Alma Johanna Koenig Prize

The Alma Johanna Koenig Prize was an international literary prize that was donated in 1957 by Oskar Jan Tauschinski as a competition prize. It was awarded every five years until 1987 in memory of his partner Alma Johanna Koenig . The endowment was initially ATS 5,000 , at the last award ATS 50,000.

Award winners

• 1957 Karl Wawra for his story Portrait in three towers
• 1962 Johannes Bobrowski for his poem Im Strom
• 1967 Kurt Mellach for his story E.
• 1972 Heinz Piontek for his essay Blick auf Wien
• 1977 Catarina Carsten for her story Talks with Lebbin
• 1982 Richard Exner for his poem Nach Auschwitz
• 1987 Gerhard Amanshauser for his story Nadja

Web links

• Literaturhaus Wien with information on the Alma Johanna Koenig Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about this endowment from the Documentation Center for Newer Austrian Literature in the Literaturhaus Wien