Literature Prize of the City of Munich
The Literature Prize of the City of Munich was founded in 1928 on the initiative of Thomas Mann by the Literature Advisory Board of the City of Munich as the City of Munich 's Poetry Prize . Since 1957 the name has been the Literature Prize , and in 1991 it was transformed into the award with today's name and new objectives. Initially, it was awarded every two years. The prize has been awarded every three years since 1999, alternating with the Journalism Prize of the City of Munich and the Translation Prize of the City of Munich . The prize money was increased to 10,000 euros.
The award aims to honor “a literary oeuvre that is outstanding in style and content”. The award winners must “come from the Munich region or have a close connection to Munich as the place of their origin or their work”. The right of nomination lies with a commission appointed by the city council, consisting of expert jurors and members of the voluntary city council.
Award winners
- 2020 Christine Wunnicke
- 2017 Mirjam Pressler
- 2014 Hans Pleschinski
- 2011 Keto from Waberer
- 2008 Tilman Spengler
- 2005 Herbert Rosendorfer
- 2002 Uwe Timm
- 1999 Ernst Augustin
- 1997 Günter Herburger
- 1995 Hermann Lenz
- 1993 Gert Hofmann
- 1991 Carl Amery
- 1990 Gert Heidenreich
- 1989 Uwe Timm
- 1986 Said
- 1981 Renate Axt
- 1980 Mathias Schröder
- 1975 Janosch
- 1973 Philipp Arp
- 1964 Tankred Dorst
- 1963 Hellmut from Cube
- 1962 Herbert Schneider
- 1958 Reiner Zimnik
- 1957 Lion Feuchtwanger
- 1955 Erich Kästner
- 1954 Wilhelm Hausenstein
- 1953 Mechtilde Lichnowsky
- 1952 Eugen Roth
- 1951 Gottfried Kölwel
- 1950 Annette Kolb
- 1949 Georg Schwarz
- 1948 Ernst Penzoldt
- 1947 Gertrud von le Fort
- 1945 Peter Dörfler
- 1938 Josef Ponten
- 1937 Alfons of Czibulka
- 1936 Ludwig Friedrich Barthel
- 1935 Georg Britting
- 1933 Hans Zöberlein
- 1932 Ruth Schaumann
- 1931 Josef Magnus Wehner
- 1930 Hans Brandenburg
- 1929 Willy Seidel
- 1928 Hans Carossa
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk Heißerer (ed.): Thomas Mann in Munich. Volume V .: Lectures 2007–2009. Documentation. Munich, Peniope 2010. ISBN 978-3- 936609-46-2. >