Joseph-Breitbach-Preis

German literary award

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Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (Joseph Breitbach Prize) is a literary prize awarded by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz (Academy of Sciences and Literature of Mainz), in Germany and the Joseph Breitbach Foundation. Established in 1998, the prize is worth 50,000 euros and is awarded annually in Koblenz, birthplace of writer Joseph Breitbach (1903–1980), for whom the prize is named.^[1]

Winners

1998: Hans Boesch, Friedhelm Kemp, Brigitte Kronauer
1999: Reinhard Jirgl, Wolf Lepenies, Rainer Malkowski
2000: Ilse Aichinger, W. G. Sebald, Markus Werner
2001: Thomas Hürlimann, Ingo Schulze, Dieter Wellershoff [de]
2002: Elazar Benyoëtz, Erika Burkart, Robert Menasse
2003: Christoph Meckel, Herta Müller, Harald Weinrich
2004: Raoul Schrott
2005: Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt
2006: Wulf Kirsten
2007: Friedrich Christian Delius
2008: Marcel Beyer
2009: Ursula Krechel
2010: Michael Krüger
2011: Hans Joachim Schädlich
2012: Kurt Flasch
2013: Jenny Erpenbeck
2014: Navid Kermani
2015: Thomas Lehr
2016: Reiner Stach
2017: Dea Loher
2018: Arno Geiger
2019: Thomas Hettche
2020: Nora Bossong^[2]
2021: Karl-Heinz Ott [de]^[3]
2022: Natascha Wodin^[4]
2023: Marion Poschmann^[5]

References

^ "Joseph-Breitbach-Preis geht an Kurt Flasch", Focus, 8 May 2012 (in German).
^ "Nora Bossong erhält Joseph-Breitbach-Preis". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. dpa. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ "Mit 50.000 Euro dotiert: Schriftsteller Karl-Heinz Ott erhält Joseph-Breitbach-Preis". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). dpa. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "Joseph-Breitbach-Preis für Schriftstellerin Natascha Wodin". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2023 an Marion Poschmann : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur". Mainz (in German). 4 September 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.