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.
Oswald Egger
Oswald Egger is awarded the »Georg-Büchner-Preis« 2024. The prize giving ceremony will take place in Darmstadt on November, 2.
Writer
Born 20/7/1934
Deceased 24/2/1984
Member from 1977 to 1979
Homepage
... die strenge Kunst seines epischen Werkes, worin er gegenwärtige Menschenwelt mit ernster Wahrhaftigkeit dargestellt hat.
Jury members
Juryvorsitz: Gerhard Storz
Siegfried Dörffeldt (Hessisches Kultusministerium), Richard Gerlach, Ernst Kreuder, Karl Krolow, Fritz Martini, Otto Rombach, Horst Rüdiger, Heinz Winfried Sabais (Stadt Darmstadt), Hans Scholz, Dolf Sternberger, Wolfgang Weyrauch