Würth Literature Prize

This article concerns the "Würth Literature Prize"; for the "Würth Prize for European Literature" see the Würth Foundation # Würth Prize for European Literature .

The Würth Literature Prize is announced at the end of the Tuebingen poetics lectureship . It was launched in 1996 and is funded by Adolf Würth GmbH & Co KG in Künzelsau. The respective poetics lecturer presents the topic in his last lecture. Not only the direct listeners of the poetics lectureship are called to participate, but all authors who want to deal with this subject in a literary and productive way.

The Würth Literature Prize has been awarded since 1996 and is endowed with 7,500 euros, whereby this amount is divided between the two award winners in tranches that differ from year to year.

The jury is made up of: Hans-Ulrich Grunder (educational scientist, Basel); Dorothee Kimmich (literary scholar and organizer of the poetics lectureship, University of Tübingen); Karl-Heinz Ott (writer, Freiburg); Manfred Papst (head of the culture department, Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag); Thomas Scheuffelen (Professor of Literary Studies, TU Darmstadt). The jury is headed by Philipp Alexander Ostrowicz (Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen).

Publications

Published by Swiridoff- Verlag. Edited by Dorothee Kimmich and Manfred Koch :

• 2005: rituals of masculinity. Hand kiss and bow . Subject given by Ruth Klüger . Texts for the 16th Würth Literature Prize. (Künzelsau 2005). 1st prize Gabriele Kögl .
• 2006: Ten years of assembly . Subject given by Lars Gustafsson . Texts for the 17th Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2006). 1st prize Lothar Kittstein , Norway .
• 2007: The tripe compromise . Subject given by Peter Esterházy . Texts for the 18th Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2007). 1st prize Kai Metzger , Kallreuter in the Grünmühle .

Published by Swiridoff- Verlag. Edited by Dorothee Kimmich and Philipp A. Ostrowicz:

• 2008: going out . Subject given by Feridun Zaimoglu . Texts for the 19th Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2008). 1st prize: Katharina Bendixen , The Postcard Africa ; 2nd prize for Roswitha Schmidt , Alpha .
• 2009: Never Again . Topic given by Kiran Nagarkar . Texts for the 20th Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2009). 1st prize: Monika Radl , Never again, Herr von Elo ; 2nd prize for Hann-Linn Hava , his name was Jonas .
• 2010: How does it feel to be an animal . Subject given by Jonathan Franzen . Texts for the 21st Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2010). 1st prize for Ulrike Schäfer , Das Haus ; 2nd prize for Barbara Dickow , horse, back .
• 2011: Pink is the gray of the optimists . Subject given by Juli Zeh . Texts for the 22nd Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2011). 1st prize for Anke Laufer , Am Klippenrand ; 2. Prizes for Anna-Kathrin Warner , Schneeland and Gerhard Dick , Monbazillac .
• 2012: There is a time of longing when the subject does not yet have a name . Subject given by Brigitte Kronauer . Texts for the 23rd Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2012). 1st prize for Maxim Biller , Love in Israeli ; 2nd prize for Ursula Wiegele , Dance of the Sugar Fairy .
• 2013: The beauty queen Sarah Rotblatt drives up to a gas station . Topic given by Christoph Ransmayr . Texts for the 24th Würth Literature Prize (Künzelsau 2013). 1st prize for Norbert Müller , getting cigarettes ; 2nd prize for Kai Metzger , Morningside Drive .
• 2014: A trip for three. Subject given by Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Dirk von Petersdorff . 1st prize for Waltraud Bondiek , Weg, nur weg ; 2nd prize for Karoline Lot , Almost Friends .
• 2015: At home abroad. 1st prize for Katharina Hartwell , Konstantin West and I are looking at an apartment we will never move into ; 2nd prize for Doris Anna Schilz , Tatort .
• 2016: Brief information on setting and sheet thickness . 1st prize for Kai Metzger , Fuge Null and other interior design ideas ; 2nd prize for Stefan Habermann , saw picture and soul picture ; 3rd prize for Klaus Gottheiner , Säge, Wald und Untergang .
• 2017: After I met you, I saw myself as another . 1st prize for Stefan Petermann , dry swimming ; 2nd prize for Synke Köhler , The measurement of the pavement slabs
• 2018: a yellow shoe . 1st prize for Carola Gruber , Alright ; 2nd prize for Yael Inokai , The Foreigner
• 2019: At the grave of Joseph Brodsky. Topic given by Uwe Timm . 1st prize for Sven Amtsberg , Rakete Schmidt ; 2nd prize for Silke Andrea Schuemmer , Borschtsch in Venice

See also

• Würth Foundation

Web links

• www.poetik-dozentur.de
• All award winners since 1996
• Current award winners

Individual evidence

1. ^ Künzelsau: Würth Literature Prize to Katharina Hartwell. SWR, accessed on July 13, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Brief information on setting and sheet thickness. In: www.swiridoff.de. Retrieved October 11, 2016 .