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{{Short description|German literary award}}
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| caption = Portrait of Georg Büchner, pencil drawing by the Darmstadt theater painter Philipp August Joseph Hoffmann
| awarded_for = authors writing in the German language whose work is considered especially meritorious and who have made a significant contribution to contemporary German culture
| presenter = [[Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung]]
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| location = [[Darmstadt]]
| country = Germany
| reward = €50,000
| year = 1923
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The '''Georg Büchner Prize''' ({{langx|de|link=no|Georg-Büchner-Preis}}) is the most important [[literary prize]] for German language [[German literature|literature]]. The award is named after dramatist and writer [[Georg Büchner]], author of ''[[Woyzeck]]'' and ''[[Leonce and Lena]]''. The Georg Büchner Prize is awarded annually for authors "writing in the German language who have notably emerged through their oeuvre as essential contributors to the shaping of contemporary German cultural life".<ref>{{cite web |title=Georg-Büchner-Preis |url=http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html |publisher=Translated from Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=30 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630173028/http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The Georg Büchner Prize was created in 1923 in memory of [[Georg Büchner]] and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home of [[Hesse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georg-Büchner-Preis |url=https://www.darmstadt-stadtlexikon.de/g/georg-buechner-preis.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.darmstadt-stadtlexikon.de |archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723190640/https://www.darmstadt-stadtlexikon.de/g/georg-buechner-preis.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was first awarded in 1923. Among the early recipients were mostly visual artists, poets, actors, and singers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georg-Büchner-Preis |url=http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html |publisher=Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung |access-date=31 May 2012 |archive-date=30 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630173028/http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_buechner.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1951, the prize changed to a general literary prize, awarded annually by the [[Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung]]. It goes to German language authors, and the annual speech by the recipient takes place in [[Darmstadt]]. Since 2002, the prize has been endowed with €50,000.

==The Georg Büchner Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature==
Five winners of the Georg Büchner Prize, [[Günter Grass]] (1965), [[Heinrich Böll]] (1967), [[Elias Canetti]] (1972), [[Peter Handke]] (1973) and [[Elfriede Jelinek]] (1998) have been awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in subsequent years. The Georg Büchner Prize is frequently seen as an indicator for potential future Nobel Prize winners writing in the German language. Most recently, however, the [[Swedish Academy]] in Stockholm preceded the [[German Academy for Language and Literature]] in awarding a prolific writer from the German ''[[sprachraum]]''. [[Herta Müller]] received the Nobel Prize in Literature but has not yet been awarded the Georg Büchner Prize.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leinen |first=Angela |date=29 October 2011 |title=Wie man den Büchnerpreis gewinnt |url=https://taz.de/Maennlich-und-alt-sein-hilft/!5108810/ |work=[[Die Tageszeitung|taz]] |location=Berlin |language=de |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>

== Recipients of the literary prize, since 1951 ==
[[File:Oliver Mark - Botho Strauß, Uckermark 2007.jpg|alt=Botho Strauß by Oliver Mark, 2007|thumb|263x263px|Laureate of the year 1989: [[Botho Strauß]]]]
[[File:Elke erb.JPG|alt=Elke Erb, 2011|thumb|263x263px|Laureate of the year 2020: [[Elke Erb]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
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!Year !! Name !! Nationality !! Notes !! Ref(s)
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| 1951 || [[Gottfried Benn]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1952 || ''not given'' || ||||
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| 1953 || [[Ernst Kreuder]] || {{FRG}}||||
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| 1954 || [[Martin Kessel]] || {{FRG}}||||
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| 1955 || [[Marie Luise Kaschnitz]] || {{FRG}}||||
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| 1956 || [[Karl Krolow]] || {{FRG}}||||
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| 1957 || [[Erich Kästner]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1958 || [[Max Frisch]] || {{SUI}}||||
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| 1959 || [[Günter Eich]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1960 || [[Paul Celan]] || {{FRA}} / {{ROM}}||||
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| 1961 || [[Hans Erich Nossack]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1962 || [[Wolfgang Koeppen]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1963 || [[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1964 || [[Ingeborg Bachmann]] || {{AUT}}||||
|-
| 1965 || [[Günter Grass]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1966 || [[Wolfgang Hildesheimer]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1967 || [[Heinrich Böll]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1968 || [[Golo Mann]] || {{FRG}}||||
|-
| 1969 || [[Helmut Heißenbüttel]] || {{FRG}}||||
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| 1970 || [[Thomas Bernhard]] || {{AUT}}||||
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| 1971 || [[Uwe Johnson]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1972 || [[Elias Canetti]] || {{BUL}} ||||
|-
| 1973 || [[Peter Handke]] || {{AUT}} || refunded the prize money in 1999 as a sign of<br> protest against the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]]||
|-
| 1974 || [[Hermann Kesten]] || {{FRG}} ||||
|-
| 1975 || [[Manès Sperber]] || {{AUT}} / {{FRA}} ||||
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| 1976 || [[Heinz Piontek]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1977 || [[Reiner Kunze]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1978 || [[Hermann Lenz]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1979 || [[Ernst Meister]] || {{FRG}} || posthumous||
|-
| 1980 || [[Christa Wolf]] || {{GDR}} ||||
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| 1981 || [[Martin Walser]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1982 || [[Peter Weiss]] || {{SWE}} || posthumous||
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| 1983 || [[Wolfdietrich Schnurre]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1984 || [[Ernst Jandl]] || {{AUT}} ||||
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| 1985 || [[Heiner Müller]] || {{GDR}} ||||
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| 1986 || [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]] || {{SUI}} ||||
|-
| 1987 || [[Erich Fried]] || {{AUT}} ||||
|-
| 1988 || [[Albert Drach]] || {{AUT}} ||||
|-
| 1989 || [[Botho Strauß]] || {{FRG}} ||||
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| 1990 || [[Tankred Dorst]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 1991 || [[Wolf Biermann]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 1992 || [[George Tabori]] || {{HUN}} ||||
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| 1993 || [[Peter Rühmkorf]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 1994 || [[Adolf Muschg]] || {{SUI}} ||||
|-
| 1995 || [[Durs Grünbein]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 1996 || [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 1997 || [[Hans Carl Artmann]] || {{AUT}} ||||
|-
| 1998 || [[Elfriede Jelinek]] || {{AUT}} ||||
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| 1999 || [[Arnold Stadler]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2000 || [[Volker Braun]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2001 || [[Friederike Mayröcker]] || {{AUT}} ||||
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| 2002 || [[Wolfgang Hilbig]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2003 || [[Alexander Kluge]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2004 || [[Wilhelm Genazino]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2005 || [[Brigitte Kronauer]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2006 || [[Oskar Pastior]] || {{GER}} / {{ROM}} || posthumous||
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| 2007 || [[Martin Mosebach]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2008 || [[Josef Winkler (writer)|Josef Winkler]] || {{AUT}} ||||
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| 2009 || [[Walter Kappacher]] || {{AUT}} ||||
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| 2010 || [[Reinhard Jirgl]] || {{GER}} ||||
|-
| 2011 || [[Friedrich Christian Delius]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2012 || [[Felicitas Hoppe]] || {{GER}} ||||
|-
| 2013 || [[Sibylle Lewitscharoff]] || {{GER}} |||| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.de/sibylle-lewitscharoff-wins-2013-georg-b%C3%BCchner-prize/a-16857230 |title=Sibylle Lewitscharoff wins 2013 Georg Büchner prize |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=4 June 2013 |access-date=5 June 2013 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075025/http://www.dw.de/sibylle-lewitscharoff-wins-2013-georg-b%C3%BCchner-prize/a-16857230 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2014 || [[Jürgen Becker (poet)|Jürgen Becker]] || {{GER}} ||||
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| 2015 || [[Rainald Goetz]] || {{GER}} |||| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/rainald-goetz-top-german-literature-prize-goes-to-edgy-ex-doctor/a-18570037 |title=Rainald Goetz: Top German literature prize goes to edgy ex-doctor |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=8 July 2015 |access-date=9 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710074215/http://www.dw.com/en/rainald-goetz-top-german-literature-prize-goes-to-edgy-ex-doctor/a-18570037 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || [[Marcel Beyer]] || {{GER}} |||| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/top-german-literature-prize-goes-to-marcel-beyer/a-19361518 |title=Top German literature prize goes to Marcel Beyer |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=29 June 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727085208/https://www.dw.com/en/top-german-literature-prize-goes-to-marcel-beyer/a-19361518 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || [[Jan Wagner (poet)|Jan Wagner]] || {{GER}} ||||  <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/georg-buechner-preis-geht-an-lyriker-jan-wagner-a-1153059.html |title=Lyriker Jan Wagner erhält Georg-Büchner-Preis |work=[[Spiegel Online]] |date=20 June 2017 |access-date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620112530/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/georg-buechner-preis-geht-an-lyriker-jan-wagner-a-1153059.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2018 || [[Terézia Mora]] || {{HUN}} ||||  <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/terezia-mora-bekommt-georg-buechner-preis-2018-a-1216317.html |title=Terézia Mora bekommt Georg-Büchner-Preis |work=[[Spiegel Online]] |date=3 July 2018 |access-date=3 July 2018 |archive-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705062527/http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/terezia-mora-bekommt-georg-buechner-preis-2018-a-1216317.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2019 || [[Lukas Bärfuss]] || {{SUI}} |||| <ref>{{cite news |last=Radisch |first=Iris |date=10 July 2019 |title=Traurig über seine eigenen Einsichten |url=https://www.zeit.de/2019/29/georg-buechner-preis-lukas-baerfuss-literaturpreis |work=[[Die Zeit]] |location=Hamburg |language=de |access-date=11 July 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801092319/https://www.zeit.de/2019/29/georg-buechner-preis-lukas-baerfuss-literaturpreis |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2020 || [[Elke Erb]] || {{GER}} |||| <ref name="SZ">{{cite news |title=Elke Erb erhält Georg-Büchner-Preis |newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |location=Munich |date=7 July 2020 |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/buechner-preis-2020-gewonnen-1.4959325 |language=de |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803162436/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/buechner-preis-2020-gewonnen-1.4959325 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2021 || [[Clemens J. Setz]] || {{AUT}} |||| <ref name="zeit">{{cite news |title=Georg-Büchner-Preis 2021 geht an Clemens J. Setz |newspaper=[[Die Zeit]] |location= |date=20 July 2021 |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2021-07/georg-buechner-preis-2021-geht-an-schriftsteller-clemens-j-setz |language=de |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720100333/https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2021-07/georg-buechner-preis-2021-geht-an-schriftsteller-clemens-j-setz |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2022 || [[Emine Sevgi Özdamar]] || {{GER}} / {{TUR}} |||| <ref name="Der Spiegel 2022">{{cite web | title=Georg-Büchner-Preis 2022: Emine Sevgi Özdamar erhält renommierte Literaturauszeichnung | website=[[Der Spiegel]] | date=9 August 2022 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/georg-buechner-preis-2022-emine-sevgi-oezdamar-erhaelt-renommierte-literaturauszeichnung-a-8781c619-413a-495c-a380-a4d77374c4f2 | language=de | access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
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|2023 || [[Lutz Seiler]] || {{GER}} |||| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Georg-Büchner-Preis geht an Lutz Seiler |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000179393/georg-buechner-preis-geht-an-lutz-seiler |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718084902/https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000179393/georg-buechner-preis-geht-an-lutz-seiler |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[Oswald Egger]] || {{ITA}} |||| <ref name="Standard 2024">{{Cite web |last=Pohl |first=Ronald |title="Holder-die-Polder": Oswald Egger erhält den Georg-Büchner-Preis 2024 |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000229097/holder-die-polder-oswald-egger-erhaelt-den-georg-buechner-preis-2024 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=[[Der Standard]] |language=de-AT |archive-date=21 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721141354/https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000229097/holder-die-polder-oswald-egger-erhaelt-den-georg-buechner-preis-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

== Recipients 1923–50 ==
*1923  [[Adam Karrillon]] (1853–1938) and [[Arnold Mendelssohn]] (1855–1933)
*1924  [[Alfred Bock]] (1859–1932) and {{ill|Paul Thesing|de}} (1882–1954)
*1925  [[Wilhelm Michel]] (1877–1942) and [[Rudolf Koch]] (1876–1934)
*1926  {{ill|Christian Heinrich Kleukens|de}} (1880–1954) and [[Wilhelm Petersen (composer)|Wilhelm Petersen]] (1890–1957)
*1927  [[Kasimir Edschmid]] (1890–1966) and {{ill|Johannes Bischoff|de}} (1890–1957)
*1928  Richard Hoelscher (1867–1943) and {{ill|Well Habicht|de}} (1884–1966)
*1929  [[Carl Zuckmayer]] (1896–1977) and [[Adam Antes]] (1891–1984)
*1930  {{ill|Nikolaus Schwarzkopf|de}} (1884–1962) and {{ill|Johannes Lippmann|de}} (1858–1935)
*1931  [[Alexander Posch]] (1890–1950) and {{ill|Hans Simon (composer)|de|Hans Simon (Komponist)|lt=Hans Simon}} (1897–1982)
*1932  {{ill|Albert H. Rausch|de}} (1882–1949) and {{ill|Adolf Bode|de}} (1904–1970)
*1933–44 ''not given''
*1945  [[Hans Schiebelhuth]] (1895–1944)
*1946  [[Fritz Usinger]] (1895–1982)
*1947  [[Anna Seghers]] (1900–1983)
*1948  [[Hermann Heiss]] (1897–1967)
*1949  {{ill|Carl Gunschmann|de}} (1895–1984)
*1950  [[Elisabeth Langgässer]] (1899–1950)

==See also==
* [[German literature]]
* [[List of literary awards]]
* [[Sigmund Freud Prize]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|https://www.deutscheakademie.de/en/awards/georg-buechner-preis}} {{in lang|en|de}}
* [https://www.uni-wuppertal.de/de/transfer/wissenschaftskommunikation/jahr100wissen/2023/georg-buechner-preis/ 100 Jahre Georg-Büchner-Preis: Interview with Prof Dr. Christian Klein] of the [[University of Wuppertal]] in 2023

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