Hans Fallada Prize
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The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster
in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
. Since 1981 it has been normally awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor of Hans Fallada
, a famous 20th century German author known for addressing political and social problems of his day in fiction.
The prize was first awarded in 1981, the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Fallada's Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben.
The prize comes with an honorarium of 10,000 euros. In the case that two authors with the award, the prize money is halved.
Neumünster
Neumünster is an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which has a total of four independent towns.-Current Situation:Neumünster station is major railway junction with lines running in six directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.Near...
in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
. Since 1981 it has been normally awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor of Hans Fallada
Hans Fallada
Hans Fallada , born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen in Greifswald, Germany, was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include Little Man, What Now? and Every Man Dies Alone...
, a famous 20th century German author known for addressing political and social problems of his day in fiction.
The prize was first awarded in 1981, the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Fallada's Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben.
The prize comes with an honorarium of 10,000 euros. In the case that two authors with the award, the prize money is halved.
Award winners
- 1981: Erich LoestErich LoestErich Loest German writer who was born in Mittweida, Saxony. He also writes under following pseudonyms Hans Walldorf, Bernd Diksen and Waldemar Naß.- Works :* Jungen, die übrig blieben, Leipzig 1950...
- 1983: Ludwig Fels
- 1985: Sten NadolnySten NadolnySten Nadolny, is a German novelist. His parents, Burkhard and Isabella Nadolny, were also both writers.-Life:...
- 1988: Ralph GiordanoRalph Giordano (writer)Ralph Giordano is a German writer and publicist.Giordano was born to a Sicilian father and a Jewish mother....
- 1990: Jurek BeckerJurek BeckerJurek Becker was a Polish-born German writer, film-author and GDR dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.-Childhood:Jurek Becker was born in 1937 and lived in the...
- 1993: Helga SchubertHelga SchubertHelga Schubert is a German Psychologist and author.-Life:Helga Shubert is a daughter of a librarian, who was also active in economics, and of a 1941 favored Gerichtsassessor and grew up in East Berlin...
- 1996: Günter GrassGünter GrassGünter Wilhelm Grass is a Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist.He was born in the Free City of Danzig...
- 1998: Bernhard SchlinkBernhard SchlinkBernhard Schlink is a German jurist and writer. He was born in Bethel, Germany, to a German father and a Swiss mother, the youngest of four children. Both his parents were theology students, although his father lost his job as a Professor of Theology due to the Nazis, and had to settle on being a...
- 2000: Thomas BrussigThomas BrussigThomas Brussig is a German writer best known for his satirical novels that deal with the German Democratic Republic.- Life :...
- 2002: 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...
- 2004: Wilhelm GenazinoWilhelm GenazinoWilhelm Genazino is a German journalist and author.In the 1960s, he studied German, philosophy and sociology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a journalist until 1965. During this time, he worked, inter alia, for the satirical magazine Pardon and co-edited the...
- 2006: Iris Hanika
- 2008: Ralf RothmannRalf RothmannRalf Rothmann is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist. His novels have been translated into several languages with Knife Edge and Young Light being translated into English.Main subject of his work are both the bourgeois and proletarian reality of life in the Ruhr Metropolitan area...
- 2010: Lukas Bärfuss