Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin
Awarded forauthors of artistic literature who work in Brandenburg and who have already achieved their first literary success
LocationNeuruppin
CountryGermany
Reward(s)€40,000
First awarded1994
Websitewww.fontanepreis.de

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]

History

The 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

References

  1. ↑ "Fontane-Literaturpreis". Fontane-Literaturpreis (in German). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
  3. ↑ "Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Preise". Fontanestadt Neuruppin (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Autorin Judith Zander erhält Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fontane-Preis". Theodor Fontane Gesellschaft (in German). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Preise & Stipendien". Fontane-Literaturpreis (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Fontane-Literaturpreis für Peggy Mädler". MAZ – Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 8 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fontane-Preis an Peggy Mädler". NWZonline (in German). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Judith Zander erhält den Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". BuchMarkt (in German). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Fontane-Preis Matthias Nawrat ausgezeichnet". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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