Ernst Willner Prize
The Ernst Willner Prize is a literary prize that, in addition to the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is awarded annually in early summer at the live competition Days of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt . Until 2013 it was donated by numerous German-language book publishers, since 2014 the prize money has been raised exclusively by Klagenfurt bookstore Heyn and the prize was named “Mr. Heyn's Ernst Willner Prize ”has been renamed.
description
This special prize of the Klagenfurt competition offered the publishers from the German-speaking area who donated it their own public relations platform. It was endowed with 7,000 euros until 2011 and has been endowed with 5,000 euros since 2012. Klagenfurt bookstore Heyn has been the sole sponsor of the award since 2014.
history
The award was donated in memory of Ernst Willner , one of the co-founders of the event, which has been taking place every year since 1977. He was the director of the ORF regional studio in Carinthia .
Award winners
- 1983: Bodo Morshäuser
- 1984: Helen Meier
- 1987: Irina Liebmann
- 1988: Michael Wildenhain
- 1989: Sabine Peters
- 1990: Ludwig Roman Fleischer
- 1991: Marcel Beyer
- 1992: Ulrich Holbein
- 1993: Sandra Kellein
- 1994: Stefanie Menzinger
- 1995: Ingo Schulze
- 1996: Felicitas Hoppe
- 1997: Bettina Galvagni
- 1998: John von Düffel
- 1999: Thor Kunkel
- 2000: Andreas Maier
- 2001: Antje Rávic Strubel
- 2002: Mirko Bonné
- 2003: Ulla Lenze
- 2004: Simona Sabato
- 2005: Natalie Balkow
- 2006: Angelika Overath
- 2007: Jan Böttcher
- 2008: Clemens J. Setz
- 2009: Katharina Born
- 2010: Aleks Scholz
- 2011: Leif Randt
- 2012: Inger-Maria Mahlke
- 2013: Heinz Helle
- 2014: Katharina Gericke
Web links
- Official ORF info page on the subject, photo
- Specification for the Ernst Willner Prize
- Renaming of the award in 2014 and new sponsor
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://bachmannpreis.eu/de/information/4718
- ↑ http://bachmannpreis.eu/de/news/4185
- ↑ Bachmann Prize 2014 awarded ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article dated July 6, 2014, accessed October 16, 2015.
