Ohrenschmaus (Literature Prize)
Ohrenschmaus is the name of an Austrian literature prize founded in 2007 on the initiative of Franz-Joseph Huainigg for people with intellectual disabilities ( literature by people with learning difficulties ). Since then, the prize has been awarded annually under the patronage of Felix Mitterer . The award ceremony has been taking place in the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna since 2008 .
jury
Under the care of Felix Mitterer, the jury includes the following authors:
- Franzobel (since June 2015)
- Nikolaus Glattauer , courier columnist (until spring 2015)
- Eva Jancak
- Heinz Janisch
- Ludwig Laher
- Barbara Rett , ORF
- Andrea pen
Partners and sponsors
The organizations that organize the award are as follows:
- Caritas Austria
- Diakonie Austria
- Youth at work
- Lebenshilfe Austria
- Vienna People First
The regular sponsors of the award include, among others
- Erste Bank Austria
- Raiffeisen banking group in Austria
- MuseumsQuartier Vienna
- baumax
- Zotter chocolate
Details
The prize is advertised every spring by the participating organizations and through Austrian media. The participants include authors from all over Austria as well as from the neighboring German-speaking area. In autumn, the jury will discuss the award of the prize. This takes place at the end of November / beginning of December. In recent years, Minister of Education Claudia Schmied and Minister of Science Karlheinz Töchterle have presented prizes.
Initiator Franz-Joseph Huainigg, born in 1966, is an author, graduate of the University of Klagenfurt (German studies), wheelchair user, user of a ventilator and was an ÖVP member of the Austrian National Council until 2017 .
literature
- Franz-Joseph Huainigg (Ed.): Can't sleep. Ohrenschmaus literature prize: the best texts , Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2012, ISBN 978-3-902416-94-0 , 116 pages (with all winning texts 2007-2011)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ website of the publisher ; under Can not sleep to find