Pied Piper Literature Prize

The Pied Piper Literature Prize is a literary award that since 1986 every two years by the city Hameln to specific for children and young fairy tales - Kunstmärchen or - Share books or fantasy or medieval been settled stories will be given. The prize is endowed with 5000 euros and can be awarded to authors , editors, translators and illustrators , if necessary also split.

Award winners

1986: Lygia Bojunga Nunes , The Aunt's House ; Gerhard Holtz-Baumert and Klaus Ensikat , Daidalos and Ikaros
1988: Richard Kennedy , The fantastic journey of Annis eyes, the rag dolls and the captain
1990: Rafik Schami , Narrator of the Night
1992: Alfred von Meysenbug , Däumling ; Erwin Moser , The Raven Alfons
1994: Lisbeth Zwerger , Wilhelm Hauff , The dwarf nose ; Lisbeth Zwerger, Christian Morgenstern : Children's poems and gallows songs
1996: François Place , The Last Giants
1998: Roberto Piumini , Motu-Iti, The Island of Seagulls
2000: Jutta Richter , The dog with the yellow heart or the story of the opposite
2002: Chadîdscha Hassan , Najim A. Mustafa, Urs Gösken : Three sacks full of raisins
2004: Peter Dickinson : Dancing Bear
2006: Chen Jianghong : The Tiger Prince , from the French by Erika and Karl A. Klewer
2008: Zoran Drvenkar and Martin Baltscheit : Zarah. You're not scared, are you?
2010: Felicitas Hoppe : Iwein Lion Knight
2012: Nikolaus Heidelbach : When I grow up, I'll be a seal
2014: Jürg Schubiger and Aljoscha Blau : The child in the moon
2016: Matthias Morgenroth and Regina Kehn : Friends of the Night
2018: Wieland Freund : Krakonos
2020 → 2021