Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2006

The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2006 was the 30th competition for the literature prize as part of the Days of German-Language Literature . The event took place from June 21 to 25, 2006 in the Klagenfurt ORF theater of the Carinthia regional studio .

Authors

First reading day

• Sigrid Behrens : Discrete Moments (excerpt), suggested by Norbert Miller
• Bodo Hell : City Country Mountain , proposed by Ilma Rakusa
• Silvio Huonder : Untitled, suggested by Martin Ebel
• Clemens Meyer : Journey to the River , suggested by Ursula March
• Angelika Overath : The aquarium , suggested by Ursula March
• Kevin Vennemann : In the composing house (excerpt), proposed by Ilma Rakusa
• Andreas Merkel : From the undergrowth , suggested by Klaus Nüchtern

Second reading day

• Claudia Klischat : Standstill , suggested by Heinrich Detering
• Thomas Melle : Night swimming , suggested by Burkhard Spinnen
• Dirk von Petersdorff : beginning , suggested by Heinrich Detering
• Paul Brodowsky : Recording suggested by Iris Radisch
• Annette Mingels : aftershocks , suggested by Martin Ebel
• Hanno Millesi : On weekdays , suggested by Daniela Strigl
• Norbert Scheuer : Überm Rauschen , suggested by Iris Radisch

Third reading day

• Katja Huber : Sofija (extract from a novel), proposed by Klaus Nüchtern
• Kathrin Passig : You are here , suggested by Daniela Strigl
• Kai Weyand : Paso Doble , suggested by Norbert Miller
• Ina Strelow : Arrest , proposed by Burkhard Spinnen

Jurors

Jury 2006: from left: Iris Radisch; Klaus Sober; Burkhard spiders; Ursula March; Karl Corino; in the mirror: Heinrich Detering

• Karl Corino (for the sick Norbert Miller )
• Heinrich Detering
• Martin Ebel
• Ursula March
• Klaus Sober
• Iris Radisch (chairman of the jury)
• Ilma Rakusa
• Burkhard spiders
• Daniela Strigl

Award winners

• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (endowed with 25,000 euros): Kathrin Passig
• Telekom Austria Prize (endowed with 10,000 euros): Bodo Hell
• 3sat prize (7,500 euros): Norbert Scheuer
• Ernst Willner Prize (7,000 euros): Angelika Overath
• Kelag audience award (endowed with 5,000 euros): Kathrin Passig

literature

• Iris Radisch (ed.): The best 2006 - Klagenfurt texts. Piper: Munich and Zurich 2006. ISBN 978-3-492-04939-9

Web links

• Bachmann Prize 2006 - ORF multimedia archive with all texts, reports and videos