Interest group of German-speaking authors
The interest group of German-speaking authors e. V. (IGdA) is a transnational association with the purpose and aim of promoting the literary activities of its members through conferences, regional meetings and seminars, as well as through the association's own publications.
The association, founded by Rudolf Descher in Hanover in May 1967 , organizes an annual general meeting of several days at a different location each year and awards two literary prizes at these meetings: the Rudolf Descher pen and, since 2015, the IGdA young author prize every second year. Since 2015, the association has published a literary almanac every two years, most recently under the title 'Fire Dance of Poetry'. The association magazine "IGdA-aktuell: magazine for literature, art and criticism" appears three times a year.
Prize winner of the Rudolf Descher Feder (donated 1985)
- 1985 Gerhard Zipperling
- 1986 Georg Ihmann
- 1987 Dietmut Krauss
- 1988 Grete Wassertheurer
- 1989 Hermann Kuprian
- 1990 Barbara Suchner
- 1991 Hans Faber-Perathoner
- 1992 (not awarded)
- 1993 Jutta Makowsky
- 1994 Peter Biqué
- 1995 Johanna Jonas-Lichtenwallner
- 1996 Ursula student
- 1997 Helmfried Knoll
- 1998 Hermann Wischnat
- 1999 Magda Nell
- 2000 Karl-Hermann Schneider
- 2001 Regine Lotz-Albach
- 2002 Gabriele von Hippel-Schäfer
- 2003 Liane Presich-Petuelli
- 2004 Brigitta Weiss
- 2005 Hilde Peyr-Höwarth
- 2006 Anant Kumar
- 2007 Ernest-Edmund Keil
- 2008 Luitgard Kasper-Merbach
- 2009 Gabriella Hühn-Keller
- 2010 Renate Weidauer
- 2011 Cordula Scheel
- 2012 not awarded
- 2013 Helga Thomas
- 2014 Eckhard Erxleben
- 2015 Franz Preitler
- 2016 Mario Andreotti