Latest reports, news

On these pages you will find the latest reports about events and the supporting programme, summaries of the discussions and daily comments about the event by Egyd Gstättner.

Most important literary award

Without a doubt, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, alongside the Joseph Breitbach Prize and the Georg Büchner Prize, is the most important literary award in the German-speaking world.

Latest reports, news


Bachmann Prize goes Europe

The 33rd Festival of German-Language Literature
online in eight languages.

Submitted texts, Klagenfurt Address on Literature, biographies, general information: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Slovenian, Czech and, for the first time, Croatian.

Discussions and comments:
German and English

The aim of the project is to give German-speaking authors a large European platform where they can publish their work. Every year, the Festival of German-Language Literature provides a comprehensive overview of new works of literature.

Porträt und Zitat Ingeborg Bachmann (Bild: Archiv)


The Festival of German-Language Literature is an event series of the ORF Landesstudio Kärnten and the provincial capital of Klagenfurt in collaboration with 3sat and with the support of Hypo Group Alpe Adria and kelag.
Thank you to all supporters, promoters and friends
of the Festival of German-Language Literature.
The realisation of such a project was only possible through our joint efforts.