Albatros Literaturpreis
Albatros Literaturpreis (or Internationaler Literaturpreis Albatros) was an international literary award given every two years by the Bremen, Germany. It was awarded only five times. The award was for contemporary authors in prose, poetry or essay writing including translated works. The prize was €40,000 split between author (€25,000)[1] and translator (€15,000).
based inThe award went "to authors from around the world whose work is characterized by high literary quality and cultural and socio-political relevance."[2] In addition to "the excellent work of open thinking and the free discussion of all aspects of our lives, carrying with our world and our time".[2] Is also awarded to an outstanding translator who translated the work into German. The panel was convened by the Günter Grass Foundation. The right to nominate the winners lied exclusively with the jury. The award ceremony took place in Bremen.
Honorees[]
- 2006 Lidia Jorge (Author), (Translator), for her previous novels[3]
- 2008 Bora Ćosić (Author), (Translator), for his work to date
- 2010 David Grossman (Author), (Translator) for his novel Eine Frau flieht vor einer Nachricht[4]
- 2012 Dave Eggers (Author), and (Translator), for Zeitoun [5]
- 2014 Julie Otsuka (Author), (Translator), for Wovon wir träumten[6][7]
References[]
- ^ "Kulturpreise.de : ALBATROS". Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Internationaler Literaturpreis ALBATROS". Günter-Grass-Stiftung. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013. See guidelines for awards, text translated from German.
- ^ "Jury 2006". Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Grossman erhält Literaturpreis «Albatros»". weser-kurier-de (in German). 17 February 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Wegen Grass: US-Autor bleibt Preisverleihung fern, Weser-Kurier, 13 April 2012
- ^ "Albatros-Literaturpreis an Julie Otsuka und Katja Scholtz". Focus. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Albatros Literaturpreis an Julie Otsuka und Katja Scholtz überreicht". BuchMarkt (in German). 29 April 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
External links[]
- Internationaler Literaturpreis Albatros, official website (archive)
- Literary awards of Bremen
- Awards established in 2006
- 2006 establishments in Germany
- German non-fiction literary awards
- Translation awards
- Translation stubs
- Literary award stubs
- German literary award stubs