Literaturpreis der Wilhelm und Christine Hirschmann-Stiftung

The Literature Prize of the William and Christine Hirschmann Foundation is a German literary award, which the Treuchtlinger Wilhelm and Christine Hirschmann Foundation donated 2009. With him, she traces the foundation rules every three years from the past life work of a German writer. The doping is 20,000 euros.

Background

The Foundation Established in 2009, the Central Franconian entrepreneurial couple William and Christine Hirschmann is dedicated to the promotion of art, monuments, literature and education, mainly in Middle Franconia area. This requires the support of the PEN Center Germany, as well as the awarding of prizes for young artists from the field of visual arts.

The Lifetime Achievement Prizes for Literature are not limited to writers from the region: In his eulogy for Ludwig Fels Alfred Meyer Huber notes that rock will also not excellent because he is a Treuchtlinger, but because he with rare eloquence and then again with gentle poetry the dark side of society and the human condition in words summarize.

Award winners

Treuchtlingen
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