Georg Büchner Prize

The Georg Büchner Prize (German: Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize of Germany. It was created in 1923 in memory of Georg Büchner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home of Hesse. It was given to visual artists, poets, actors, and singers.

In 1951, the prize changed to a general literary prize, given yearly by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. It goes to German language authors, and the annual speech by the recipient takes place in Darmstadt. Since 2002, the prize has been endowed with 40,000 euros.

Recipients of the literary prize, since 1951

• 2009 Walter Kappacher (* 1938)
• 2008 Josef Winkler (*1953)
• 2007 Martin Mosebach (*1951)
• 2006 Oskar Pastior (1927-2006), posthumous
• 2005 Brigitte Kronauer (*1940)
• 2004 Wilhelm Genazino (*1943)
• 2003 Alexander Kluge (*1932)
• 2002 Wolfgang Hilbig (1941-2007)
• 2001 Friederike Mayröcker (*1924)
• 2000 Volker Braun (*1939)
• 1999 Arnold Stadler (*1954)
• 1998 Elfriede Jelinek (*1946)
• 1997 Hans Carl Artmann (1921-2000)
• 1996 Sarah Kirsch (*1935)
• 1995 Durs Grünbein (*1962)
• 1994 Adolf Muschg (*1934)
• 1993 Peter Rühmkorf (*1929)
• 1992 George Tabori (1914-2007)
• 1991 Wolf Biermann (*1936)
• 1990 Tankred Dorst (*1925)
• 1989 Botho Strauß (*1944)
• 1988 Albert Drach (1902–1995)
• 1987 Erich Fried (1921–1988)
• 1986 Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
• 1985 Heiner Müller (1929–1995)
• 1984 Ernst Jandl (1925-2000)
• 1983 Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–1989)
• 1982 Peter Weiss (1916–1982), posthumous
• 1981 Martin Walser (* 1927)
• 1980 Christa Wolf (* 1929)
• 1979 Ernst Meister (1911–1979), posthumous
• 1978 Hermann Lenz (1913–1998)
• 1977 Reiner Kunze (*1933)
• 1976 Heinz Piontek (1925-2003)
• 1975 Manès Sperber (1905–1984)
• 1974 Hermann Kesten (1900–1996)
• 1973 Peter Handke (*1942) (gives in 1999 the money back)
• 1972 Elias Canetti (1905–1994)
• 1971 Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
• 1970 Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989)
• 1969 Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996)
• 1968 Golo Mann (1909–1994)
• 1967 Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)
• 1966 Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
• 1965 Günter Grass (*1927)
• 1964 Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973)
• 1963 Hans Magnus Enzensberger (*1929)
• 1962 Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996)
• 1961 Hans Erich Nossack (1901–1977)
• 1960 Paul Celan (1920–1970)
• 1959 Günter Eich (1907–1972)
• 1958 Max Frisch (1911–1991)
• 1957 Erich Kästner (1899–1974)
• 1956 Karl Krolow (1915–1999)
• 1955 Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974)
• 1954 Martin Kessel (1901–1990)
• 1953 Ernst Kreuder (1903–1972)
• 1952 not awarded
• 1951 Gottfried Benn (1886–1956)

Recipients 1923-1950

• 1950 Elisabeth Langgässer (1899-1950)
• 1948 Hermann Hesse (1897-1966)
• 1947 Anna Seghers (1900-1983)
• 1946 Fritz Usinger (1895-1982)
• 1945 Hans Schiebelhuth (1895-1944)
• 1933-1944 not given
• 1932 Albert H. Rausch (1882-1949)
• 1930 Nikolaus Schwarzkopf (1884-1962)
• 1929 Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977)
• 1927 Kasimir Edschmid (1890-1966)
• 1925 Wilhelm Michel (1877-1942)
• 1924 Alfred Bock (1859-1932)
• 1923 Adam Karrillon (1853-1938)

See also

• German literature
• List of literary awards
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in literature
• List of years in poetry

External links

• http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html
• The spell of a tender eel, on 2006 prizewinner Oskar Pastior