Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2020

The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2020 is the 44th competition for the literature prize as part of the Days of German-Language Literature .

history

The event took place from June 17 to 21, 2020 , due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, not as in previous years in the ORF state studio in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in front of an audience, but only broadcast via 3sat , Deutschlandfunk and online stream.

In 2020, the event was initially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the five jury members Klaus Kastberger , Brigitte Schwens-Harrant , Philipp Tingler , Michael Wiederstein and Insa Wilke protested against this decision and pleaded for the competition to take place in an alternative form. ORF General Director Alexander Wrabetz then announced that he would be working on a digital version on the Internet.

The 21st Klagenfurt speech on literature with the title May black flowers paint? was held by Sharon Dodua Otoo , who was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2016 .

While the readings by the authors were recorded and played in advance, the jury discussed live after each reading. To this end, camera systems were installed in the jury members' workrooms. In addition to the journalist Christian Ankowitsch from the ORF Theater in Klagenfurt as moderator, Julya Rabinowich and Heinz Sichrovsky commented on the event.

As a supporting program, the Association for Stimulating Dramatic Appetite (VADA) brought the “Public Passive Münzer Cell” next to the Art Nouveau Theater in Klagenfurt in the Goethepark to new life during the Days of German-Language Literature . From June 18 to 20, 2020, a person from literary life ( Isabella Straub , Karsten Krampitz or Ines Birkhan ) called this telephone booth at 6.30 p.m. As soon as the doorbell rang, someone in the audience was allowed to pick up the receiver and make a call with the caller. The conversation was broadcast to the surrounding audience via loudspeaker.

Authors

Those invited to the reading were announced on May 28, 2020. The drawing of the reading order took place on June 17, 2020.

First reading day

• Jasmin Ramadan (D / CH), excerpt from the novel Ü , invited by Philipp Tingler
• Lisa Krusche (D), Fighting for certain worlds and against others , invited by Klaus Kastberger
• Leonhard Hieronymi (D), About Us, Lucifer , invited by Michael Wiederstein
• Carolina Schutti (A), Nadjeschda , invited by Brigitte Schwens-Harrant
• Jörg Piringer (A), kuzushi , invited by Nora Gomringer

Second reading day

• Helga Schubert (D), from getting up , invited by Insa Wilke
• Hanna Herbst (D / A), Once upon a time , invited by Insa Wilke
• Egon Christian Leitner (A), Always at War , invited by Klaus Kastberger
• Matthias Senkel (D), Warenz , invited by Hubert Winkels
• Levin Westermann (D / CH), and then , invited by Hubert Winkels

Third reading day

• Lydia Haider (A), The Great Greeting , invited by Nora Gomringer
• Laura Freudenthaler (A), The hottest summer , invited by Brigitte Schwens-Harrant
• Katja Schönherr (D / CH), Ziva , invited by Philipp Tingler
• Meral Kureyshi (CH), Adam , invited by Michael Wiederstein

Jurors

In 2020, Brigitte Schwens-Harrant and Philipp Tingler joined the jury compared to the previous year , replacing Stefan Gmünder and Hildegard Elisabeth Keller as jury members.

• Hubert Winkels (chairman of the jury since 2015)
• Nora Gomringer
• Klaus Kastberger
• Brigitte Schwens-Harrant
• Philipp Tingler
• Michael Wiederstein
• Insa Wilke

Prices

The previous voting mode was retained for the award of prizes; however, the handover took place virtually. On June 21, 2020, the jury announced a shortlist of seven names, from which the prizes were then awarded in a public vote. Laura Freudenthaler, Hanna Herbst, Lisa Krusche, Egon Christian Leitner, Helga Schubert, Matthias Senkel and Levin Westermann were on the shortlist.

• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (endowed with 25,000 euros): Helga Schubert
• Deutschlandfunk Prize (donated by Deutschlandradio , endowed with 12,500 euros): Lisa Krusche
• Kelag Prize (endowed with 10,000 euros): Egon Christian Leitner
• 3sat Prize (endowed with 7,500 euros): Laura Freudenthaler
• BKS Bank audience award (endowed with 7,000 euros): Lydia Haider
• City clerk grant from the city of Klagenfurt (5,000 euros; linked to the audience award): Lydia Haider

Web links

• ORF website on the Bachmann Prize

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Bachmann Prize "strongly based on classical events". In: Salzburger Nachrichten . May 7, 2020, accessed May 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ 44th Bachmann Prize not in the ORF studio. In: ORF.at . March 27, 2020, accessed May 8, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Bachmann jury against suspension of the award , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, March 28, 2020, accessed on May 8, 2020.
4. ^ "Digital edition": Bachmann Prize is taking place. In: ORF.at . March 30, 2020, accessed May 8, 2020 . 
5. ↑ “Are black flowers allowed to paint?” In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . June 17, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Bachmann Prize is this year literary "control center". In: DerStandard.at . May 28, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
7. ↑ The Bachmann Prize reinvents itself. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . May 27, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Framework program TddL 2020. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . June 2, 2020, accessed May 2, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Reading order of the TddL 2020. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . June 17, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 . 
10. ^ Reading competitions in Klagenfurt: New jurors for the Bachmann Prize. In: ORF.at . December 30, 2019, accessed May 8, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Brigitte Schwens-Harrant new 2020 Jury In: ORF.at . Retrieved May 8, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Philipp Tingler new 2020 Jury In: ORF.at . Retrieved May 8, 2020 . 
13. ↑ How the shortlist comes about. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . June 21, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Bachmann Prize for Helga Schubert. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . June 21, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 .