Literaturpreis der Stadt München

The Literature Prize of the city of Munich was founded in 1928 and 1957 respectively as prize literature. In 1991 he was converted to the award with today's designation and awarded every two years since then, endowed with 10,000 DM

Since 1999, the Munich Literature Prize, as he is also called, awarded every three years, alternating with the Journalism Prize of the City of Munich and the Translation Prize of the city of Munich. The prize money has been increased to 10,000 euros.

The award will honor " an outstanding in style and content literary oeuvre ". The winners have to "come from the Munich region or have a close connection to Munich as a place of their origin or of their work ."

Award winners

• 2011 Keto Waberer
• 2008 Tilman Spengler
• 2005 Herbert Rosendorfer
• 2002 Uwe Timm
• 1999 Ernst Augustin
• 1997 Günter Herburger
• 1995 Hermann Lenz
• 1993 Gert Hofmann
• 1991 Carl Amery
• 1990 Gert Heidenreich
• 1989 Uwe Timm
• 1986 Said
• 1980 Mathias Schröder
• 1975 Janosch
• 1973 Philipp Arp
• 1964 Tancred Dorst
• 1963 Hellmut von Cube
• 1962 Herbert Schneider
• 1958 Reiner zimnik
• 1957 Lion Feuchtwanger
• 1955 Erich Kästner
• 1954 William Stone House
• 1953 Mechtilde Lichnowsky
• 1952 Eugen Roth
• 1951 Gottfried Kölwel
• 1950 Annette Kolb
• 1949 Georg Schwarz
• 1948 Ernst Penzoldt
• 1947 Gertrud von le Fort
• 1945 Peter Dörfler
• 1938 Josef Ponten
• 1937 Alfonso of Czibulka
• 1936 Ludwig Friedrich Barthel
• 1935 Brit George Ting
• 1933 Hans Zoberlein
• 1932 Ruth Schaumann
• 1931 Josef Magnus Wehner
• 1930 Hans Brandenburg
• 1929 Willy Seidel
• 1928 Hans Carossa

Weblink

• Official website accessed July 7, 2012

• Literature Prize ( Bavaria )
• Literature (Munich )
• Award of the City of Munich