Kassel Literature Prize

The Kassel Literature Prize for Grotesque Humor has been awarded annually by the Brückner-Kühner Foundation and the City of Kassel since 1985.

It is awarded to writers whose “work is characterized by the grotesque and comic on a high artistic level”. Until 1996, the prize was also awarded to literary scholars who focused on the comic as a research focus. Since then, the prize has been awarded exclusively to artists. It is endowed with 10,000 euros.

Since 2004 the foundation and the city have also regularly awarded a prize for comic literature for authors in an early phase of their work. It is endowed with 3,000 euros.

It is not possible to apply for yourself. The jury finds the award winners based on suggestions from publishers.

The award was donated by the writers Christine Brückner and Otto Heinrich Kühner .

Award winners

• 1985: Loriot
• 1986: Eike Christian Hirsch
• 1987: Ernst Jandl
• 1988: Wolfgang Preisendanz
• 1989: Irmtraud Morgner
• 1990: Ernst Kretschmer
• 1991: Robert Gernhardt
• 1992: Walter Hinck
• 1993: Christoph Meckel
• 1994: Volker Klotz
• 1995: Hanns Dieter Hüsch
• 1996: Karl Riha
• 1997: Max Goldt
• 1998: Franzobel
• 1999: Ingomar von Kieseritzky (main prize); Frank Schulz (sponsorship award)
• 2000: Peter Bichsel
• 2001: George Tabori
• 2002: Franz Hohler
• 2003: Eugen Egner
• 2004: Ror Wolf (main prize); Jochen Schmidt (sponsorship award)
• 2005: Katja Lange-Müller (main prize); Tilman Rammstedt (sponsorship award)
• 2006/7: Gerhard Polt (main prize); Jess Jochimsen (sponsorship award)
• 2008: FW Bernstein (main prize); Philipp Tingler (sponsorship award)
• 2009: Peter Rühmkorf ( posthumously , main prize); Michael Stauffer (sponsorship award)
• 2010: Herbert Achternbusch (main prize); Rebekka Kricheldorf (sponsorship award)
• 2011: Thomas Kapielski (main prize); Jan Neumann (sponsorship award)
• 2012: Ulrich Holbein (main prize); Tino Hanekamp (sponsorship award)
• 2013: Wilhelm Genazino (main prize); Wolfram Lotz (sponsorship award)
• 2014: Dieter Hildebrandt (posthumous, main prize); (no sponsorship award)
• 2015: Frank Schulz (main prize); Arno Camenisch (sponsorship award)
• 2016: Wolf Haas (main prize); Kirsten Fuchs (sponsorship award)
• 2017: Karen Duve (main prize); Ferdinand Schmalz (sponsorship award)
• 2018: Eckhard Henscheid (main prize); Dagmara Kraus (sponsorship award)
• 2019: Sibylle Berg (main prize); Jakob Nolte (sponsorship award)
• 2020: Heinz Strunk (main prize); Chrizzi Heinen (sponsorship award)

Web links

• Brückner-Kühner Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrich Holbein receives literature award . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of August 31, 2011, p. B4
2. ^ Author Genazino receives literary prize for grotesque humor . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of August 16, 2012, p. B4
3. ↑ For grotesque humor: Hildebrandt receives literary prize for grotesque humor RP Online from August 21, 2013
4. ↑ zeit.de from July 15, 2014 ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ orf.at - Wolf Haas receives literary prize for grotesque humor . Article dated July 6, 2015, accessed July 6, 2015.
6. ↑ Berlin author honored Neues Deutschland , online from February 23, 2016, accessed on February 23, 2016
7. ↑ Karen Duve is the 2017 winner , boersenblatt.net, June 14, 2016, accessed on June 14, 2016
8. ↑ Eckhard Henscheid honored for his work , boersenblatt.net, August 29, 2017, accessed on August 29, 2017
9. ↑ Kassel Literature Prize to Sibylle Berg , boersenblatt.net, published and accessed on August 29, 2018
10. ^ Mark-Christian von Busse: Kassel Literature Prize goes to the all-rounder Heinz Strunk. In: hna.de. Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , August 21, 2019, accessed on August 21, 2019 .