Jean Paul Prize
The Jean Paul Prize is a literature prize that is awarded by the Free State of Bavaria every two years, alternating with the Karl Vossler Prize until 2002 , as the Bavarian Literature Prize . The prize in honor of Jean Paul is endowed with 15,000 euros and honors the entire literary work of a German-speaking writer.
Award winners
- 1983 Hans Egon Holthusen
- 1985 Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- 1987 Botho Strauss
- 1989 Horst Bienek
- 1991 Hermann Lenz
- 1993 Gertrud Fussenegger
- 1995 Siegfried Lenz
- 1997 Günter de Bruyn
- 1999 Herbert Rosendorfer
- 2001 Gerhard Polt
- 2003 Thomas Hürlimann
- 2005 Sarah Kirsch
- 2007 Uwe Dick
- 2009 Eckhard Henscheid
- 2011 Brigitte Kronauer
- 2013 Petra Morsbach
- 2015 Gerhard Roth
- 2017 Alexander Kluge
- 2019 Ursula Krechel
Photos from the 2019 Jean Paul Prize ceremony
Awarded in the Hubertussaal in Nymphenburg Palace in Munich
Address: Minister of State Bernd Sibler
Award of certificate to Ursula Krechel
Laudation: Michael Stolleis
