Austrian State Prize for European Literature
The Austrian State Prize for European Literature (German: Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur), also known in Austria as the European Literary Award (Europäischer Literaturpreis), is an Austrian literary prize awarded by the Federal Chancellery for Arts, Culture, and Media to European writers.[1][2] Established in 1965, the prize is endowed with a purse of 25,000 € (2016).[3] The prize was not awarded in 1969.
List of winners
| Year | Writer | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Herbert, ZbigniewZbigniew Herbert |  Poland |
| 1966 | Auden, W. H.W. H. Auden |  United Kingdom |
| 1967 | Popa, VaskoVasko Popa |  Yugoslavia |
| 1968 | Havel, VáclavVáclav Havel |  Czechoslovakia |
| 1969 | Not awarded | — |
| 1970 | Ionesco, EugèneEugène Ionesco | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania |
| 1971 | Huchel, PeterPeter Huchel |  East Germany |
| 1972 | Mrożek, SławomirSławomir Mrożek | Poland |
| 1973 | Pinter, HaroldHarold Pinter | United Kingdom |
| 1974 | Weöres, SándorSándor Weöres |  Hungary |
| 1975 | Krleža, MiroslavMiroslav Krleža | Yugoslavia |
| 1976 | Calvino, ItaloItalo Calvino |  Italy |
| 1977 | Kohout, PavelPavel Kohout | Czechoslovakia |
| 1978 | de Beauvoir, SimoneSimone de Beauvoir |  France |
| 1979 | Tomizza, FulvioFulvio Tomizza | Italy |
| 1980 | Kirsch, SarahSarah Kirsch | East Germany |
| 1981 | Lessing, DorisDoris Lessing | United Kingdom |
| 1982 | Różewicz, TadeuszTadeusz Różewicz | Poland |
| 1983 | Dürrenmatt, FriedrichFriedrich Dürrenmatt |  Switzerland |
| 1984 | Wolf, ChristaChrista Wolf | East Germany |
| 1985 | Lem, StanisławStanisław Lem | Poland |
| 1986 | Manganelli, GiorgioGiorgio Manganelli | Italy |
| 1987 | Kundera, MilanMilan Kundera | Czechoslovakia |
| 1988 | Szczypiorski, AndrzejAndrzej Szczypiorski | Poland |
| 1989 | Duras, MargueriteMarguerite Duras | France |
| 1990 | Heissenbüttel, HelmutHelmut Heissenbüttel |  Germany |
| 1991 | Nádas, PéterPéter Nádas | Hungary |
| 1992 | Rushdie, SalmanSalman Rushdie | United Kingdom |
| 1993 | Aitmatov, ChinghizChinghiz Aitmatov |  Kyrgyzstan |
| 1994 | Christensen, IngerInger Christensen |  Denmark |
| 1995 | Tišma, AleksandarAleksandar Tišma |  FR Yugoslavia |
| 1996 | Laederach, JürgJürg Laederach | Switzerland |
| 1997 | Tabucchi, AntonioAntonio Tabucchi | Italy |
| 1998 | Ugrešić, DubravkaDubravka Ugrešić |  Croatia |
| 1999 | Esterházy, PéterPéter Esterházy | Hungary |
| 2000 | Lobo Antunes, AntónioAntónio Lobo Antunes |  Portugal |
| 2001 | Eco, UmbertoUmberto Eco | Italy |
| 2002 | Hein, ChristophChristoph Hein | Germany |
| 2003 | Nooteboom, CeesCees Nooteboom |  Netherlands |
| 2004 | Barnes, JulianJulian Barnes | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Magris, ClaudioClaudio Magris | Italy |
| 2006 | Semprún, JorgeJorge Semprún |  Spain |
| 2007 | Kennedy, A. L.A. L. Kennedy | United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Kristof, AgotaAgota Kristof | Hungary |
| 2009 | Enquist, Per OlovPer Olov Enquist |  Sweden |
| 2010 | Nizon, PaulPaul Nizon | Switzerland |
| 2011 | Marías, JavierJavier Marías | Spain |
| 2012 | Modiano, PatrickPatrick Modiano | France |
| 2013 | Banville, JohnJohn Banville |  Ireland |
| 2014 | Ulitskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Ulitskaya |  Russia |
| 2015 | Cărtărescu, MirceaMircea Cărtărescu |  Romania |
| 2016 | Stasiuk, AndrzejAndrzej Stasiuk[3] | Poland |
References
- ↑ Österreichische StaatspreisträgerInnen für Europäische Literatur (German). Last accessed: September 20, 2016.
- ↑ Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur (German). Last accessed: September 20, 2016.
- 1 2 Kulturminister Drozda zeichnet Andrzej Stasiuk aus (German) on 2016 prizewinner Andrzej Stasiuk. Last accessed: September 20, 2016.
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