Judith Hermann is a German author. She has published several books of short stories and her first novel was published in 2014. She is a leading figure of the Fräuleinwunder group of women writers.
Paul Nizon is a Swiss art historian and writer.
The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor, established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the city of Kassel and the Brückner-Kühner foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. Prior to 1996, it was also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme. The prize includes an award of 10,000 euros.
Felicitas Hoppe is a German writer. She received the Georg Büchner Prize in 2012.
Jenny Erpenbeck is a German writer and opera director, recipient of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste was a Bavarian literary prize by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste. In 2010, it merged with the Thomas Mann Prize.
The Aspekte-Literaturpreis is awarded annually for the best debut novel written in German, as judged by a panel of writers, critics, and scholars. The prize is sponsored by the ZDF television network through its arts program, Aspekte. It is valued at 10,000 Euros. Past recipients include Georg Büchner Prize-winner Felicitas Hoppe and Nobel Prize-winner Herta Müller. The award was established in 1979.
Eichendorff-Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. It was first awarded in 1956 and was created in honour of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff. The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros, has been awarded annually by the Wangener Kreis – Society for Literature and Art of the East. The award goes to writers who are closely related to Silesian culture.
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutsche 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 Deutsche 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, taking into account the current book.
The Bremen Literature Prize is a German literary award. The prize money is €25,000.
The Schubart-Literaturpreis is a Germany literary prize donated by the city of Aalen since 1956 in honor of the 18th-century poet Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. It is one of the oldest literary awards of Baden-Württemberg.
Kathrin Röggla is an Austrian writer, essayist and playwright. She was born in Salzburg, and lives in Berlin since 1992. She has written numerous prose works, including essays, dramas and radio plays. She has won a long range of awards for her literary works.
Urs Widmer was a Swiss novelist, playwright, an essayist, and a short story writer.
The Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize is a German literary award established in 2000 by the city of Braunschweig and the radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio. It is named after the 18th-century writer Wilhelm Raabe and is awarded for an individual work. The prize sum is 30,000 euro, making it one of the most significant German literary awards after the Georg Büchner Prize and the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis.
Kathrin Schmidt, is a German writer. She is known both for her poetry and prose.
The Nicolas Born Prize, awarded by the German state of Lower Saxony, is a literary prize given since 2000 in honour of the writer Nicolas Born. It is awarded to notable German-language writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The main prize is currently 20,000 Euros, and since 2015 a further 10,000 Euro prize has been awarded to a debut author.
The Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony is a German literary award. It was founded in 1993 by the Government of the Free State of Saxony and is awarded every two years. It consists of a main prize, which honours outstanding achievements in the spirit of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, especially in the field of literature, literary criticism and the theater. This prize is worth 20,000 euros. In addition, two further "promotional prizes" are awarded, which seek to publicly recognize and promote promising beginnings in these fields. These prizes are each worth 5,500 euros.
The Max Frisch Prize of the City of Zürich, created in 1996, is usually awarded every four years to writers in German-speaking countries. The prize is named after the Swiss writer Max Frisch (1911–1991). The literary award is endowed with a prize sum of 50,000 Swiss francs. In 2018, an additional sponsorship award endowed with 10,000 Swiss francs was introduced in order to be able to support writers of the younger generation as well. The award honors authors whose work addresses fundamental issues of democratic society in an artistically uncompromising manner. The Max Frisch Foundation at ETH Zürich is responsible for judging and determining the winners. The City of Zürich is financing the award and its hosting.
Franz Josef Czernin is an Austrian writer. He is a member of the Bohemian noble Czernin family.
The Uwe Johnson Prize is an annual German literary award. The award is named after the writer Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) and was first awarded in 1994. It is awarded for "outstanding literary works in which there are links to the poetics of Uwe Johnson". Alternating the main prize for a work and the Förderpreis for the best debut is awarded by the Mecklenburg Literature Society, the Nordkurier (1994–2016), the Berlin law firm Gentz und Partner and the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands. The prize is endowed with €20,000.
