Johann Gottfried Seume Literature Prize
The Johann Gottfried Seume Literature Prize is a literary prize awarded by the International Johann Gottfried Seume Association " Arethusa " eV Grimma in cooperation with the Sparkasse Muldental and intended to commemorate the travel writer Johann Gottfried Seume (1763-1810).
Tendering process
The prize has been advertised every two years since 2001 for literary works in German that follow a social and cultural critical approach in the spirit of Johann Gottfried Seume. Travel reports that deal creatively with Seume's travel or life are also taken into account. The selection is made by a jury on the basis of the competition entries submitted in writing. The award ceremony takes place around December 6th of the year in question, as Seume began his walk from Grimma to Syracuse on this day in 1801 .
The prize money of 3,000 euros is donated by the Sparkasse Muldental.
Award winners
- 2001: Götz-Ulrich Coblenz My walk from Arkona to Pisa. A diary
- 2003: Wolfgang Büscher Berlin – Moscow. A journey on foot
- 2005: Andreas Altmann 34 days, 33 nights - from Paris to Berlin on foot and without money
- 2007: Andreas Reimann ... and red wine rustles my soul south. Italy sonnets
- 2009: Helga M. Novak where I am now (poems)
- 2011: Peter Winterhoff-Spurk company Babylon. How globalization endangers the soul
- 2013: Constanze John Gelber Staub. A trip to Armenia
- 2015: Susanne Schädlich Westward as far as possible. A search for land
- 2017: Jan Decker The Long Slumber
- 2019: Marlen Schachinger Kosovar corrections. Trying about the truth of a country
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Johann Gottfried Seume Society "ARETHUSA" eV: The Seume Literature Prize 2013 goes to Constanze John! In: seumeverein-arethusa.de. Retrieved November 7, 2015 .
- ↑ International Johann Gottfried Seume Society "ARETHUSA" eV: The 2015 Seume Literature Prize goes to Susanne Schädlich! In: seumeverein-arethusa.de. Retrieved November 7, 2015 .
- ↑ International Johann Gottfried Seume Society "ARETHUSA" eV: The Seume Literature Prize 2017 goes to Jan Decker. In: seumeverein-arethusa.de. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ International Johann Gottfried Seume Society "ARETHUSA" eV: The Johann Gottfried Seume Literature Prize 2019 goes to. In: seumeverein-arethusa.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .