Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis
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The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a literary award
in memory of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
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The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung in Zurich
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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...
in memory of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of realism chiefly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" .-Biography:...
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The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
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Laureates
- 1938 Max FrischMax FrischMax Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political...
- 1939 Franz Fischer
- 1941 Walter Sautter
- 1954 Hans Boesch
- 1957 Thomas HürlimannThomas HürlimannThomas Hürlimann is a Swiss playwright and novelist.His 1989 novel Das Gartenhaus was published as The Couple in the United States in 1991.-External links:*. Goethe-Instituts Website...
- 1959 Karl Jakob Wegmann
- 1961 Erika BurkartErika BurkartErika Burkart was a Swiss writer and poet. She was the recipient of many awards, among them the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis, the Gottfried-Keller-Preis, the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, and the Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-Preis.She was born in Aarau in 1922 and died in Muri in 2010.-Poetry books:* Der...
- 1964 Herbert MeierHerbert MeierHerbert Meier is a Swiss writer and translator.Meier studied literature, history of art and philosophy at the universities of Basel, Vienna, Paris and Fribourg....
- 1968 Adolf MuschgAdolf MuschgAdolf Muschg is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten.- His life :...
- 1970 Gerold Späth
- 1972 Paul NizonPaul NizonPaul Nizon is a Swiss art historian and writer.The son of a Russian chemist and a Swiss mother, after leaving school he studied history of art, classical archaeology and German language and literature in the universities of Berne and Munich. He obtained his doctorate in 1957 with a thesis on...
, Jürg Acklin - 1975 Beat Brechbühl
- 1976 Roland Hotz
- 1980 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...
, Werner Bodinek - 1981 Jürg Altherr
- 1983 Jürg AmannJürg AmannJürg Amann is a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser, and other works.- References :...
- 1984 Hansjörg Schertenleib
- 1987 Hanna JohansenHanna JohansenHanna Johansen, born Hanna Margarete Meyer , is a Swiss writer.She studied classical philology, education and German studies at the Universities of Marburg and Göttingen...
, Martin Hamburger - 1989 Christoph RütimannChristoph RütimannChristoph Rütimann was a Swiss painter.-Awards:* 1989: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize* 2005: International Art Award of Vorarlberg-References:...
- 1991 Rita Ernst, Dante Andrea Franzetti
- 1994 Tim KrohnTim KrohnTim Krohn is an author of Swiss literature, recipient of the 1994 Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis.Born in Wiedenbrück, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Krohn grew up in Glarus...
, Rainer Henrich, Ulrich Bächtold - 1996 Daniel Schnyder
- 1997 Perikles Monioudis
- Rolf LiebermannRolf LiebermannRolf Liebermann , was a Swiss composer and music administrator born in Zurich, and associated with several different musical genres. His output included chansons, classical, and light music. His classical music often combines myriad styles and techniques, including those drawn from baroque,...
, Martin Hamburger, Rudolf KelterbornRudolf KelterbornRudolf Kelterborn is a Swiss musician and composer.-Life:Kelterborn studied in Basel, Detmold, Salzburg, and Zürich, among other places, with the composers Walther Geiser, Willy Burkhard, Boris Blacher, Günter Bialas, and Wolfgang Fortner...