Alexander Sacher Masoch Prize
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The Alexander Sacher Masoch Prize is a literary award
which is conferred by the Literaturhaus, Vienna
. The prize, worth 7,000 euro, is to support young Austrian writers. It was created in 1994 by the widow of the writer Alexander Sacher Masoch (1901-1972) and is awarded every three years.
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
which is conferred by the Literaturhaus, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. The prize, worth 7,000 euro, is to support young Austrian writers. It was created in 1994 by the widow of the writer Alexander Sacher Masoch (1901-1972) and is awarded every three years.
Recipients
- 2006 Grazer AutorenversammlungGrazer AutorenversammlungThe Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung was founded under the name of Grazer Autorenversammlung in March 1973 and is one of the two major Austrian writers' association . H. C. Artmann was its first president...
- 2000 Kathrin Röggla
- 1997 Elfriede Czurda
- 1994 Robert MenasseRobert MenasseRobert Menasse is an Austrian writer.As an undergraduate, Menasse studied in Vienna, Salzburg and Messina. In 1980 he completed his PhD thesis "Der Typus des Außenseiters im Literaturbetrieb...