Georg Büchner Prize
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The Georg Büchner Prize (German: Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize of Germany. It was created in 1923 in memory of Georg Büchner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home of Hesse. It was given to visual artists, poets, actors, and singers.
In 1951, the prize changed to a general literary prize, given yearly by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. It goes to German language authors, and the annual speech by the recipient takes place in Darmstadt. Since 2002, the prize has been endowed with 40,000 Euros.
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[edit] Recipients
- 1923 Adam Karillon (1853-1938)
- 1924 Alfred Bock (1859-1932)
- 1925 Wilhelm Michel (1877-1942)
- 1927 Kasimir Edschmid (1890-1966)
- 1929 Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977)
- 1930 Nikolaus Schwarzkopf (1884-1962)
- 1932 Albert H. Rausch (1882-1949)
- 1933-1944 not given
- 1945 Hans Schiebelhuth (1895-1944)
- 1946 Fritz Usinger (1895-1982)
- 1947 Anna Seghers (1900-1983)
- 1948 Hermann Heiß (1897-1966)
- 1950 Elisabeth Langgässer (1899-1950)
[edit] Recipients of the literary prize
- 1951 Gottfried Benn (1886-1956)
- 1952 not given
- 1953 Ernst Kreuder (1903-1972)
- 1954 Martin Kessel (1901-1990)
- 1955 Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901-1974)
- 1956 Karl Krolow (1915-1999)
- 1957 Erich Kästner (1899-1974)
- 1958 Max Frisch (1911-1991)
- 1959 Günter Eich (1907-1972)
- 1960 Paul Celan (1920-1970)
- 1961 Hans Erich Nossack (1901-1977)
- 1962 Wolfgang Koeppen (1906-1996)
- 1963 Hans Magnus Enzensberger (* 1929)
- 1964 Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973)
- 1965 Günter Grass (* 1927)
- 1966 Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916-1991)
- 1967 Heinrich Böll (1917-1985)
- 1968 Golo Mann (1909-1994)
- 1969 Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921-1996)
- 1970 Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989)
- 1971 Uwe Johnson (1934-1984)
- 1972 Elias Canetti (1905-1994)
- 1973 Peter Handke (* 1942)
- 1974 Hermann Kesten (1900-1996)
- 1975 Manès Sperber (1905-1984)
- 1976 Heinz Piontek (1925-2003)
- 1977 Reiner Kunze (* 1933)
- 1978 Hermann Lenz (1913-1998)
- 1979 Ernst Meister (1911-1979)
- 1980 Christa Wolf (* 1929)
- 1981 Martin Walser (* 1927)
- 1982 Peter Weiss (1916-1982)
- 1983 Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920-1989)
- 1984 Ernst Jandl (1925-2000)
- 1985 Heiner Müller (1929-1995)
- 1986 Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990)
- 1987 Erich Fried (1921-1988)
- 1988 Albert Drach (1902-1995)
- 1989 Botho Strauß (* 1944)
- 1990 Tankred Dorst (* 1925)
- 1991 Wolf Biermann (* 1935)
- 1992 George Tabori (* 1914)
- 1993 Peter Rühmkorf (* 1929)
- 1994 Adolf Muschg (* 1934)
- 1995 Durs Grünbein (* 1962)
- 1996 Sarah Kirsch (* 1935)
- 1997 H.C. Artmann (1921-2000)
- 1998 Elfriede Jelinek (* 1946)
- 1999 Arnold Stadler (* 1954)
- 2000 Volker Braun (* 1939)
- 2001 Friederike Mayröcker (* 1924)
- 2002 Wolfgang Hilbig (*1941)
- 2003 Alexander Kluge (* 1932)
- 2004 Wilhelm Genazino (* 1943)
- 2005 Brigitte Kronauer (* 1940)
- 2006 Oskar Pastior (1927-2006)
[edit] See also
- German literature
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry
[edit] External links
- http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html
- The spell of a tender eel, on 2006 prizewinner Oskar Pastior
