German Literature Fund Grand Prize
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutscher Literaturfonds based in Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1983. The prize money was raised in 2019 from €20,000 to €30,000. In addition to the main prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturförderpreis is also awarded. In 2020, the Deutscher Literaturfonds renamed the prize to Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds and the prize money has been raised to €50,000. It is awarded for an outstanding literary work.
Recipients
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis
- 1983: Rainald Goetz
- 1984: Adelheid Duvanel
- 1985: Helga M. Novak
- 1986: Anne Duden
- 1987: Wolfgang Hilbig
- 1988:
- 1989:
- 1990: Josef Winkler
- 1991: Herta Müller
- 1992:
- 1993:
- 1995:
- 1996: Burkhard Spinnen
- 1997: Birgit Vanderbeke
- 1998:
- 1999: Lutz Seiler
- 2001: Wilhelm Genazino
- 2002: Ralf Rothmann
- 2003: Reinhard Jirgl
- 2004: Peter Kurzeck
- 2005: Martin Mosebach
- 2006: Sibylle Lewitscharoff
- 2007: Paul Nizon
- 2008:
- 2009:
- 2010: Anne Weber
- 2011: Jan Wagner
- 2012:
- 2013: Marica Bodrožić
- 2014:
- 2015: Esther Kinsky
- 2016: Ulrich Peltzer
- 2017:
- 2018:
- 2019: Nora Bossong