Franz Tumler Literature Prize
The Franz Tumler Literature Prize for contemporary German-language debut novels is a European literary prize that is awarded every second year by the South Tyrolean provincial government together with the municipality of Laas , for the first time in 2007. The prize named after the South Tyrolean writer Franz Tumler is endowed with 8,000 euros . The winner of the audience award, on the other hand, is invited to spend a week writing in the Vinschgau .
Organized and brought into being by the “Circle of South Tyrolean Authors” in the South Tyrolean Artists' Association and by the Laas Education Committee, the aim of this award is “not only to honor the work of the novelist, essayist and poet who died in Berlin in 1998, but also new literature in German Promote language. Hence the decision to limit the price to debut novels ” . (Quote from the brochure for the 1st award ceremony 2007)
An international jury of experts from South Tyrol, Germany, Austria and Switzerland names five finalists who will read from their debut novels in front of the jury and the audience in a one-day live event in Laas. The jurors then select the winner from among the finalists.
Award winners
- 2007 Emma Braslavsky for the novel Out of Mind
- 2009 Lorenz Langenegger for the novel Here in the Rain
- 2011 Joachim Meyerhoff for the novel All the dead fly high
- 2013 Björn Bicker for the novel What we inherit
- 2015 Kristine Bilkau for the novel Die Glücklichen
- 2017 Julia Weber for the novel Everything is always beautiful
- 2019 Angela Lehner for the novel Our Father
Audience Prize Winner
- 2009 Lea Gottheil for the novel Sommervogel
- 2011 Astrid Rosenfeld for the novel Adams Erbe
- 2013 Barbara Aschenwald for the novel Omka
- 2015 Petra Hofmann for the novel No more spring
- 2017 Stephan Lohse for the novel Ein Lazy God
- 2019 Lola Randl for the novel The Great Garden