Thomas Mann Prize

German literary award

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Thomas Mann Prize (German: Thomas-Mann-Preis) is a literary prize of Germany. In full the title is "Thomas Mann Prize of the city of Lübeck and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts". It is given in alternate years in Lübeck and in Munich.^[1] The award is the product of a merger of two prizes in 2010, the Thomas Mann Preis der Hansestadt Lübeck (Thomas Mann Prize Lübeck) and the Großer Literaturpreis (Great Literature Prize) of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. The Thomas Mann Prize Lübeck was first awarded in 1975; the Great Literature Prize was first awarded in 1950.^[2] The prize money is €25,000.^[3]

Recipients

2010: Christa Wolf
2011: Jan Assmann
2012: Thomas Hürlimann
2013: Juli Zeh
2014: Rüdiger Safranski
2015: Lars Gustafsson
2016: Jenny Erpenbeck
2017: Brigitte Kronauer
2018: Mircea Cărtărescu
2019: Claudio Magris^[1]
2020: Nora Bossong^[4]^[5]
2021: Norbert Gstrein^[6]^[7]^[8]
2022: Jonathan Franzen^[9]
2023: Ralf Rothmann^[10]
2024: Navid Kermani

References

^ ^a ^b "Thomas Mann Preis 2019 für Akademiemitglied Claudio Magris : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur". Mainz (in German). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Kulturpreise.de : Thomas-Mann-Preis der Hansestadt Lübeck und der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste". Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Thomas-Mann-Preis". Literaturpreis Gewinner (in German). 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Nora Bossong nimmt Thomas Mann-Preis entgegen – 360 Grad evangelisch". Sonntagsblatt (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Pressemeldungen". Verleihung des Thomas Mann-Preises an Nora Bossong im Theater Lübeck (in German). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Thomas-Mann-Preis geht an Norbert Gstrein". Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels (in German). 14 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Thomas-Mann-Preis für Norbert Gstrein". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Thomas-Mann-Preis geht an österreichischen Autor Norbert Gstrein". Der Standard (in German). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Thomas-Mann-Preis 2022 geht an US-Erzähler Franzen". Süddeutsche.de (in German). dpa. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Ebener, Linda (21 September 2023). ""Eine persönliche Ehre": Thomas-Mann-Preis an Ralf Rothmann verliehen". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2023.