Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin

German literary award

Award

Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin

Awarded for| authors of artistic literature who work in Brandenburg and who have already achieved their first literary success
Location| Neuruppin
Country| Germany
Reward(s)| €40,000
First awarded| 1994
Website| www.fontanepreis.de

The Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin was donated in 1994 on the occasion of the 175th birthday of Theodor Fontane from his native city of Neuruppin. Since 2019: Fontane-Literaturpreis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin und des Landes Brandenburg.[1]

## History[edit]

The Fontane Literature Prize has several predecessors.[2][3] It was awarded for the first time from 1913 to 1922, among others to Annette Kolb, Leonhard Frank, Carl Sternheim and Alfred Döblin.[2] After 1949 there were two Fontane Prizes: The West Berlin Prize went to Hermann Kasack, Peter Huchel, Uwe Johnson, Arno Schmidt, Günter Grass, Wolf Biermann and Wolfgang Hilbig.[2] Walter Kaufmann, Christa Wolf and Helga Schütz [de], for example, received the prize from the GDR district of Potsdam.[2] In 1994 the Fontane Literature Prize was re-established by Theodor Fontane's birthplace Neuruppin, and since 2010 it has been awarded every two years with the support of the patron Hans E. Weber.[2] The award winners included Lutz Seiler, Moritz von Uslar [de], Christoph Ransmayr and Josef Bierbichler.[2] In 2019, the Fontane Literature Prize was awarded jointly for the first time by the Fontane City of Neuruppin and the State of Brandenburg.[4] The aim is to support authors of artistic literature every two years who work in Brandenburg and who have already achieved their first literary success.[4] The award is intended to enable talented contemporary authors with their first successful publications to devote themselves to writing for two years.[5] For this purpose, both partners are providing a total of 40,000 euros[6] as a grant over a period of 24 months.[4][7] The winners are selected by an external jury. The award is announced every two years.[4]

## Recipients[edit]

* 1994: Sigrid Damm [de]
* 1998: Charlotte Jolles (Special award on the occasion of the Fontane year on the 100th anniversary of Theodor Fontane's death)
* 1999: Günter de Bruyn
* 2004: Friedrich Christian Delius
* 2010: Lutz Seiler for Zeitwaage
* 2012: Moritz von Uslar [de] for Deutschboden. Eine teilnehmende Beobachtung.
* 2014: Christoph Ransmayr for Atlas eines ängstlichen Mannes
* 2016: Josef Bierbichler for Mittelreich
* 2019: Peggy Mädler [de] for Wohin wir gehen[8][9]
* 2021: Judith Zander [de] for Johnny Ohneland[10][5]
* 2023: Matthias Nawrat for Gebete für meine Vorfahren[11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Fontane-Literaturpreis". Fontane-Literaturpreis (in German). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Fontane-Literaturpreis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin und des Landes Brandenburg". Fontane-Literaturpreis der Fontanestadt Neuruppin und des Landes Brandenburg (in German). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
3. ^ "Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
4. ^ a b c d "Preise". Fontanestadt Neuruppin (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
5. ^ a b "Autorin Judith Zander erhält Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
6. ^ "Fontane-Preis". Theodor Fontane Gesellschaft (in German). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
7. ^ "Preise & Stipendien". Fontane-Literaturpreis (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
8. ^ "Fontane-Literaturpreis für Peggy Mädler". MAZ – Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 8 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
9. ^ "Fontane-Preis an Peggy Mädler". NWZonline (in German). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
10. ^ "Judith Zander erhält den Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021". BuchMarkt (in German). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
11. ^ "Fontane-Preis Matthias Nawrat ausgezeichnet". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in German)