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.

Elfriede Jelinek

Writer
Born 20/10/1946
Member from 1998 to 2007
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... für die vielstimmige Kühnheit ihres erzählerischen und dramatischen Werks, worin sie sprachbesessen die Sprache vor ihr eigenes Tribunal zieht...

Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Christian Meier
Giuseppe Bevilacqua, Elisabeth Borchers, Kurt Flasch, Peter Hamm, Norbert Miller, Adolf Muschg, Erica Pedretti, Klaus Reichert, außerdem Peter Benz (Stadt Darmstadt), Herman Dieter Betz (Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst)