- Georg Büchner Prize
The Georg Büchner Prize ( _de. Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important
literary prize ofGermany . It was created in 1923 in memory ofGeorg Büchner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home ofHesse . It was given tovisual artists ,poets ,actor s, andsingers .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 inDarmstadt . Since 2002, the prize has been endowed with 40,000euro s.Recipients of the literary prize, since 1951
*2008 Josef Winkler (*1953)
*2007Martin Mosebach (*1951)
*2006Oskar Pastior (1927-2006), posthumous
*2005Brigitte Kronauer (*1940)
*2004Wilhelm Genazino (*1943)
*2003Alexander Kluge (*1932)
*2002Wolfgang Hilbig (1941-2007)
*2001Friederike Mayröcker (*1924)
*2000Volker Braun (*1939)
*1999Arnold Stadler (*1954)
*1998Elfriede Jelinek (*1946)
*1997Hans Carl Artmann (1921-2000)
*1996Sarah Kirsch (*1935)
*1995Durs Grünbein (*1962)
*1994Adolf Muschg (*1934)
*1993Peter Rühmkorf (*1929)
*1992George Tabori (1914-2007)
*1991Wolf Biermann (*1936)
*1990Tankred Dorst (*1925)
*1989Botho Strauß (*1944)
*1988Albert Drach (1902–1995)
*1987Erich Fried (1921–1988)
*1986Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
*1985Heiner Müller (1929–1995)
*1984Ernst Jandl (1925-2000)
*1983Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–1989)
*1982Peter Weiss (1916–1982), posthumous
*1981Martin Walser (* 1927)
*1980Christa Wolf (* 1929)
*1979Ernst Meister (1911–1979), posthumous
*1978Hermann Lenz (1913–1998)
*1977Reiner Kunze (*1933)
*1976Heinz Piontek (1925-2003)
*1975Manès Sperber (1905–1984)
*1974Hermann Kesten (1900–1996)
*1973Peter Handke (*1942) (gives in 1999 the money back)
*1972Elias Canetti (1905–1994)
*1971Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
*1970Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989)
*1969Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996)
*1968Golo Mann (1909–1994)
*1967Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)
*1966Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
*1965Günter Grass (*1927)
*1964Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973)
*1963Hans Magnus Enzensberger (*1929)
*1962Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996)
*1961Hans Erich Nossack (1901–1977)
*1960Paul Celan (1920–1970)
*1959Günter Eich (1907–1972)
*1958Max Frisch (1911–1991)
*1957Erich Kästner (1899–1974)
*1956Karl Krolow (1915–1999)
*1955Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974)
*1954Martin Kessel (1901–1990)
*1953Ernst Kreuder (1903–1972)
*1952 "not awarded"
*1951Gottfried Benn (1886–1956)Recipients 1923-1950
*1950
Elisabeth Langgässer (1899-1950)
*1948Hermann Hesse (1897-1966)
*1947Anna Seghers (1900-1983)
*1946Fritz Usinger (1895-1982)
*1945Hans Schiebelhuth (1895-1944)
*1933-1944 "not given"
*1932Albert H. Rausch (1882-1949)
*1930Nikolaus Schwarzkopf (1884-1962)
*1929Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977)
*1927Kasimir Edschmid (1890-1966)
*1925Wilhelm Michel (1877-1942)
*1924Alfred Bock (1859-1932)
*1923Adam Karrillon (1853-1938)ee also
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German literature
*List of literary awards
*List of poetry awards
*List of years in literature
*List of years in poetry External links
* http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html
* [http://www.signandsight.com/features/785.html "The spell of a tender eel"] , on 2006 prizewinnerOskar Pastior
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