Kassel Literary Prize
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The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor (Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor), established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the Stiftung Brückner-Kühner
foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. It is also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euro
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The foundation has, since 2004, also awarded authors under the age of 35 the Förderpreis Komische Literatur. This prize is endowed with 3,000 euros.
Christine Brückner
Christine Brückner was a German writer.-Life:Christine Brückner was the daughter of the pastor Carl Emde and his wife Clotilde was born in Schmillinghausen at Arolsen, where they also spent up to her move to Kassel in 1934 their childhood.She attended high school in Arolsen and Kassel Christine...
foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. It is also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euro
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The foundation has, since 2004, also awarded authors under the age of 35 the Förderpreis Komische Literatur. This prize is endowed with 3,000 euros.
Recipients
- 2008: F. W. Bernstein
- 2006/2007:
- Gerhard PoltGerhard PoltGerhard Polt is a Bavarian writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist.Gerhard Polt often performs using Bavarian dialect. His main topics are Bavarian people, culture and politics. His performances in Munich theaters, which he started in 1976, are very popular...
Main Prize - Jess Jochimsen Förderpreis
- Gerhard Polt
- 2005:
- Katja Lange-MüllerKatja Lange-MüllerKatja Lange-Müller is a German writer living in Berlin. Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works....
Main Prize - Tilman Rammstedt Förderpreis
- Katja Lange-Müller
- 2004:
- Ror Wolf Main Prize
- Jochen Schmidt Förderpreis
- 2003: Eugen Egner
- 2002: Franz HohlerFranz HohlerFranz Hohler was born on 1 March 1943 in Biel/Bienne. He lives as an author and cabaret performer in Zurich. He is the author of one-man programs and satirical programs for television and radio. He has written theater pieces, children's books, stories and novels. In 2002 he received the Kassel...
- 2001: George TaboriGeorge TaboriGeorge Tabori was a Hungarian writer and theater director.-Life and career:Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father died in Auschwitz in 1944, but his mother and his brother Paul managed to escape the Nazis. His son Peter Tabori and again his son...
- 2000: Peter BichselPeter BichselPeter Bichsel is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten....
- 1999: Ingomar von Kieseritzky
- 1998: FranzobelFranzobelFranzobel is the pseudonym of the Austrian writer Stefan Griebl. He was born on March 1, 1967 in Vöcklabruck. He now lives in Vienna.- Books :* Der Wimmerldrucker. Ein Lexikaroman. Eigenverlag, 1990....
- 1997: Max GoldtMax GoldtMax Goldt is a German satirical author and musician.Some hallmarks of Goldt's style are: a fresh ironic perspective on familiar aspects of everyday life; frequent, seemingly tangential changes of topic, triggered by unexpected associations; creative use of language, often combined with a...
- 1996: Karl Riha
- 1995: Hanns Dieter HüschHanns Dieter HüschHanns Dieter Hüsch was a German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator....
- 1994: Volker Klotz
- 1993: Christoph MeckelChristoph MeckelChristoph Meckel is a German author and graphic artist.- Life :Christoph Meckel spent his youth in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he attended Gymnasium. In 1954/55 he studied graphic art at the Academy of Art in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1956 at the Academy of Art in München.Since 1956 he has...
- 1992: Walter Hinck
- 1991: Robert GernhardtRobert GernhardtRobert Gernhardt was a German writer, painter, caricaturist and poet.-Life:Robert Gernhardt studied Painting and German in Stuttgart and Berlin. He was one of the regular contributors to the satirical magazine Pardon, where he did the section Welt im Spiegel together with F. K. Waechter and F. W...
- 1990: Ernst KretschmerErnst KretschmerErnst Kretschmer Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. h.c., was a German psychiatrist who researched the human constitution and established a typology...
- 1989: Irmtraud MorgnerIrmtraud MorgnerIrmtraud Morgner, , was a German writer, best known for works of magical realism concerned predominantly with the role of gender in East German society.-Life:...
- 1988: Wolfgang Preisendanz
- 1987: Ernst JandlErnst JandlErnst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator.- Poetry :Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal "Neue Wege" in 1952....
- 1986: Eike Christian Hirsch
- 1985: LoriotLoriotLoriot may refer to:* the French for the Orioles*Vicco von Bülow, German humorist, graphic artist, director, actor and writer* Loriot, an animated television series by von Bülow*Loriot , a mid 19th Century American ship...
See also
- German literatureGerman literatureGerman literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in literature
- List of years in poetry