Rheingau Literatur Preis
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Rheingau Literatur Preis is a literary prize of Hesse
. It is awarded annually since 1994 by the Rheingau Literatur Festival which follows the Rheingau Musik Festival
. An author is awarded whose prose gained the attention of the literary critics ("deren schriftstellerische Prosa in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten die Literaturkritik aufmerksam gemacht hat")
The prize of 10,000 Euro is given by the cultural ministry Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung
and by the Rheingau Musik Festival. The author also receives 111 bottles of Rheingau
Riesling
, donated by the association Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter
Rheingau.
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
. It is awarded annually since 1994 by the Rheingau Literatur Festival which follows the Rheingau Musik Festival
Rheingau Musik Festival
The Rheingau Musik Festival is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres...
. An author is awarded whose prose gained the attention of the literary critics ("deren schriftstellerische Prosa in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten die Literaturkritik aufmerksam gemacht hat")
The prize of 10,000 Euro is given by the cultural ministry Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung
Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung
Hessische Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung is a state institution of the German State of Hesse...
and by the Rheingau Musik Festival. The author also receives 111 bottles of Rheingau
Rheingau (wine region)
Rheingau is one of 13 German wine regions for quality wines . Named for the traditional region of Rheingau , the wine region is situated in the state of Hesse, where it makes up part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district...
Riesling
Riesling
Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region of Germany. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery, almost perfumed, aromas as well as high acidity. It is used to make dry, semi-sweet, sweet and sparkling white wines. Riesling wines are usually varietally...
, donated by the association Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter
Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter
Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter e.V. or the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates, is an organisation where most of Germany's top wine producers are members. It is commonly known under its acronym VDP...
Rheingau.
Winners
- 2011 Josef HaslingerJosef HaslingerJosef Haslinger is an Austrian writer.Haslinger was born in Zwettl, Lower Austria. He studied philosophy, drama and Germanic studies...
- 2010 Jochen Schimmang
- 2009 Christoph PetersChristoph PetersChristoph Peters is a German author of novels and short stories. His debut novel, Stadt Land Fluss was published in 1999, and won the 'aspekte' prize for the best German literary debut. It was followed by a collection of short stories in 2001, and, in 2007, his first novel to be published in...
- 2008 Ursula KrechelUrsula KrechelUrsula Krechel is a German writer.Krechel was born in Trier. From 1966 to 1972 she studied German studies, theatre, and art history at the University of Cologne. From 1969 to 1972, she worked as a drama advisor in Dortmund...
- 2007 Antje Rávic StrubelAntje Rávic StrubelAntje Rávic Strubel is a German writer. She was born in 1974 in Potsdam.-Life:After leaving school, Antje Strubel Rávic first worked as a bookseller in Potsdam, and then studied in literature, psychology and American studies in New York. In New York she worked as a lighting assistant in a...
- 2006 Clemens MeyerClemens MeyerClemens Meyer is a German writer. His studies at the German Literature Institute, Leipzig, were interrupted by a spell in a youth detention centre, and he has worked as a security guard, forklift driver and construction worker.He won a number of prizes for his first novel Als wir träumten ,...
- 2005 Gert Loschütz
- 2004 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...
- 2003 Reinhard Jirgl
- 2002 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...
- 2001 Bodo Kirchhoff
- 2000 Peter StammPeter Stamm-Life:Peter Stamm grew up in Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau the son of an accountant. After completing primary and secondary school he spent three years as an apprentice accountant and then 5 as an accountant...
- 1999 Thomas Lehr
- 1998 Hella Eckert
- 1997 Thomas Meinecke
- 1996 Herbert Maurer
- 1995 Ulla Berkéwicz
- 1994 Stefanie Menzinger