Georg Büchner Prize
Awarded forauthors writing in the German language whose work is considered especially meritorious and who have made a significant contribution to contemporary German culture
LocationDarmstadt
CountryGermany
Presented byDeutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Reward(s)€50,000
First awarded1923
Websitewww.deutscheakademie.de/en/awards/georg-buechner-preis

The Georg Büchner Prize (German: Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of Woyzeck and Leonce and Lena. The Georg Büchner Prize is awarded annually for authors "writing in the German language who have notably emerged through their oeuvre as essential contributors to the shaping of contemporary German cultural life".[1]

History

The Georg Büchner Prize 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 first awarded in 1923. Among the early recipients were mostly visual artists, poets, actors, and singers.[2]

In 1951, the prize changed to a general literary prize, awarded annually 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 €50,000.

The Georg Büchner Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature

Five winners of the Georg Büchner Prize, Günter Grass (1965), Heinrich Böll (1967), Elias Canetti (1972), Peter Handke (1973) and Elfriede Jelinek (1998) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in subsequent years. The Georg Büchner Prize is frequently seen as an indicator for potential future Nobel Prize winners writing in the German language. Most recently, however, the Swedish Academy in Stockholm preceded the German Academy for Language and Literature in awarding a prolific writer from the German sprachraum. Herta Müller received the Nobel Prize in Literature but has not yet been awarded the Georg Büchner Prize.[3]

Recipients of the literary prize, since 1951

Botho Strauß by Oliver Mark, 2007
Laureate of the year 1989: Botho Strauß
Elke Erb, 2011
Laureate of the year 2020: Elke Erb
YearNameNationalityNotesRef(s)
1951Gottfried Benn West Germany
1952not given
1953Ernst Kreuder West Germany
1954Martin Kessel West Germany
1955Marie Luise Kaschnitz West Germany
1956Karl Krolow West Germany
1957Erich Kästner West Germany
1958Max Frisch  Switzerland
1959Günter Eich West Germany
1960Paul Celan France /  Romania
1961Hans Erich Nossack West Germany
1962Wolfgang Koeppen West Germany
1963Hans Magnus Enzensberger West Germany
1964Ingeborg Bachmann Austria
1965Günter Grass West Germany
1966Wolfgang Hildesheimer West Germany
1967Heinrich Böll West Germany
1968Golo Mann West Germany
1969Helmut Heißenbüttel West Germany
1970Thomas Bernhard Austria
1971Uwe Johnson West Germany
1972Elias Canetti Bulgaria
1973Peter Handke Austriarefunds the prize money in 1999 as a sign of
protest against the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
1974Hermann Kesten West Germany
1975Manès Sperber Austria /  France
1976Heinz Piontek West Germany
1977Reiner Kunze West Germany
1978Hermann Lenz West Germany
1979Ernst Meister West Germanyposthumous
1980Christa Wolf East Germany
1981Martin Walser West Germany
1982Peter Weiss Swedenposthumous
1983Wolfdietrich Schnurre West Germany
1984Ernst Jandl Austria
1985Heiner Müller East Germany
1986Friedrich Dürrenmatt  Switzerland
1987Erich Fried Austria
1988Albert Drach Austria
1989Botho Strauß West Germany
1990Tankred Dorst Germany
1991Wolf Biermann Germany
1992George Tabori Hungary
1993Peter Rühmkorf Germany
1994Adolf Muschg  Switzerland
1995Durs Grünbein Germany
1996Sarah Kirsch Germany
1997Hans Carl Artmann Austria
1998Elfriede Jelinek Austria
1999Arnold Stadler Germany
2000Volker Braun Germany
2001Friederike Mayröcker Austria
2002Wolfgang Hilbig Germany
2003Alexander Kluge Germany
2004Wilhelm Genazino Germany
2005Brigitte Kronauer Germany
2006Oskar Pastior Germany /  Romaniaposthumous
2007Martin Mosebach Germany
2008Josef Winkler Austria
2009Walter Kappacher Austria
2010Reinhard Jirgl Germany
2011Friedrich Christian Delius Germany
2012Felicitas Hoppe Germany
2013Sibylle Lewitscharoff Germany[4]
2014Jürgen Becker Germany
2015Rainald Goetz Germany[5]
2016Marcel Beyer Germany[6]
2017Jan Wagner Germany[7]
2018Terézia Mora Hungary[8]
2019Lukas Bärfuss  Switzerland[9]
2020Elke Erb Germany[10]
2021Clemens J. Setz Austria[11]
2022Emine Sevgi Özdamar Germany /  Turkey[12]
2023Lutz Seiler Germany[13]

Recipients 1923–50

See also

Notes

  1. "Georg-Büchner-Preis". Translated from Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. "Georg-Büchner-Preis". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. Leinen, Angela (29 October 2011). "Wie man den Büchnerpreis gewinnt". taz (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. "Sibylle Lewitscharoff wins 2013 Georg Büchner prize". Deutsche Welle. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. "Rainald Goetz: Top German literature prize goes to edgy ex-doctor". Deutsche Welle. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "Top German literature prize goes to Marcel Beyer". Deutsche Welle. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. "Lyriker Jan Wagner erhält Georg-Büchner-Preis". Spiegel Online. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  8. "Terézia Mora bekommt Georg-Büchner-Preis". Spiegel Online. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  9. Radisch, Iris (10 July 2019). "Traurig über seine eigenen Einsichten". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  10. "Elke Erb erhält Georg-Büchner-Preis". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  11. "Georg-Büchner-Preis 2021 geht an Clemens J. Setz". Die Zeit (in German). 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. "Georg-Büchner-Preis 2022: Emine Sevgi Özdamar erhält renommierte Literaturauszeichnung". Der Spiegel (in German). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. "Georg-Büchner-Preis geht an Lutz Seiler". Der Standard (in German). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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