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 is typically 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 win the award, the prize money is split evenly between the recipients.
Award winners
edit- 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[4]
- 2012: Wolfgang Herrndorf
- 2014: Jenny Erpenbeck
- 2016: Jonas Lüscher
- 2018: Sandra Hoffmann
- 2020: Saša Stanišić
- 2022: Arezu Weitholz
- 2024: Grit Lemke
References
edit- ^ Hans-Fallada-Preis der Stadt Neumünster (in German)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lukas Bärfuss erhält den Fallada-Preis 2010" (Profile of winner Lukas Bärfuss) Archived 2012-09-05 at archive.today (in German)
External links
edit- Hans-Fallada-Preis der Stadt Neumünster (in German)