Mara Cassens Prize
The Mara Cassens Prize for the first novel is awarded annually by the Hamburg Literature House . The prize, donated by Mara Cassens in 1970 , is currently the most highly endowed literary prize in Germany for a German-language novel debut at 15,000 euros . It is awarded by an honorary readers' jury, which is made up of 15 new members of the Literaturhaus Hamburg e. V. composed.
Award winners
Between 2013 and 2018, the debut works by women writers received awards six times in a row.
The publisher with the most award winners is Suhrkamp (six wins), followed by S. Fischer and Luchterhand (four wins each).
| year | Prize winner | title | publishing company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Annelore Schmidt-Weyland | Ruben. Story of a boy | radius |
| 1986 | Christoph Hein | Horn's end | Luchterhand |
| 1987 | André Kaminski | Next year in Jerusalem | Suhrkamp |
| 1988 | Alfred Cordes | Caspar Coppenrath | Bertelsmann |
| 1989 | Rolf Niederhauser | NADA or The Question of the Moment | Luchterhand |
| 1990 | Michael Benckert | Eva Maria Säuberlin | radius |
| 1991 | Gabrielle Alioth | The fool | Nagel & Kimche |
| 1992 | Ralf Rothmann | bull | Suhrkamp |
| 1993 | Gerrit Bekker | The color of the shadows | S. Fischer |
| 1994 | Thomas Lehr | Zweiwasser or The Library of Grace | Suhrkamp |
| 1995 | Peter Mohr | The disappearance of the words | Thom |
| 1996 | Clemens Eich | The sea of stone | S. Fischer |
| 1997 | Marlene Streeruwitz | Seductions | Suhrkamp |
| 1998 | Susanne Röckel | Ash grove | Luchterhand |
| 1999 | John von Düffel | From the water | DuMont |
| 2000 | Peter Märthesheimer | I am the other | Europe |
| 2001 | Annette Pehnt | I have to go | Piper |
| 2002 | Zsuzsa Bánk | The swimmer | S. Fischer |
| 2003 | Erwin Koch | Sara is dancing | Nagel & Kimche |
| 2004 | Terézia Mora | All days | Luchterhand |
| 2005 | Matthias Göritz | The short dream of Jacob Voss | Berlin |
| 2006 | Clemens Meyer | When we were dreaming | S. Fischer |
| 2007 | Larissa Boehning | Light fabrics | Eichborn |
| 2008 | Lukas Bärfuss | A hundred days | Wallstein |
| 2009 | Roman Graf | Mr. Blanc | Limmat |
| 2010 | Sabrina Janesch | Mountains of cats | construction |
| 2011 | Max Scharnigg | The ascent of the Eiger north face under stairs | Hoffmann and Campe |
| 2012 | Andreas Martin Widmann | The lucky parade | Rowohlt |
| 2013 | Sarah Stricker | Five kopecks | Eichborn |
| 2014 | Regina Scheer | Machandel | Knaus |
| 2015 | Verena Boos | Blood oranges | construction |
| 2016 | Katharina Winkler | Blue jewelry | Suhrkamp |
| 2017 | Sasha Marianna Salzmann | Frantic | Suhrkamp |
| 2018 | Anja Kampmann | How high the waters rise | Hanser |
| 2019 | Emanuel Maeß | Joints of light | Wallstein |