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2020

Acceptance speech by Anne Weber, prize winner 2020
12.10.2020, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2020
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Filmic portrait: Bov Bjerg
"Serpentinen"

Filmic portrait: Dorothee Elmiger
"Aus der Zuckerfabrik"

Filmic portrait: Thomas Hettche
"Herzfaden"

Filmic portrait: Deniz Ohde
"Streulicht"

Filmic portrait: Anne Weber
"Annette, ein Heldinnenepos"

Filmic portrait: Christine Wunnicke
"Die Dame mit der bemalten Hand"

Helena Adler: "Die Infantin trägt den Scheitel links"

Birgit Birnbacher: "Ich an meiner Seite"

Bov Bjerg: "Serpentinen"

Arno Camenisch: "Goldene Jahre"

Roman Ehrlich: "Malé"

Dorothee Elmiger: "Aus der Zuckerfabrik"

Valerie Fritsch: "Herzklappen von Johnson & Johnson"

Thomas Hettche: "Herzfaden"

Charles Lewinsky: "Der Halbbart"

Deniz Ohde: "Streulicht"

Leif Randt: "Allegro Pastell"

Stephan Roiss: "Triceratops"

Robert Seethaler: "Der letzte Satz"

Eva Sichelschmidt: "Bis wieder einer weint"

Anne Weber: "Annette, ein Heldinnenepos"

Olivia Wenzel: "1000 Serpentinen Angst"

Frank Witzel: "Inniger Schiffbruch"

Iris Wolff: "Die Unschärfe der Welt"

Jens Wonneberger: "Mission Pflaumenbaum"

Christine Wunnicke: "Die Dame mit der bemalten Hand"

2019

Acceptance speech by Saša Stanišić, prize winner 2019
14.10.2019, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2019
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Filmic portrait: Raphaela Edelbauer
"Das flüssige Land"

Filmic portrait: Miku Sophie Kühmel
"Kintsugi"

Filmic portrait: Tonio Schachinger
"Nicht wie ihr"

Filmic portrait: Norbert Scheuer
"Winterbienen"

Filmic portrait: Saša Stanišić
"Herkunft"

Filmic portrait: Jackie Thomae
"Brüder"

2018

Acceptance speech by Inger-Maria Mahlke, prize winner 2018
08.10.2018, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2018
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Filmic portrait: María Cecilia Barbetta
"Nachtleuchten"

Filmic portrait: Maxim Biller
"Sechs Koffer"

Filmic portrait: Nino Haratischwili
"Die Katze und der General"

Filmic portrait: Inger-Maria Mahlke
"Archipel"

Filmic portrait: Susanne Röckel
"Der Vogelgott"

Filmic portrait: Stephan Thome
"Gott der Barbaren"

2017

Acceptance speech by Robert Menasse, prize winner 2017
09.10.2017, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2017
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Filmic portrait: Gerhard Falkner
"Romeo oder Julia"

Filmic portrait: Franzobel
"Das Floß der Medusa"

Filmic portrait: Thomas Lehr
"Schlafende Sonne"

Filmic portrait: Robert Menasse
"Die Hauptstadt"

Filmic portrait: Marion Poschmann
"Die Kieferninseln"

Filmic portrait: Sasha Marianna Salzmann
"Außer sich"

2016

Acceptance speech by Bodo Kirchhoff, prize winner 2016
17.10.2016, award ceremony

Awarded for "Widerfahrnis"

The six shortlisted novels 2016
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker, Bodo Kirchhoff, André Kubiczek, Thomas Melle, Eva Schmidt, Philipp Winkler

2015

Acceptance speech by Frank Witzel, prize winner 2015
12.10.2015, award ceremony

Awarded for "Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion..."

The six shortlisted novels 2015
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Jenny Erpenbeck, Rolf Lappert, Inger-Maria Mahlke, Ulrich Peltzer, Monique Schwitter, Frank Witzel

2014

Acceptance speech by Lutz Seiler, prize winner 2014
06.10.2014, award ceremony

Awarded for "Kruso"

The six shortlisted novels 2014
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Thomas Hettche, Angelika Klüssendorf, Gertrud Leutenegger, Thomas Melle, Lutz Seiler, Heinrich Steinfest