Kurd Laßwitz Award

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Awarding of the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preises at Elstercon 2008

The Kurd Laßwitz Award (German: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis) is a science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the science fiction author Kurd Laßwitz. Eligible for nomination in all categories except for the Foreign Work category are only works published in German originally.[1]

Wolfgang Jeschke has won the award 19 times in four different categories,[2] while Andreas Eschbach has won the prize 11 times in two different categories.[3] The foreign-language category includes novels, stories, collections and non-fiction. Iain Banks and China Miéville won the foreign-language prize four times.[4][5] Other authors to win multiple times are Hans Joachim Alpers, Carl Amery, Herbert W. Franke, Ian McDonald, Michael Marrak, and Connie Willis.[6]

Award Winners[]

German-language Novel[]

This category includes German-language works with a length of at least 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year.[1]

  • 1981: Georg Zauner, Die Enkel der Raketenbauer
  • 1982: Wolfgang Jeschke, The Last Day of Creation
  • 1983: Richard Hey, Im Jahr 95 nach Hiroshima
  • 1984: Thomas R. P. Mielke, Das Sakriversum
  • 1985: Herbert W. Franke, Die Kälte des Weltraums
  • 1986: Herbert W. Franke, Endzeit
  • 1987: Carl Amery, Die Wallfahrer
  • 1988: Gudrun Pausewang, Die Wolke
  • 1989: Norbert Stöbe, New York ist himmlisch
  • 1990: Wolfgang Jeschke, Midas
  • 1991: Carl Amery, Das Geheimnis der Krypta
  • 1992: Christian Mähr, Fatous Staub
  • 1993: Herbert Rosendorfer, Die goldenen Heiligen oder Columbus entdeckt Europa
  • 1994: Thomas Ziegler, Die Stimmen der Nacht
  • 1995: Hans Joachim Alpers, Das zerrissene Land
  • 1996: Hans Joachim Alpers, Die graue Eminenz
  • 1997: Andreas Eschbach, Solarstation
  • 1998: No Award
  • 1999: Andreas Eschbach, Jesus Video
  • 2000: Andreas Eschbach, Kelwitts Stern
  • 2001: Michael Marrak, Lord Gamma
  • 2002: Andreas Eschbach, Quest
  • 2003: Michael Marrak, Imagon
  • 2004: Andreas Eschbach, Der Letzte seiner Art
  • 2005: Frank Schätzing, The Swarm
  • 2006: Wolfgang Jeschke, Das Cusanus-Spiel
  • 2007: Herbert W. Franke, Auf der Spur des Engels
  • 2008: Andreas Eschbach, Ausgebrannt
  • 2009: Dietmar Dath, Die Abschaffung der Arten
  • 2010: Andreas Eschbach, Ein König für Deutschland
  • 2011: Uwe Post, Walpar Tonnraffir und der Zeigefinger Gottes
  • 2012: Andreas Eschbach, Herr aller Dinge
  • 2013: Dietmar Dath, Pulsarnacht
  • 2014: Wolfgang Jeschke, Dschiheads
  • 2015: , Drohnenland
  • 2016: Andreas Brandhorst, Das Schiff
  • 2017: Andreas Brandhorst, Omni
  • 2018: Michael Marrak, Der Kanon mechanischer Seelen
  • 2019: Andreas Eschbach, NSA – Nationales Sicherheits-Amt
  • 2020: Andreas Eschbach, Das größte Abenteuer

Foreign Work[]

This category includes foreign-language fiction and non-fiction which was published as a German translation for the first time in the award year. Until 1997, it was called Foreign Novel.[1]

German-language Short Fiction (since 1997)[]

This category includes German-language works with a length of less than 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year, i.e. it includes short stories and novelettes/novellas combined in one award category. From 1997–2007 it was called German-language Short Story (though it also included novelettes/novellas already). From 1981–1996 this category was split into two separate award categories for Novellette/Novella and Short Story.[1]

  • 1997: Wolfgang Jeschke, Partner fürs Leben
  • 1998: , Blind Date
  • 1999: , Wüstenlack
  • 2000: Wolfgang Jeschke, Die Cusanische Acceleratio
  • 2001: Marcus Hammerschmitt, Troubadoure
  • 2002: Wolfgang Jeschke, Allah akbar And So Smart Our NLWs
  • 2003: Erik Simon, Spiel beendet, sagte der Sumpf
  • 2004: Angela Steinmüller and Karlheinz Steinmüller, Vor der Zeitreise
  • 2005: Wolfgang Jeschke, Das Geschmeide
  • 2006:  [de], An e-Star is born
  • 2007: Marcus Hammerschmitt, Canea Null
  • 2008: , Der Moloch
  • 2009: Andreas Eschbach, Survival-Training and , Ein Geschäft wie jedes andere
  • 2010: , Das Klassentreffen der Weserwinzer
  • 2011: Michael K. Iwoleit, Die Schwelle
  • 2012: , Am Ende der Reise
  • 2013: , Im Käfig
  • 2014: Michael Marrak, Coen Sloterdykes diametral levitierendes Chronoversum
  • 2015: , Boatpeople
  • 2016: Karsten Kruschel, Was geschieht dem Licht am Ende des Tunnels?
  • 2017: , Suicide Rooms
  • 2018: , Das Internet der Dinge
  • 2019: , Confinement
  • 2020: , Koloss aus dem Orbit

Radio drama[]

Although a prize has been awarded for a best work of radio drama since 1987, it is only since 1993 that a winner has been selected by a jury

  • 1993: Eva Maria Mudrich, Sommernachtstraum
  • 1994: not awarded
  • 1995: not awarded
  • 1996: , Uhrwerk Orange (derivative of Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange). Director: Wolfgang Rindfleisch. Music: Trötsch
  • 1997: , Paradise Hospital Inc.. Director:
  • 1998: , Die Tage nebenan – or: Da, wo Cäsar nicht ermordet wurde. Director: Thomas Werner
  • 1999: , MOI. Director:
  • 2000: , Träumen Androiden (derivative of Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep). Regie: Marina Dietz
  • 2001: not awarded
  • 2002: , Tokio liebt uns nicht mehr (derivative of Ray Loriga, Tokio ya no nos quiere). Director: Walter Adler
  • 2003: not awarded
  • 2004: not awarded
  • 2005: , Das letzte Geheimnis (derivative of Bernard Werber, L'ultime secret). Director: Norbert Schaeffer
  • 2006: , Das Lewskow-Manuscript. Director: . Music: , ,
  • 2007: , Amnesia. Regie:
  • 2008: nicht vergeben
  • 2009: & , Die Flüsterer, Director:
  • 2010: not awarded
  • 2011: not awarded
  • 2012: , Sprachlabor Babylon, Director: , Musik: Ekkehard Ehlers
  • 2013: , Unerwartete Ereignisse, Director:
  • 2014: not awarded
  • 2015: , Foxfinder, Director: Walter Adler
  • 2016: , Sale, Director:
  • 2017: not awarded
  • 2018: , Paradise Revisited, Director: Bodo Traber
  • 2019: , Supermarkt, Director:
  • 2020: , Unser Leben in den Wäldern (derivative of Marie Darrieussecq, Notre vie dans les forêts)

Further categories[]

  • Graphic Artist (1981–1992)
  • Graphic Artwork (since 1993)
  • Translator (1981–1992)
  • Translation (since 1993)
  • Movie (1987–1996)
  • Special Award for Extraordinary Accomplishments

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "KLP Kategorien". www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de.
  2. ^ "Award Bibliography: Wolfgang Jeschke". www.isfdb.org.
  3. ^ "Award Bibliography: Andreas Eschbach". www.isfdb.org.
  4. ^ "Award Bibliography: Iain M. Banks". www.isfdb.org.
  5. ^ "Award Bibliography: China Miéville". www.isfdb.org.
  6. ^ "Overview of Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis". www.isfdb.org.

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