Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
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The Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt
, Austria
. This publicized event, which lasts several days, is a major literary festival, with the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize as one of the most important awards for literature in the German language
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and the chairman of the Austrian Radio and TV (ORF) studio in Carinthia
at that time, Ernst Willner, intended to establish a literary competition based on a similar event of the Gruppe 47. The result was the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, later called Festival of German-Language Literature, which took place in 1977 for the first time.
The main prize of the competition is given in memory of Ingeborg Bachmann
, one of the most distinguished Austrian writers. Over the years, additional prizes have been awarded:
Klagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. This publicized event, which lasts several days, is a major literary festival, with the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize as one of the most important awards for literature in the German language
German literature
German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
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Description
The prize winner is determined during a three-day reading marathon in which the previously-selected candidates present their literary contributions, which have to be unpublished, to the nine member professional jury and the public. The original language of these contributions must be German.. With this procedure, the writers have to convince the jury and the auditors of their contribution's quality. At this event, not only the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize is awarded but also several other literature prizes, in total usually three to five awards. In 2008, the jury was reduced to seven members, the competing writers from eighteen to fourteen. A moderator presents and guides the readings and the discussions of the jury. Since 2006, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize is endowed with 25,000 EUR. In 2009, 56,500 EUR have been awarded to the participants in total.History
In the mid seventies, the journalist and writer Humbert FinkHumbert Fink
Humbert Fink was an Austrian writer and journalist....
and the chairman of the Austrian Radio and TV (ORF) studio in Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...
at that time, Ernst Willner, intended to establish a literary competition based on a similar event of the Gruppe 47. The result was the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, later called Festival of German-Language Literature, which took place in 1977 for the first time.
The main prize of the competition is given in memory of Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann was an Austrian poet and author.-Biography:Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of a headmaster. She studied philosophy, psychology, German philology, and law at the universities of Innsbruck, Graz, and Vienna...
, one of the most distinguished Austrian writers. Over the years, additional prizes have been awarded:
- the Jury Prize, aka Kelag-Prize (since 2000, EUR 10,000)
- the 3sat Prize (given by 3sat3sat3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. The programming is in German and is broadcast primarily within Germany, Austria and Switzerland .3sat was established for cultural...
, EUR 7,500) - the Ernst Willner Prize(EUR 7,000)
- the Prize of the Audience (since 2002, EUR 5,000)
- Editor's special prize
Winners of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- 2011 Festival
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Maja HaderlapMaja HaderlapMaja Haderlap is a bi-lingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer ....
for Im Kessel - Kelag Prize: Steffen Popp for Spur einer Dorfgeschichte
- 3sat Prize: Nina Bußmann for Große Ferien
- Ernst Willner Prize: Leif Randt for Schimmernder Dunst über CobyCounty
- Prize of the Audience: Thomas Klupp for 9to5 Hardcore
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Maja Haderlap
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- 2010 Festival
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Peter WawerzinekPeter WawerzinekPeter Wawerzinek is a German artist and writer.Peter Wawerzinek was born in 1954 in Rostock, Germany, at the time part of East Germany. His parents escaped from East Germany shortly after his birth leaving him behind...
for Rabenliebe - Kelag Prize: Dorothee Elmiger for Einladung an die Waghalsigen
- 3sat Prize: Judith Zander for Dinge, die wir heute sagten
- Ernst Willner Prize: Aleks Scholz for Google Earth
- Prize of the Audience: Peter Wawerzinek for Rabenliebe
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Peter Wawerzinek
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- 2009 Festival
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Jens PetersenJens PetersenJens Petersen is a retired Danish football player and manager. He was born in Esbjerg. During his playing career he played for Esbjerg fB and Varde IF in Denmark, Aberdeen in Scotland, SK Rapid Wien in Austria, and Racing Mechelen in Belgium...
for Bis dass der Tod - Kelag Prize: Ralf Bönt for Der Fotoeffekt
- 3sat Prize: Gregor Sander for Winterfisch
- Ernst Willner Prize: Katharina Born for Fifty Fifty
- Prize of the Audience: Karsten Krampitz for Heimgehen
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Jens Petersen
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- 2008 Festival
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Tilman Rammstedt for Der Kaiser von China]
- Telekom Austria Prize: Markus Orths: Das Zimmermädchen
- 3sat Prize: Patrick Findeis for Kein schöner Land
- Ernst Willner Prize: Clemens J. Setz for Die Waage
- Prize of the Audience: Tilman Rammstedt for Der Kaiser von China
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- 2007
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Lutz Seiler for Turksib
- Telekom Austria Prize: Thomas Stangl for Ohne Titel ohne Ende
- 3sat Prize: Peter Licht for Die Geschichte meiner Einschätzung am Anfang des dritten Jahrtausends
- Ernst Willner Prize: Jan Böttcher for Freundwärts
- Prize of the Audience: Peter Licht for Die Geschichte meiner Einschätzung am Anfang des dritten Jahrtausends
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- 2006
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Kathrin PassigKathrin Passig-Life and Works:Passig was born in 1970 in a small town in Lower Bavaria. She is editor and programmer of the blog “Riesenmaschine” which received the Grimme Online Award 2006, awarded by the renowned Adolf-Grimme-Institut. The same year, her short story “Sie befinden sich hier” got her the...
: Sie befinden sich hier - Telekom Austria Prize: Bodo Hell for Stadt Land Berg
- 3sat Prize: Norbert Scheuer for Überm Rauschen
- Ernst Willner Prize: Angelika Overath for Das Aquarium
- Prize of the Audience: Kathrin Passig: Sie befinden sich hier
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Kathrin Passig
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- 2005
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- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Thomas Lang: Am Seil
- Telekom Austria Prize: Julia Schoch for Der Ritt durch den Feind
- 3sat Prize: Anne WeberAnne WeberAnne Weber is a German-French author, translator and self-translator. Since 1983 Anne Weber lives in Paris. She studied in Paris and worked for several editors....
for Auszug - Ernst Willner Prize: Natalie Balkow for Oben, wo nichts mehr ist
- Prize of the Audience: Saša Stanišić for Was wir im Keller spielen …
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- 2004 Uwe TellkampUwe TellkampUwe Tellkamp is a German writer and physician. He practised medicine until 2004. Before the fall of communism, he was enlisted in the National People's Army as a tank commander and imprisoned when he refused to break up a demonstration in October 1989...
: Der Schlaf in den Uhren - 2003 Inka PareiInka PareiInka Parei is a German writer who lives in Berlin. She studied sociology, political science, sinology and German studies. Parei won the 2003 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for excerpts from her book Was Dunkelheit war.-Works:...
: Excerpts from the novel Was Dunkelheit war - 2002 Peter Glaser: Geschichte von Nichts
- 2001 Michael LentzMichael LentzMichael Lentz is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book Muttersterben....
: Muttersterben - 2000 Georg KleinGeorg KleinGeorg Klein is a composer, sound and video artist. He lives in Berlin.The artist Georg Klein mainly works in site-specific art in public space with sound, including light, texts and later also video...
: Excerpt from a long work of prose - 1999 Terézia MoraTerézia MoraTerézia Mora is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator.Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary but moved to Germany after the political changes in Hungary in 1990. She studied Hungarian studies and drama at the Humboldt University in Berlin and trained as a screenwriter at the Deutsche...
: Der Fall Ophelia - 1998 Sibylle Lewitscharoff: PONG.
- 1997 Norbert Niemann: Wie man's nimmt
- 1996 Jan Peter Bremer: Der Fürst spricht
- 1995 FranzobelFranzobelFranzobel is the pseudonym of the Austrian writer Stefan Griebl. He was born on March 1, 1967 in Vöcklabruck. He now lives in Vienna.- Books :* Der Wimmerldrucker. Ein Lexikaroman. Eigenverlag, 1990....
: Die Krautflut - 1994 Reto Hänny: Guai
- CarinthiaCarinthia (state)Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...
Prize: Raoul SchrottRaoul SchrottProf. Dr. Raoul Schrott, is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality.Schrott was deeply influenced by the rich cultural atmosphere of his hometown, Landeck in Tyrol...
: Ludwig Höhnel - Totenheft - 3sat Award: Doron RabinoviciDoron RabinoviciDoron Rabinovici is an Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist. He was born in Tel Aviv in 1961 and moved to Vienna in 1964.-Overview:...
: Mullemann
- Carinthia
- 1993 Kurt Drawert: "Haus ohne Menschen. Ein Zustand"
- 1992 Alissa Walser: "Geschenkt"
- 1991 Emine Sevgi ÖzdamarEmine Sevgi ÖzdamarEmine Sevgi Özdamar , is a Turkish-German actress, director and author.Özdamar has received a lot of recognition for her work. A lover of poetry, she found great inspiration in the works of Heinrich Heine and Bertolt Brecht, especially from an album of the latter's songs which she had bought in the...
: "Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei" - 1990 Birgit VanderbekeBirgit VanderbekeBirgit Vanderbeke is a German writer.Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to the western part of Germany in 1961. She studied Law, Germanic and Romanic languages...
: "Das Muschelessen" - 1989 Wolfgang HilbigWolfgang HilbigWolfgang Hilbig was a German author. He wrote poetry and novels from 1976 to 2002. He was also a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.-References:...
: "Eine Übertragung" - 1988 Angela Krauß: "Der Dienst"
- 1987 Uwe Saeger: "Ohne Behinderung, ohne falsche Bewegung"
- 1986 Katja Lange-MüllerKatja Lange-MüllerKatja Lange-Müller is a German writer living in Berlin. Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works....
: "Kaspar Mauser - Die Feigheit vorm Freund" - 1985 Hermann BurgerHermann BurgerHermann Burger , was a Swiss poet, novelist and essayist. In his creative works Burger often focused on society's lonely outsiders and, increasingly, the inevitability of death...
: "Die Wasserfallfinsternis von Bad GasteinBad GasteinBad Gastein is a spa town in the Austrian state of Salzburg, situated at the northern rim of the Hohe Tauern national park. It has 5,838 inhabitants. The name "Bad" means "spa", reflecting the town's history as a health resort. It is located at the head of the Gastein valley, about 1,000 metres ...
" - 1984 Erica PedrettiErica PedrettiErica Pedretti, née Schefter is a Swiss author and artist.Born in northern Moravia, Pedretti went to Switzerland in 1945. She studied art and has achieved both a career as a writer and as a painter and sculptress...
: "Das Modell und sein Maler"- Award: Thomas Strittmatter: "Der Schwarzwursthammer"
- 1983 Friederike RothFriederike RothFrederike Roth is a German writer. She is especially active as a playwright.Roth won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1983.-References:...
: From "Das Buch des Lebens" - 1982 Jürg AmannJürg AmannJürg Amann is a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser, and other works.- References :...
: "Rondo"- Federation of Austrian Industry Prize: Einar SchleefEinar SchleefEinar Schleef was a German dramatist, director, set designer, writer, painter, photographer, and actor....
: Wittenbergplatz
- Federation of Austrian Industry Prize: Einar Schleef
- 1981 Urs JaeggiUrs JaeggiUrs Jaeggi is a Swiss sociologist, painter, and author. From 1964 to 1993, he was a Professor of Sociology and Social Philosophy in Bern, Bochum, New York, Berlin. and He published numerous novels, short stories, essays as well as scientific books. He won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1981...
: Ruth - 1980 Sten NadolnySten NadolnySten Nadolny, is a German novelist. His parents, Burkhard and Isabella Nadolny, were also both writers.-Life:...
: Kopenhagen 1801 - 1979 Gert HofmannGert HofmannGert Hofmann was a German writer and professor of German literature. Hofmann was born in Limbach, Saxony and died in Erding ....
: Die Fistelstimme- Award: Walter MüllerWalter Müller-Selected filmography:* The Singing House * The Black Forest Girl * Season in Salzburg * The White Horse Inn * Mask in Blue -External links:...
: Apokalypso
- Award: Walter Müller
- 1978 Ulrich PlenzdorfUlrich PlenzdorfUlrich Plenzdorf was a German author and dramatist.-Life:Born in Berlin, Plenzdorf studied Philosophy in Leipzig, but graduated with a degree in film...
: kein runter kein fern - 1977 Gert JonkeGert JonkeGert Jonke was an Austrian poet, playwright and novelist.-Life:Jonke was born and educated in Klagenfurt, Austria. He attended the Gymnasium and the Conservatory...
: Erster Entwurf zum Beginn einer sehr langen Erzählung
See also
- Ingeborg BachmannIngeborg BachmannIngeborg Bachmann was an Austrian poet and author.-Biography:Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of a headmaster. She studied philosophy, psychology, German philology, and law at the universities of Innsbruck, Graz, and Vienna...
- German literatureGerman literatureGerman literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
- List of literary awards
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- List of years in literature
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External links
- Official English website
- Article on the festival (2010) in the Austrian newspaper Der StandardDer StandardDer Standard is an Austrian national daily newspaper which is published in Vienna . It was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and the first edition was published on 1988-10-19...
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