The Toucan Prize (german: Tukan-Preis) is a literary prize given by the city of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

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 Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

, 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 reg ...

, Otto Freiherr von Taube *1966 Rudolf Schmitt-Sulzthal, Eugen Skasa-Weiß,

Isabella Nadolny Isabella may refer to: People and fictional characters * Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Isabella (surname), including a list of people Places United States * Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpora ...

Gunter Groll Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunte ...

, Carola von Crailsheim, Curt Hohoff *1967

Karl Ude Karl Kurt Friedrich Ude (14 January 1906 – 1 April 1997) was a German journalist and writer. Life Born in Düsseldorf, Ude came from a family of white-collar workers. He originally studied , but also philosophy, German studies, theatre stud ...

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'') *''Shiverstone Castle, Burg S ...

Nina Keller Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms *National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq *Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology *No income, n ...

*1969

Anton Sailer Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He nearly duplic ...

, Wilhelm Lukas Kristl,

Christa Reinig Christa Reinig (6 August 1926, Berlin – 30 September 2008, Munich) was a German poet, fiction and non-fiction writer, and dramatist. She began her career in the Soviet occupation zone which became East Berlin, was banned there, after publish ...

Günter Spang Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunter ...

Heinrich Fischer Heinrich "Heini" Fischer (born 12 January 1950) is a Swiss rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he and his partner Alfred Bachmann Alfred "Fredy" Bachmann (born 31 March 1945) is a Swiss retired rower. With Heinrich Fisc ...

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 Heinz Piontek (15 November 1925 – 26 October 2003) was a German writer. He was born in Upper Silesia. In 1976, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung for his literary oeuvre with the words "ei ...

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 (german: Sächsische Saale) ...

, Rolf Flügel *1973

Marianne Langewiesche Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in ...

Wolfgang Petzet 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 regul ...

Kuno Raeber Kuno or KUNO may refer to: Broadcasting * KUNO (AM), a radio station (1400 AM) licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States *KUNO-TV, the former call letters of current television station, KQSL (channel 8) licensed to Fort Bragg, California, U ...

*1975 Wolfgang Bächler, Charlotte Birnbaum, Heinz Coubier,

Armin Eichholz Armin Eichholz (born 21 May 1964) is a retired competition rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat ...

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

, Helmut Walbert *1977 Ernst Günther Bleisch,

Karl Hoche Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austr ...

, Ursula Knöller, Irina Korschunow, Herbert Rosendorfer, Herbert Schlüter *1979

Carl Amery Carl Amery (9 April 1922 – 24 May 2005), the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the University of Munich. He was a participant of Gruppe 47. He died in Munich. Amery ...

, Janosch, Kurt Seeberger *1981

Hermann Stahl Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, M ...

, Carl Borro Schwerla,

Franz Freisleder Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

, Dagmar Nick, Jörg Krichbaum, Barbara Bronnen *1983

Michael Krüger Michael Krüger may refer to: * Michael Krüger (footballer) (born 1954), German football manager and former player * Michael Krüger (writer) (born 1943), German writer, publisher, and translator * Michael Krüger (politician) (born 1955), Austrian ...

, Rudolf Riedler, Barbara König,

Carla Maria Heim Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla A ...

, Jörg Graser, Grete Weil *1985

Walter Kolbenhoff Walter Kolbenhoff, born as Walter Hoffman (20 May 1908 – 29 January 1993), was a German novelist. Biography Kolbenhoff was born in Berlin, the son of a workman. He became a worker himself and travelled as a vagabond throughout Europe, Turkey a ...

, Hans F. Nöhbauer *1987

Uwe Dick Uwe or UWE may refer to * Uwe (given name) * University of the West of England, Bristol * UML-based web engineering * University Würzburg's Experimental miniaturized satellites for space research UWE-1 and UWE-2 * Uwe - Wreck in Blankenese Blank ...

, Eberhard Horst,

Michael Wachsmann Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

*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

*1993 Helmut Krausser *1994 Maxim Biller *1995 Christine Scherrmann, Hans Pleschinski *1996

Ernst Augustin Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...

*1997 Klaus Böldl *1998

Günter Ohnemus Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunte ...

, ''Der Tiger auf deiner Schulter'' *1999 Susanne Röckel, ''Chinesisches Alphabet – Ein Jahr in Shanghai'' *2000

Hassouna Mosbahi Hassouna Mosbahi ( ar, حسونة المصباحي) (born 1950 in Dhehibat, Kairouan) is a Tunisian author, literary critic and freelance journalist. Biography Hassouna Mosbahi was born in 1950 in the village of Dhehibat in the governorate of ...

, ''Rückkehr nach Tarschisch'' with the translator Regina Karachouli *2001 Uwe Timm, ''Rot'' *2002 Hans Pleschinski, ''Bildnis eines Unsichtbaren'' *2003

Simon Werle Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, ''Der Schnee der Jahre'' *2004 Thomas Meinecke, ''Musik'' *2005 Thomas Palzer, ''Ruin'' *2006

Friedrich Ani Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

, ''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'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, h ...

, ''Inspektor Kajetan kehrt zurück'' *2010

Christopher Hipkiss Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), " Christ" or " Anointed", and φέρ ...

, ''Leinwand'' * 2011 Steven Uhly, ''Adams Fuge'' * 2012 Marc Deckert, ''Die Kometenjäger'' * 2013

Dagmar Leupold Dagmar may refer to: People * Dagmar (given name), a feminine Scandinavian and German given name * Berthe Dagmar (1884–1934), French film actress * Dagmar (actress) (1921–2001), main stage name of American actress Virginia Ruth Egnor * Dagma ...

, ''Unter der Hand'' * 2014

Nina Jäckle Nina Jäckle (born 20 May 1966 in Schwenningen) is a German writer and filmmaker. Life Nina Jäckle was born in Schwenningen in the Black Forest and grew up in Stuttgart. After Mittlere Reife, Jäckle pursued the career goal of becoming a tra ...

, ''Der lange Atem'' * 2015 Lilian Loke, ''Gold in den Straßen'' * 2016

Björn Bicker Bjorn (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 less oft ...

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

Jonas Lüscher Jonas Lüscher (born 22 October 1976 in Schlieren) is a Swiss-German writer and essayist. Early life Lüscher grew up in Bern where he later trained between 1994 and 1998 at the Muristalden Evangelical Teacher Training School (''Evangelische Le ...

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

, ''Die Verteidigung''

References

External links

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

Recipients

See also

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