Anton Wildgans Prize
The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro[1] and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship.
The award is dedicated to Anton Wildgans who, "like few others, embodied Austrian values in their best sense."
Recipients
- 1962: Fritz Hochwälder
- 1963: Fritz Habeck
- 1964: Christine Lavant
- 1965: Andreas Okopenko
- 1966: Herbert Zand
- 1967: Thomas Bernhard
- 1968: Ilse Aichinger
- 1969: Herbert Eisenreich
- 1970: Peter Marginter
- 1971: Ingeborg Bachmann
- 1972: Milo Dor
- 1973: Barbara Frischmuth
- 1974: Ernst Hinterberger
- 1975: Christine Busta
- 1976: György Sebestyen
- 1977: Peter Henisch
- 1978: Wolfgang Kraus (author)
- 1979: Matthias Mander
- 1980: Josef Winkler
- 1981: Friederike Mayröcker
- 1982: Ernst Jandl
- 1983: Jutta Schutting
- 1984: Peter Handke (rejected)
- 1985: Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner
- 1986: Kurt Klinger
- 1987: Inge Merkel
- 1988: Christoph Ransmayr
- 1989: Ilse Tielsch
- 1990: no award
- 1991: Norbert Leser
- 1992: Anna Mitgutsch
- 1993: Gert Jonke
- 1994: Brigitte Hamann
- 1995: no award
- 1996: Michael Köhlmeier
- 1997: Evelyn Schlag
- 1998: Franz Josef Czernin
- 1999: Peter Rosei
- 2000: Elisabeth Reichart
- 2001: Vladimir Vertlib
- 2002: Ferdinand Schmatz
- 2003: Christoph Wilhelm Aigner
- 2004: Hans Raimund
- 2005: Barbara Neuwirth
- 2006: Wolfgang Hermann
- 2007: Sabine Gruber
- 2008: Kathrin Röggla
- 2009: Alois Hotschnig
- 2010: Doron Rabinovici
- 2011: Arno Geiger
- 2012: Olga Flor
- 2013: Norbert Gstrein
- 2014: Barbara Hundegger
- 2015: Erich Hackl
- 2016: Margit Schreiner
- 2017: Robert Seethaler[2]
- 2018: Sabine Scholl[3]
- 2019: Daniel Kehlmann[4]
- 2021: Andrea Grill[5]
- 2022: Gertraud Klemm[6]
- 2023: Christoph W. Bauer
- 2024: Laura Freudenthaler
References
- ^ "Wildganspreis". 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ orf.at - Robert Seethaler erhält Anton-Wildgans-Preis 2017. article from 24 February 2017, Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Autorin Sabine Scholl erhält Anton Wildgans Preis 2018". Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Autor Daniel Kehlmann erhält Anton-Wildgans-Preis 2019". orf.at. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ ""Literaturpreis der Österreichischen Industrie – Anton Wildgans" 2021 geht an Andrea Grill". IV (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Sagmeister, Sandra (14 October 2022). "Große Ehre für Gertraud Klemm". NÖN.at (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2022.