The Toucan Prize () is a literary prize given by the city of

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros.

Recipients

*1965 Paul Mommertz, Georg Schwarz, Roland Ziersch, Alfons Freiherr von Czibulka,

Horst Lange Horst Lange (6 October 1904 – 6 July 1971) was a German poet who published during the Third Reich and is regarded as a proponent of ''Inner emigration''. His writings have been categorised as ''Naturmagie'' and his novel ''Schwarze Weide'' is re ...

, Otto Freiherr von Taube *1966 Rudolf Schmitt-Sulzthal, Eugen Skasa-Weiß, Isabella Nadolny, Gunter Groll, Carola von Crailsheim, Curt Hohoff *1967 Karl Ude,

Oliver Hassencamp Oliver Hassencamp (1921–1988) was a German writer and actor.Goble p.685 Selected filmography Film adaptations *', directed by Franz Peter Wirth (1963, based on the novel ''Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn'') *'' Burg Schreckenstein'', di ...

, Nina Keller *1969 Anton Sailer, Wilhelm Lukas Kristl, Christa Reinig, Günter Spang,

Heinrich Fischer Heinrich "Heini" Fischer (born 12 January 1950) is a Swiss rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United ...

Tankred Dorst Tankred Dorst (19 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was a German playwright and storyteller. Dorst lived and worked in Munich. His farces, parables, one-act-plays and adaptations were inspired by the theatre of the absurd and the works of Ionesco ...

*1971 , Angelika Mechtel, Heinz Piontek,

Martin Gregor-Dellin Martin Gregor-Dellin (real name Martin Gustav Schmidt) was a German writer noted for his scholarship on the composer Richard Wagner. He was born in 1926 in Naumburg (Saale The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale ( ) and Thuringian Saale () ...

, Rolf Flügel *1973 Marianne Langewiesche, Wolfgang Petzet, Kuno Raeber *1975 Wolfgang Bächler, Charlotte Birnbaum, Heinz Coubier,

Armin Eichholz Armin Eichholz (born 21 May 1964) is a power plant manager and former competition rower from West Germany. Sports career Eichholz won two Olympic medals in the eight event: a gold in 1988 and a bronze in 1992, and in 1991 he won a world title ...

Herbert Günther Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territ ...

, Helmut Walbert *1977 Ernst Günther Bleisch, Karl Hoche, Ursula Knöller, Irina Korschunow, Herbert Rosendorfer,

Herbert Schlüter Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territ ...

*1979 Carl Amery, Janosch, Kurt Seeberger *1981 Hermann Stahl, Carl Borro Schwerla, Franz Freisleder, Dagmar Nick, Jörg Krichbaum, Barbara Bronnen *1983

Michael Krüger Michael Krüger may refer to: * Michael Krüger (footballer) Michael Krüger (born 28 May 1954) is a German Association football, football coach and former player. Playing career Krüger was born in Scharnebeck. He played for Arminia Hannover ...

, Rudolf Riedler, Barbara König, Carla Maria Heim,

Jörg Graser Jörg Graser (born 30 December 1951) is a German film director and screenwriter. His film ''Abraham's Gold'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' Trokadero'' (dir. Klaus Emmerich, 198 ...

, Grete Weil *1985 Walter Kolbenhoff,

Hans F. Nöhbauer 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 ...

*1987 Uwe Dick, Eberhard Horst, Michael Wachsmann *1989

Herbert Achternbusch Herbert Achternbusch ( Schild; 23 November 1938 – 10 January 2022) was a German film director, writer and painter. He began as a writer of avant-garde prose, such as the novel ''Die Alexanderschlacht'', before turning to low-budget films. He h ...

, Barbara Maria Kloos, Fred Hepp *1991 Günter Herburger *1992 Uwe Dick *1993 Helmut Krausser *1994 Maxim Biller *1995 Christine Scherrmann, Hans Pleschinski *1996 Ernst Augustin *1997

Klaus Böldl Klaus Böldl (born 21 February 1964) is a German philologist who specializes in Old Norse studies. Böldl was born in Passau and studied Nordic philology, German philology and comparative literature at the universities of Ludwig Maximilian Univer ...

*1998 Günter Ohnemus, ''Der Tiger auf deiner Schulter'' *1999 Susanne Röckel, ''Chinesisches Alphabet – Ein Jahr in Shanghai'' *2000 Hassouna Mosbahi, ''Rückkehr nach Tarschisch'' with the translator Regina Karachouli *2001

Uwe Timm Uwe Timm (; born 30 March 1940 in Hamburg) is a German writer. Life and work Uwe Timm was born in 1940 in Bad Kreuznach, and was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the and died in Ukraine in 1943 ...

, ''Rot'' *2002 Hans Pleschinski, ''Bildnis eines Unsichtbaren'' *2003 Simon Werle, ''Der Schnee der Jahre'' *2004 Thomas Meinecke, ''Musik'' *2005 Thomas Palzer, ''Ruin'' *2006 Friedrich Ani, ''Idylle der Hyänen'' *2008

Fridolin Schley Fridolin Schley (born 29 October 1976) is a German writer. In 2007 he won the Toucan Prize for his novel ''Wildes schönes Tier'', and in 2021 again for ''Die Verteidigung''. Life Fridolin Schley was born in Munich on 29 October 1976. He wen ...

, ''Wildes schönes Tier'' *2009

Robert Hültner The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

, ''Inspektor Kajetan kehrt zurück'' *2010 Christopher Hipkiss, ''Leinwand'' * 2011 Steven Uhly, ''Adams Fuge'' * 2012 Marc Deckert, ''Die Kometenjäger'' * 2013 Dagmar Leupold, ''Unter der Hand'' * 2014 Nina Jäckle, ''Der lange Atem'' * 2015 Lilian Loke, ''Gold in den Straßen'' * 2016

Björn Bicker Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or ...

, ''Was glaubt ihr denn. Urban Prayers'' * 2017

Jonas Lüscher Jonas Lüscher (born 22 October 1976 in Schlieren, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer, including of essays and novels, living in Germany. Early life Lüscher grew up in Bern, where he later trained between 1994 and 1998 at the Muristalden Evangeli ...

, ''Kraft'' * 2018 Susanne Röckel, ''Der Vogelgott'' * 2019 Herbert Kapfer, ''1919. Fiktion'' * 2020 Markus Ostermair, ''Der Sandler'' * 2021

, ''Die Verteidigung''

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* Culture in Munich German literary awards {{Lit-award-stub

Recipients

See also

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