Women's crime prize of the city of Wiesbaden
The women's crime prize of the city of Wiesbaden (less known also under the name Agathe ) was a literature prize awarded annually from 2000 to 2005 for German-language crime novels by women authors. It was endowed with 5,500 euros. In 2006 it was abolished.
history
This "women's crime prize" was introduced by the Wiesbaden cultural office in order to achieve special support for women. But soon there was widespread public controversy as to whether this was still appropriate. This debate was conducted beyond Wiesbaden, for example, in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit .
Due to the constant "content, financial and political differences", the women's crime competition was canceled after 2005 without replacement. Only the annual series of events “Wiesbadener Krimiherbst” continues to exist.
Agathe Prize Winners
- 2000 Petra Hammesfahr for the novel The Mother
- 2001 Susanne Mischke for the novel Who doesn't want to hear, must feel
- 2002 Martina Borger and Maria Elisabeth Straub for the novel Little Sister
- 2002 Irmtraut Karlsson for the novel Mord am Ring
- 2003 Ramona Diefenbach for the novel Schneckenspur
- 2004 Verena Wyss for the novel The Gardener
- 2005 Sabine Deitmer for the novel Scharfe Stiche
In addition to the prize money check, the "Agathe" consisted of a trophy created by the artist Ute Thiel.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Zeit 49/2002: "Why a women's crime prize ?: A survey among authors, critics ..."
- ↑ a b “Agathe is dead” - Wiesbaden Women's Crime Prize on Alligatorpapiere.de ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
