Caroline-Schlegel-Preis

The Caroline Schlegel Prize of the city of Jena was advertised as a literary competition prize for the first time in 2000. Outside The occasion was the reopening of the romantic house in Jena as a literary museum in the same year. He is awarded every three years for the German speaking as main and / or Prize for essay writing and feuilleton since 2002. The grand prize is worth 5,000 Euros, the prize of 2,500 euros, which are provided by private page.

Criteria

By Caroline Schlegel price the city of Jena wants to preserve honor the memory of the Jena early Romantics - circle around Caroline and Dorothea Schlegel. " To be honored for on the basis of the work of the namesake of the price outstanding achievements in the genres of literary critics and essays, which are characterized by a high linguistic and stylistic level and a solid research" (according to self-representation ).

Jury

In 2008, the independent jury consisted of the writer Gisela force and Gert Neumann and the literary scholar Klaus Manger, 2011, the journalist and author Dorothee Schmitz- Köster, Berlin German studies and winner of 2005 Sonja Hilzinger and the Jena literary scholar Stefan Matuschek.

Award winners

• 2011 Main Price: Ina Hartwig for your essay Absolute freedom of the senses; Prizes: Christina Müller- Gutowski and Nadja Mayer
• 2008 Prize: Thomas Hürlimann for his essay On the stairs from his book The jump in the trash; Award: Dietmar Ebert
• 2005 Grand Prize: Sonja Hilzinger
• 2002 Grand Prize: Burkhard spiders for his essay scandal; Award: Kai Agthe for his essay This machine is delicately like a little dog and a lot of distress
• 2000 Prize Essay: Juli Zeh, Sponsorship journalism / feature: Steffen Kopetzsky