an actor in Vienna's Schauspielhaus. His first theatrical production, which he ...

* 1996

Raoul Schrott Raoul Schrott (born 17 January 1964) is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality. Schrott was raised in Tunis where his father served as an Austrian sales representative. He attended the universities of N ...

* 1997 Felicitas Hoppe and

Katrin Seebacher Katrin is a feminine given name. It is a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine. Katrin may refer to: Sports *Katrin Apel (born 1973), German biathlete * Katrin Beinroth (born 1981), German judoka * Katrin Borchert (born 1969), German ...

* 1998

Bettina Galvagni Bettina is a female name predominantly found in the Italian and German languages. This name has various interpreted meanings and origins. In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and Benedetta. Benedetta is the Ita ...

* 1999 Peter Stamm * 2000

Gerhard Kelling Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919– ...

* 2001

Corinna Soria Corinna or Korinna ( grc, Κόριννα, Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born ), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition ...

* 2002

Juli Zeh Juli Zeh (, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer and former judge. Biography Her first book was ''Adler und Engel'' (translated into English as ''Eagles and Angels'' by Christine Slenczka), which won the ...

* 2003

Katharina Faber Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. It may refer to: In television and film: *Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter * Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director * Katharina Thalbach, German ac ...

* 2004

Katja Oskamp Katja Oskamp (born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig) is a German writer. She won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award. Personal life and education Oskamp was born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig, Germany and grew up in Berlin. She studied t ...

* 2005

Christine Pitzke Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * Christine (1958 film), ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * Christine (1983 film), ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel ...

* 2006 Kristof Magnusson * 2007 Steffen Popp * 2008

Simona Ryser Simona may refer to: * 1033 Simona, a main-belt asteroid * Simona (given name), a feminine given name of Hebrew origin * ''Simona'' (TV series), a 2018 Argentine telenovela * ''Simona'' (cicada), a genus of cicadas See also * Simon (disambigua ...

* 2009

Julya Rabinowich Julya Rabinowich (russian: Юля Борисовна Рабинович; born 1970 in Leningrad, (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an Austrian author, playwright, painter and translator. In 1977 her family emigrated to Vienna, a move in which she ...

* 2010

Thomas Klupp 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 ...

* 2011 Dorothee Elmiger * 2012

Maja Haderlap Maja Haderlap (born 8 March 1961 in Eisenkappel-Vellach ( sl, Železna Kapla-Bela, Carinthia) is a bilingual Slovenian- German Austrian writer, best known for her multiple-award-winning novel, Angel of Oblivion, about the Slovene ethnic minorit ...

* 2013

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

* 2014

Saskia Hennig von Lange Saskia is a Germanic feminine given name. There are at least two different sources of the name. One is of North German and Northeast Netherlands origin, where it originally meant "a Saxon woman" ( metathesis of "Saxia"). Notable people with the nam ...

* 2015

Karen Köhler Karen Köhler (born in 1974 in Hamburg) is a German writer, playwright and actor. Life Karen Köhler was born in the Barmbek district of Hamburg. She is the daughter of a firefighter and a care home assistant. After graduating from school, s ...

* 2016

Hanna Sukare Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a fami ...

* 2017 Senthuran Varatharajah * 2018 Raphaela Edelbauer * 2019

Philipp Weiss Philipp Weiss (born 5 February 1982 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer and playwright. In September 2018, he published his critically acclaimed debut novel, '' Am Weltenrand sitzen die Menschen und lachen''. Early life and background Weiss was born ...

* 2020

Angela Lehner Angela may refer to: Places * Angela, Montana * Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida * Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan * Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River Fiction * Ange ...

* 2021 * 2022

References

External links

* Austrian literary awards Awards established in 1972 Salzburg (state) {{lit-award-stub