Hans Fallada Prize
The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.[1] Since 1981 it has been normally awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor of Hans Fallada, a famous 20th-century German author known for addressing political and social problems of his day in fiction.[2]
The prize was first awarded in 1981, the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Fallada's A small Circus (Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben).[3]
The prize comes with an honorarium of 10,000 euros. In the case that two authors with the award, the prize money is halved.
Award winners[4]
- 1981: Erich Loest
- 1983: Ludwig Fels
- 1985: Sten Nadolny
- 1988: Ralph Giordano
- 1990: Jurek Becker
- 1993: Helga Schubert
- 1996: Günter Grass
- 1998: Bernhard Schlink
- 2000: Thomas Brussig
- 2002: Birgit Vanderbeke
- 2004: Wilhelm Genazino
- 2006: Iris Hanika
- 2008: Ralf Rothmann
- 2010: Lukas Bärfuss[5]
- 2012: Wolfgang Herrndorf
- 2014: Jenny Erpenbeck
- 2016: Jonas Lüscher
References
- ^ Hans-Fallada-Preis der Stadt Neumünster Template:De icon
- ^ Williams, Jenny. More Lives than One: A Biography of Hans Fallada, 1998. ISBN 978-1-870352-38-3
- ^ Fallada, Hans. Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben. Berlin: Vier Falken Verlag, 1931.
- ^ Stadt Neumünster. Bisherige Preisträger
- ^ "Lukas Bärfuss erhält den Fallada-Preis 2010" (Profile of winner Lukas Bärfuss) Template:De icon