Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur

German literary award

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Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur is a biennial German literary award given to an author. The prize is €25,000 and is open to any European authors. It is one of a series of awards given by the Würth Foundation (Stiftung Würth) in Künzelsau, a cultural organization supported by the Würth Group. The prize has been awarded since 1998,^[1] for "literary efforts for the cultural diversity of Europe".^[2]

Winners

1998 Hermann Lenz
2000 Claudio Magris
2002 Claude Vigée
2004 Harald Hartung
2006 Herta Müller
2008 Peter Turrini
2010 Ilija Trojanow
2012 Hanna Krall
2014 Péter Nádas^[2]
2016 Peter Handke
2018 Christoph Ransmayr^[1]
2020 David Grossman^[3]
2022 Annie Ernaux^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur an Christoph Ransmayr". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Peter Nadas bekommt Würth-Literaturpreis". Der Standard (in German). 27 March 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
^ "Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Annie Ernaux bekommt Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.