Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2017

Ferdinand Schmalz , the winner of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2017 in front of the ORF Theater

The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2017 is the 41st competition for the literary prize as part of the Days of German-Language Literature . The event took place from July 5th to 9th, 2017 in the Klagenfurt ORF Theater of the Carinthia State Studio and was moderated by Christian Ankowitsch . The 14 invited authors were announced on May 24, 2017. For the first time, the entire competition was broadcast live on the radio by Deutschlandfunk . The reading order was decided by lot on July 5, 2017.

Authors

First reading day

• Karin Peschka (* 1967), Viennese child , invited by Stefan Gmünder
• Björn Treber (* 1992), Weintrieb , invited by Stefan Gmünder
• John Wray (* 1971), Madrigal , invited by Sandra Kegel
• Noemi Schneider (* 1982), Fifty Shades of Gray , invited by Hubert Winkels
• Daniel Goetsch (* 1968), Der Name , invited by Hildegard E. Keller

Second reading day

• Ferdinand Schmalz (* 1985), my favorite animal is winter , invited by Sandra Kegel
• Barbi Marković (* 1980), The Tenants , invited by Klaus Kastberger
• Verena Dürr (* 1982), Memorabilia , invited by Klaus Kastberger
• Jackie Thomae (* 1972), Cleanster , invited by Hubert Winkels
• Jörg-Uwe Albig (* 1960), In der Steppe , invited by Meike Feßmann

Third reading day

• Eckhart Nickel (* 1966), Hysteria , invited by Michael Wiederstein
• Gianna Molinari (* 1988), Loses Portfolio , invited by Hildegard E. Keller
• Maxi Obexer (* 1970), Europe's longest summer , invited by Meike Feßmann
• Urs Mannhart (* 1975), Ein Bier im Banja , invited by Michael Wiederstein

Jurors

• Hubert Winkels (chairman of the jury since 2015)
• Stefan Gmünder
• Meike Feßmann
• Sandra Kegel
• Klaus Kastberger
• Hildegard Elisabeth Keller
• Michael Wiederstein

Michael Wiederstein joined the jury and replaced the previous jury member Juri Steiner .

Prices

• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (endowed with 25,000 euros): Ferdinand Schmalz
• Deutschlandfunk Prize (donated by Deutschlandradio , endowed with 12,500 euros): John Wray
• Kelag Prize (endowed with 10,000 euros): Eckhart Nickel : Hysteria
• 3sat Prize (endowed with 7,500 euros): Gianna Molinari : Loses Portfolio
• BKS Bank audience award (endowed with 7,000 euros): Karin Peschka : Wiener Kindl
• Stadtschreiber grant from the city of Klagenfurt (5,000 euros; linked to the audience award): Karin Peschka : Wiener Kindl

A new addition was the Deutschlandfunk Prize, one more prize than in 2016. The State Prize for Literary Translation Translatio was awarded on April 28th in 2017 due to the timing and not during the Bachmann Week.

Web links

• ORF website on the Bachmann Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} orf.at - Authors of the Bachmann Prize 2017 presented . Article dated May 24, 2017, accessed May 25, 2017.
2. ↑ orf.at: The reading order 2017 . Article dated July 5, 2017, accessed July 5, 2017.
3. ↑ Kolja Mensing : Klagenfurt needs such texts! , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, article from July 6, 2017, accessed on July 7, 2017.
4. ↑ orf.at: Jury - Bachmann Prize . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b} orf.at: Schmalz wins Bachmann Prize . Article dated July 9, 2017, accessed July 9, 2017.
6. ↑ orf.at - prizes and donors 2017 . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
7. ↑ orf.at: Translatio for literary translators . Retrieved May 25, 2017.