Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize ( Cena Franze Kafky in Czech ) is an international literary prize of the Franz Kafka Society in Prague named after the writer Franz Kafka and awarded annually by an international jury since 2001 . The award is endowed with 10,000 US dollars (as of 2019).
Award winners
- 2001: Philip Roth (United States)
- 2002: Ivan Klíma (Czech Republic)
- 2003: Péter Nádas (Hungary)
- 2004: Elfriede Jelinek (Austria)
- 2005: Harold Pinter (United Kingdom)
- 2006: Haruki Murakami (Japan)
- 2007: Yves Bonnefoy (France)
- 2008: Arnošt Lustig (Czech Republic)
- 2009: Peter Handke (Austria)
- 2010: Václav Havel (Czech Republic)
- 2011: John Banville (Ireland)
- 2012: Daniela Hodrová (Czech Republic)
- 2013: Amos Oz (Israel)
- 2014: Yan Lianke (China)
- 2015: Eduardo Mendoza (Spain)
- 2016: Claudio Magris (Italy)
- 2017: Margaret Atwood (Canada)
- 2018: Ivan Wernisch (Czech Republic)
- 2019: Pierre Michon (France)
Web links
- The Franz Kafka Prize on the website of the Franz Kafka Society (German)