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.

Awardees

Ursula Krechel

Writer
Born 4/12/1947
Member since 2012

Ursula Krechel setzt den Verheerungen der deutschen Vergangenheit und den Verhärtungen der Gegenwart die Kraft ihrer vielgestaltigen Literatur entgegen. Sie seziert die Innenansichten der Klassenverhältnisse, sie zeigt, wie nach Flucht und Exil die Rückkehr nach Deutschland in Fremdheit und Nicht-Zugehörigkeit mündet.

Jury members
Ingo Schulze, Rita Franceschini, Olga Martynova, Lothar Müller, Lukas Bärfuss, Daniel Göske, Felicitas Hoppe, Joachim Kalka, Daniela Strigl, Michael Walter sowie je ein Vertreter/eine Vertreterin des Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, des Landes Hessen und der Stadt Darmstadt