Georg-Büchner-Preis

The Georg Büchner Prize was first established during the Weimar Republic by the State of Hesse. Its purpose was to recognise writers, artists, actors and singers. It was first awarded in 1923 in the state capital, Darmstadt.
Since 1951 the new Büchner Prize has been awarded annually by the German Academy for Language and Literature. According to the charter of the Academy, it is given to authors »writing in the German language whose work is considered especially meritorious and who have made a significant contribution to contemporary German culture.«
The prize is awarded at a ceremony held during the autumn conference of the German Academy in Darmstadt.
The prize currently comes with an award of €50,000.

Prize Winner 2024

Oswald Egger

Oswald Egger is awarded the »Georg-Büchner-Preis« 2024. The prize giving ceremony will take place in Darmstadt on November, 2.

Christa Wolf

Writer
Born 18/3/1929
Deceased 1/12/2011
Member since 1977

Sie hat mit hohem Ernst dazu beigetragen, die Finsternisse zeitgenössischer Erfahrung in erzählender Prosa aufzuhellen.

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Peter de Mendelssohn
Beda Allemann, Herman Dieter Betz (Hessisches Kultusministerium), Ludwig Harig, Karl Krolow, Horst Rüdiger, Heinz Winfried Sabais (Stadt Darmstadt), Bruno Snell(Ehrenpräsident), Dolf Sternberger, Gerhard Storz (Ehrenpräsident), Hans-J. Weitz, Eva Zeller, Bernhard Zeller