Alfred-Kerr-Preis

The Alfred Kerr Preis (Alfred Kerr Prize) for literary criticism is an annual award funded by the journal of the German Book Trade.

The prize commemorates the theatre, literary critic and journalist Alfred Kerr (1867–1948)^[1] and is endowed with 5,000 euros each year. Since 1996 the prize has been given to an individual for their work in literary criticism, and since 2004 has taken place at the Leipzig Book Fair.

The jury consists of Prof Klaus Reichert (Honorary President of the German Academy for Language and Literature), Dr. Maria Gazzetti (Manager of the Poetic Literature Foundation ), Peter Härtling (author), Klaus Schöffling (publisher), Torsten Casimir (financial newspaper chief), and Michael Lemling (Managing Director of the Munich bookstore Lehmkuhl).

Award winners

Source:^[2]

1978: Jürgen Lodemann
1982: Otto Breicha
1988: Dieter P. Meier-Lenz
1992: Volker Ullrich
1993: Werner Liersch
1996: Hanns Grössel
1997: Paul Ingendaay
1998: Günther Ohnemus
1999: Andreas Nentwich
2000: Lothar Müller
2001: Ulrich Weinzierl
2002: Maike Albath
2003: Felicitas von Lovenberg
2004: Elmar Krekeler
2005: Hubert Spiegel
2006: Meike Feßmann
2007: Hubert Winkels
2008: Burkhard Müller
2009: Gregor Dotzauer
2010: Dorothea von Törne
2011: Ina Hartwig^[3]
2012: Helmut Böttiger
2013: Daniela Strigl
2014: Insa Wilke
2015: Manfred Papst
2016: Nico Bleutge
2017: Andreas Breitenstein
2018: Michael Braun [de]^[4]
2019: Marie Schmidt [de]^[5]
2020: Christian Metz^[6]
2021: Roman Bucheli [de]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Scheu, René (15 April 2021). "NZZ: Roman Bucheli erhält Alfred-Kerr-Preis für Literaturkritik". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ "Alfred-Kerr-Preis | Börsenblatt". www.boersenblatt.net.
^ "Ina Hartwig erhält Alfred-Kerr-Preis". www.boersenblatt.net.
^ "Wahre Worte und viele Weggefährten". www.boersenblatt.net.
^ ""Literatur ist keine Wellnessanwendung"". www.boersenblatt.net.
^ ""Glücksfall für die Literatur"". www.boersenblatt.net.