Toucan Prize
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The Toucan Prize is a literary prize given by the city of Munich
to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros.
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros.
Recipients
- 2010 Benjamin Stein, Leinwand
- 2009 Robert Hültner, Inspektor Kajetan kehrt zurück
- 2008 Fridolin Schley, Wildes schönes Tier
- 2006 Friedrich Ani, Idylle der Hyänen
- 2005 Thomas Palzer, Ruin
- 2004 Thomas Meinecke, Musik
- 2003 Simon Werle, Der Schnee der Jahre
- 2002 Hans Pleschinski, Bildnis eines Unsichtbaren
- 2001 Uwe TimmUwe Timm-Life and work:Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died in Ukraine in 1943...
, Rot - 2000 Hassouna Mosbahi, Rückkehr nach Tarschisch with the translator Regina Karachouli
- 1999 Susanne Röckel, Chinesisches Alphabet - Ein Jahr in Shanghai
- 1998 Günter Ohnemus, Der Tiger auf deiner Schulter
- 1997 Klaus Böldl
- 1996 Ernst Augustin
- 1995 Christine Scherrmann, Hans Pleschinski
- 1994 Maxim BillerMaxim BillerMaxim Biller is a German writer.Born in Prague to Russian-Jewish parents, he emigrated with his parents and sister to Germany in 1970, when he was ten years old. After living for a long time in Munich, he now lives in Berlin....
- 1993 Helmut KrausserHelmut KrausserHelmut Krausser is a German author, poet and playwright who was born in Esslingen am Neckar.-Biography:Krausser lives in Munich and Berlin. He married Beatrice Renauer in 1991.In 1993 he received the Toucan Prize....
- 1992 Uwe Dick
- 1991 Günter Herburger
- 1989 Herbert Achternbusch, Barbara Maria Kloos, Fred Hepp
- 1987 Uwe Dick, Eberhard Horst, Michael Wachsmann
- 1985 Walter KolbenhoffWalter KolbenhoffWalter Kolbenhoff, born as Walter Hoffman , was a German novelist.-Biography:Kolbenhoff was born in Berlin, the son of a workman. He became a worker himself and travelled as a vagabond throughout Europe, Turkey and northern Africa...
, Hans F. Nöhbauer - 1983 Michael KrügerMichael Krüger (writer)Michael Krüger is a German writer, publisher and translator.Michael Krüger grew up in Berlin. After the graduating he was apprenticed to a publisher and later studied philosophy and literature...
, Rudolf Riedler, Barbara König, Carla Maria Heim, Jörg GraserJörg GraserJörg Graser is a German film director and screenwriter. His film Abraham's Gold was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel...
, Grete Weil - 1981 Hermann Stahl, Carl Borro Schwerla, Franz Freisleder, Dagmar Nick, Jörg Krichbaum, Barbara Bronnen
- 1979 Carl AmeryCarl AmeryCarl Amery , the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the University of Munich. He was a participant of Gruppe 47.-Works:-References:...
, JanoschJanoschJanosch is one of the best-known German artists and children's book authors. He was born in Hindenburg in Upper Silesia. He said in an interview that he is Silesian and that it is his nationality.After World War II the family fled to West Germany. In the area of Oldenburg Janosch worked in a...
, Kurt Seeberger - 1977 Ernst Günther Bleisch, Karl Hoche, Ursula Knöller, Irina KorschunowIrina KorschunowIrina Korschunow is a German writer, primarily of children's book and Young Adult literature. She is also a translator.- Career :...
, Herbert Rosendorfer, Herbert Schlüter - 1975 Wolfgang Bächler, Charlotte Birnbaum, Heinz Coubier, Armin EichholzArmin EichholzArmin Eichholz is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany.Eichholz won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, as a member of the rowing team from West Germany. He received a bronze medal in 1992. He was part of a rowing team that set a world record in...
, Herbert Günther, Helmut Walbert - 1973 Marianne Langewiesche, Wolfgang Petzet, Kuno Raeber
- 1971 Herbert Asmodi, Angelika Mechtel, Heinz Piontek, Martin Gregor-Dellin, Rolf Flügel
- 1969 Anton Sailer, Wilhelm Lukas Kristl, Christa Reinig, Günter Spang, Heinrich Fischer, Tankred DorstTankred DorstTankred Dorst is a German playwright and storyteller.Tankred Dorst currently lives and works in Munich. His farces, parables, one-act-plays and adaptations are inspired by the theatre of the absurd and the works of Ionesco, Giraudoux and Beckett...
- 1967 Karl Ude, Oliver Hassencamp, Nina Keller
- 1966 Rudolf Schmitt-Sulzthal, Eugen Skasa-Weiß, Isabella Nadolny, Gunter Groll, Carola von Crailsheim, Curt Hohoff
- 1965 Paul Mommertz, Georg Schwarz, Roland Ziersch, Alfons Freiherr von Czibulka, Horst Lange, Otto Freiherr von Taube
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