Erich Fried Prize

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The Erich Fried Prize is a literary prize awarded by the International Erich Fried Society for Language and Literature in Vienna .

The prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, is donated by the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria , Art Section. Every year the Board of Trustees of the Erich Fried Society appoints a juror, who in turn is solely responsible for selecting the winner.

With this award, the memory of the important Austrian writer Erich Fried is to be kept alive.

Jurors and award winners

year Award winners Juror
1990 Christoph Hein Hans Mayer
1991 Bodo Hell Ernst Jandl
1992 Paul Parin Christa Wolf
1993 Robert Schindel Walter Jens
1994 Jörg Steiner Adolf Muschg
1995 Elke Erb Friederike Mayröcker  
1996 Paul Nizon György Konrád
1997 Gert Jonke Ilse Aichinger
1998 Bert Papenfuß Volker Braun
1999 Elfriede Gerstl Elfriede Jelinek
2000 Klaus Schlesinger György Dalos
2001 Otto A. Böhmer Brigitte Kronauer
2002 Oskar Pastior Christina Weiss
2003 Robert Menasse Robert Schindel
2004 Brigitte Oleschinski Wilhelm Genazino
2005 Yaak Karsunke Christoph Ransmayr
2006 Michael Kruger Marcel Beyer
2007 Peter Waterhouse Ilma Rakusa
2008 Alois Hotschnig Katja Lange-Müller
2009 Esther Dischereit Josef Winkler
2010 Terézia Mora Urs Widmer
2011 Thomas Stangl Barbara Frischmuth
2012 Nico Bleutge Lutz Seiler
2013 Rainer Merkel Kathrin Röggla
2014 Judith Hermann Monika Marron
2015 Dorothee Elmiger Reto Hänny
2016 Leif Randt Eva Menasse
2017 Teresa Preauer Franz Schuh
2018 Ralph Dutli Beatrice von Matt
2019 Steffen Mensching Christoph Hein
2020 Esther Kinsky Maja Haderlap

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. buecher.at of September 10, 2014: Judith Hermann receives Erich Fried Prize 2014 ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 10, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buecher.at
  2. buchmarkt.de of September 2, 2015: Dorothee Elmiger receives the 2015 Erich Fried Prize , accessed on September 2, 2015
  3. Erich Fried Prize 2019 goes to Steffen Mensching , report on Buchmarkt.de of September 4, 2019, accessed on September 4, 2019.
  4. German author Esther Kinsky receives the Erich Fried Prize this year. June 9, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 .