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Bachmann Prize 2008

Here you can find an overview of the content of all web pages of the Festival of German-Language Literature 2008, the 12th Klagenfurt Literature Course und Translatio 2008.[more...]

Bachmann Prize 2007

The Ingeborg Bachman Prize was awarded to the German Lutz Seiler, The Telekom Austria Prize went to Thomas Stangl. Peter Licht received the 3sat Prize and the Audience Award.[more...]

Bachmann Prize 2006

“We’ve discovered a very good German author as well as a text that I find totally convincing,” said Heinrich Detering regarding Kathrin Passig’s text.[more...]

As there was no clear favourite this year, we went through several final ballots. Finally, with a majority of five votes, the Bachmann Prize was awarded to the author of the text “On the Rope”: Thomas Lang[more...]

Bachmann Prize 2004

Since Sunday, there has been a new winner of the Bachmann Prize. In 2004, the jury awarded the Bachmann Prize to the German Uwe Tellkamp. In total, five prizes were awarded.[more...]

Bachmann Prize 2003

In 2003, the Bachmann Prize went to Inka Parei and was given to her by the Mayor Harald Scheucher and the City Councillor for Culture Mario Canori. The Provincial Governor Willy Mitsche presented Ulla Lenze with the Ernst Willner Prize. [more...]

Bachmann Prize 2002

The Austrian Peter Glaser is the 26th recipient of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his text “A History of Nothing.” It’s Glaser’s birthday today and he’s won quite a nice birthday present.[more...]

Bachmann Prize 2001

In 2001, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize went to the German Michel Lentz. He touched both the jury and the audience with an unsentimental and very powerful text about a dying mother.[more...]

Bachmann Prize 2000

In 2000, the German author Georg Klein received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for a piece of prose lacking a title. This was announced on Sunday in Klagenfurt by the jury of the literary competition under the chairmanship of Robert Schindel.[more...]

Bachmann Prize 1999

In 1999, Terézia Mora was awarded the Bachmann Prize for her text “The Case of Ophelia.” The poetic and laconic story of a childhood centred around a swimming pool is, in the opinion of Iris Radisch, a wonderful and insightful text about being an outsider. [more...]

Bachmann Prize 1998

In 1998, the Berliner Sibylle Lewitscharoff was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for her story about a deranged man entitled Pong. It was quite a close decision, as just four of the seven jury members voted in her favour.[more...]