The Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin was donated in 1994 on the occasion of the 175th birthday of Theodor Fontane from his native city of Neuruppin. Since 2019: Fontane-Literaturpreis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin und des Landes Brandenburg.[1]
| Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | authors of artistic literature who work in Brandenburg and who have already achieved their first literary success |
| Location | Neuruppin |
| Country | Germany |
| Reward(s) | €40,000 |
| First awarded | 1994 |
| Website | www |
History
editThe Fontane Literature Prize has several predecessors.[2][3] It was awarded for the first time from 1913 to 1922, among others to Annette Kolb, Leonhard Frank, Carl Sternheim and Alfred Döblin.[2] After 1949 there were two Fontane Prizes: The West Berlin Prize went to Hermann Kasack, Peter Huchel, Uwe Johnson, Arno Schmidt, Günter Grass, Wolf Biermann and Wolfgang Hilbig.[2] Walter Kaufmann, Christa Wolf and Helga Schütz, for example, received the prize from the GDR district of Potsdam.[2] In 1994 the Fontane Literature Prize was re-established by Theodor Fontane's birthplace Neuruppin, and since 2010 it has been awarded every two years with the support of the patron Hans E. Weber.[2] The award winners included Lutz Seiler, Moritz von Uslar, Christoph Ransmayr and Josef Bierbichler.[2] In 2019, the Fontane Literature Prize was awarded jointly for the first time by the Fontane City of Neuruppin and the State of Brandenburg.[4] The aim is to support authors of artistic literature every two years who work in Brandenburg and who have already achieved their first literary success.[4] The award is intended to enable talented contemporary authors with their first successful publications to devote themselves to writing for two years.[5] For this purpose, both partners are providing a total of 40,000 euros[6] as a grant over a period of 24 months.[4][7] The winners are selected by an external jury. The award is announced every two years.[4]
Recipients
edit- 1994: Sigrid Damm
- 1998: Charlotte Jolles (Special award on the occasion of the Fontane year on the 100th anniversary of Theodor Fontane's death)
- 1999: Günter de Bruyn
- 2004: Friedrich Christian Delius
- 2010: Lutz Seiler for Zeitwaage
- 2012: Moritz von Uslar for Deutschboden. Eine teilnehmende Beobachtung.
- 2014: Christoph Ransmayr for Atlas eines ängstlichen Mannes
- 2016: Josef Bierbichler for Mittelreich
- 2019: Peggy Mädler for Wohin wir gehen[8][9]
- 2021: Judith Zander for Johnny Ohneland[10][5]
- 2023: Matthias Nawrat for Gebete für meine Vorfahren[11]
References
edit- ^ "Fontane-Literaturpreis". Fontane-Literaturpreis (in German). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Fontane-Literaturpreis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin und des Landes Brandenburg". Fontane-Literaturpreis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin und des Landes Brandenburg (in German). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Preise". Fontanestadt Neuruppin (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Autorin Judith Zander erhält Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Fontane-Preis". Theodor Fontane Gesellschaft (in German). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Preise & Stipendien". Fontane-Literaturpreis (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Fontane-Literaturpreis für Peggy Mädler". MAZ – Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 8 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Fontane-Preis an Peggy Mädler". NWZonline (in German). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Judith Zander erhält den Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". BuchMarkt (in German). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Fontane-Preis Matthias Nawrat ausgezeichnet". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
External links
edit- Official website (in German)