Austrian Promotion Prize for Literature
The Austrian Promotion Prize for Literature was one of the state prizes of the Republic of Austria . It was awarded annually from 1950 to 2009 and replaced annually in 2010 by the Outstanding Artist Award for Literature , awarded by the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture .
From 1950 to 1988 the sponsorship award was given in different categories ( poetry , drama , novel , story , radio play ), including in 1967 to Thomas Bernhard , who described it as the “Small Austrian State Prize”. In 1989 the division limitation was lifted
Andreas Okopenko (1930–2010) received all three Austrian State Prize for Literature in the course of his life, which shows their ranking : He received the Austrian Advancement Prize for Literature in 1968, the Austrian Prize for Literature in 1977 and finally the Great Austrian State Prize in the category in 1998 "Literature".
Award winners
- 1950: Christine Busta , Franz Kießling (poetry)
- 1951: Franz Pühringer , Harald Zusanek (drama)
- 1952: Ilse Aichinger , Fritz Habeck , Herbert Zand (novel)
- 1953: Marlen Haushofer , Ernst Vasovec (story)
- 1954: Franz Hiesel , Werner Riemerschmied , Oskar Zemme (radio play)
- 1955: Günther Buxbaum , Franz Karl Franchy , Anny Tichy (drama)
- 1956: Rudolf Felmayer , Gerhard Fritsch , Johann Gunert , Christine Lavant (poetry)
- 1957: Gerhard Fritsch , Hannelore Valencak (novel)
- 1958: Herbert Eisenreich , Ernst Kein (story)
- 1959: Rudolf Bayr , Eduard König (radio play)
- 1960: (not awarded)
- 1961: Christine Busta , Christine Lavant , Karl Wawra (poetry)
- 1962: Milo Dor , Hans Lebert (novel)
- 1963: Humbert Fink , Peter von Tramin (story)
- 1964: Juliane Windhager (radio play)
- 1965: (not awarded)
- 1966: Michael Guttenbrunner (poetry)
- 1967: Thomas Bernhard (novel)
- 1968: Marlen Haushofer , Andreas Okopenko (story)
- 1969: Otto Grünmandl , Hans Krendlesberger (radio play)
- 1970: (not awarded)
- 1971: Peter Henisch , Julian Schutting (poetry)
- 1972: Franz Rieger (novel)
- 1973: Peter Rosei , Peter Daniel Wolfkind (story)
- 1974: Helmut Eisendle (radio play)
- 1975: Otto Volkmar Deisenhammer , Michael Rössner (drama)
- 1976: Christian Wallner , EA Richter (poetry)
- 1977: Gernot Wolfgruber , Walter Kappacher (novel)
- 1978: Werner Kofler (story)
- 1979: Helmut Peschina (radio play), Heinz W. Vegh (television play)
- 1980: Gustav Ernst (drama)
- 1981: Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (poetry)
- 1982: Florian Lipus (novel)
- 1983: Klaus Hoffer (story)
- 1984: Elfriede Czurda (radio play), Felix Mitterer , Michael Scharang (television play)
- 1985: Barbara Bronnen (drama)
- 1986: Annemarie E. Moser (poetry)
- 1987: Josef Winkler (novel)
- 1988: Bodo Hell (story)
- 1989: Marianne Fritz , Liesl Ujvary
- 1990: Evelyn Schlag , Norbert Gstrein
- 1991: Monika Helfer , Erich Hackl
- 1992: Robert Schindel
- 1993: Elisabeth Reichart
- 1994: Robert Menasse , Peter Waterhouse
- 1995: Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch , Sabine Scholl
- 1996: Margit Hahn , Walter Klier
- 1997: Gerhard Kofler , Anselm Glück
- 1998: Bettina Balàka , Paulus Hochgatterer
- 1999: Vladimir Vertlib
- 2000: Sabine Gruber , Ernst Molden
- 2001: Antonio Fian , Ferdinand Schmatz
- 2002: Raoul Schrott
- 2003: Alois Hotschnig , Daniel Kehlmann
- 2004: Kathrin Röggla , Norbert Silberbauer
- 2005: Xaver Bayer , Thomas Stangl
- 2006: Thomas Glavinic , Eugenie Kain
- 2007: Brigitta Falkner , Wolfgang Hermann
- 2008: Rudolf Habringer , Andrea Winkler
- 2009: Lydia Mischkulnig , Anna Kim
Web links
- Austrian Promotion Prize for Literature on the website of the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Description by the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture , see outstanding artist award - literature ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed October 30, 2012