Johann Beer Literature Prize

The Johann Beer Literature Prize (also Johann Beer Prize ) is an Austrian literary prize that has been awarded by the Upper Austrian Medical Association and Deutsche Bank since 2009 . It is named after the writer and composer Johann Beer .

Johann Beer Literature Prize

The Johann Beer Literature Prize is awarded annually to the work of an Austrian author who “talks about the imponderables of life and dealing with existential demands and needs in an outstanding way, both aesthetically and in terms of content,” as the co-founders Gustav Ernst and Karin did Name Fleischanderl . The award is endowed with 7,000 euros.

Award winners

• 2009: Antonio Fian for the prose volume Im Schlaf - Tales after Dreams
• 2010: Paulus Hochgatterer for the novel Das Matratzenhaus
• 2011: Arno Geiger for the autobiographical work The Old King in His Exile
• 2012: Monika Helfer for the short story book Die Bar im Freien
• 2013: Robert Schindel for the novel Der Kalte
• 2014: Friederike Mayröcker for her work cahier
• 2015: Margit Schreiner for her novel The Human Balance
• 2016: Anna Mitgutsch for her novel The Approach .
• 2017: Lydia Mischkulnig for the short story book Die Paradiesmaschine
• 2018: Daniel Wisser for his novel Queen of the Mountains

Web links

• Oö. Medical Association
• Johann Beer Literature Prize in AtterWiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels, press release from November 26, 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Upper Austrian Medical Association, accessed on December 28, 2014
3. ↑ Johann Beer Prize for Upper Austria. Author Margit Schreiner ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Article dated November 7, 2015, accessed November 8, 2015.  
4. ↑ PKA Private Hospital Wels, accessed on March 18, 2017
5. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Lydia Mischulnig receives Johann Beer Literature Prize . Article dated November 20, 2017, accessed November 5, 2018.
6. ↑ orf.at: Johann Beer Literature Prize for Daniel Wisser . Article dated October 29, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018.