Walter Kempowski Literature Prize
The Walter Kempowski Literature Prize is a sponsorship award for German-language short stories from the Hamburg Authors' Association . Such a prize was first awarded in 2005, but has only borne the name of Walter Kempowski, who died in the same year, since 2007 .
The sponsorship prize is awarded every second year in cooperation with the Hannelore and Helmut Greve Foundation for Culture and Science , alternating with the Hannelore Greve Literature Prize . The authors' association has 120 writers, including Siegfried Lenz , Günter Kunert and Arno Surminski . Walter Kempowski was an honorary member for life. The award is given to three authors. The contributions are selected at a general meeting of the Hamburg Writers' Association. In 2005 it was endowed with 5000 euros, in 2007 with a total of 10,000 euros.
Award winners
2005 Subject: Neighbors
- Kirsten Kühlke from Rüsselsheim for her short story First wait for the winter
- Christopher Weber from Leipzig for blue-gray
- Jane Larsen from Berlin for New Worlds next door
2007 topic: alien
- Susanne Jabs Gröner from Baden-Württemberg for her short story Der Löwenwagen
- Cornelia Gellrich from Berlin with her short story Visiting Grandmother
- Jana Franke-Frey from Uckermark with a good night story for Anna
2009 topic: temptation
- Martin Beyer from Bamberg for his contribution The moon is always beautiful
- Johanna Heinz from Bonn for Das Foto
- Ella Marouche from Hamburg for Happy is the one who forgets
2011 topic: family
- Marlene Bach from Heidelberg for the short story Der Herbstsohn
- Heinz Helle from Munich for us
- André Ritter from Rostock for the music of innocence
2013 Topic: It couldn't be better
- Jürgen Helm from Halle for his contribution Job 2013
- Florian Gmeiner from Ansbach for his short story The Concierge
- Heike Suzanne Hartmann-Heesch from Hamburg for her story The man who loves me
2015 Subject: Just a minute
- Nasanin Kamani from Cologne with Just One Minute
- Jutta Lange from Pinneberg with Elies' way
- Julia Walter from Berlin with So warm, so soft
2017 Topic: Everything for free?
- Juliane Pickel with free fall
- Tamara Jarchow with everything for free
- Ella Marouche with Martina on the edge of the bed