Georg Büchner Prize
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The Georg Büchner Prize (German: Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize of Germany.[1] 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 of the literary prize, since 1951
[edit] Recipients 1923-1950
- 1950 Elisabeth Langgässer (1899-1950)
- 1948 Hermann Heiss (1897-1967)
- 1947 Anna Seghers (1900-1983)
- 1946 Fritz Usinger (1895-1982)
- 1945 Hans Schiebelhuth (1895-1944)
- 1933-1944 not given
- 1932 Albert H. Rausch (1882-1949)
- 1930 Nikolaus Schwarzkopf (1884-1962)
- 1929 Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977)
- 1927 Kasimir Edschmid (1890-1966)
- 1925 Wilhelm Michel (1877-1942)
- 1924 Alfred Bock (1859-1932)
- 1923 Adam Karrillon (1853-1938)
[edit] See also
- German literature
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- Georg-Büchner-Preis, official site (German)
