The Erich Fried Prize () is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the for Literature and Language, based in Vienna. The value of the prize, endowed by the office of the Chancellor of Austria, is 15,000 euros. Each year the trustees of the Erich Fried Society select a juror, who nominates the winner of the prize for that year.
Jurors and Recipients Year Juror Recipient 1990 Hans Mayer Christoph Hein 1991 Ernst Jandl Bodo Hell 1992 Christa Wolf Paul Parin 1993 Walter Jens Robert Schindel 1994 Adolf Muschg Jörg Steiner 1995 Friederike Mayröcker Elke Erb 1996 György Konrád Paul Nizon 1997 Ilse Aichinger Gert Jonke 1998 Volker Braun Bert Papenfuß 1999 Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Gerstl 2000 György Dalos Klaus Schlesinger 2001 Brigitte Kronauer Otto A. Böhmer 2002 Christina Weiss Oskar Pastior 2003 Robert Schindel Robert Menasse 2004 Wilhelm Genazino Brigitte Oleschinski 2005 Christoph Ransmayr Yaak Karsunke 2006 Michael Krüger Marcel Beyer 2007 Ilma Rakusa Peter Waterhouse 2008 Katja Lange-Müller Alois Hotschnig 2009 Josef Winkler 2010 Urs Widmer Terézia Mora 2011 Barbara Frischmuth Thomas Stangl 2012 Lutz Seiler Nico Bleutge 2013 Kathrin Röggla Rainer Merkel 2014 Monika Maron Judith Hermann 2015 Reto Hänny Dorothee Elmiger 2016 Eva Menasse Leif Randt 2017 Franz Schuh Teresa Präauer 2018 Beatrice von Matt Ralph Dutli 2019 Christoph Hein Steffen Mensching 2020 Maja Haderlap Esther Kinsky 2021 Ingo Schulze Frank Witzel 2022 Klaus Merz Melinda Nadj Abonji 2023 Monika Helfer Thomas Kunst 2024 Ulf Stolterfoht Urs Allemann 2025 Fatma Aydemir Cemile Sahin
See also German literature List of literary awards List of poetry awards
References
External links
Erich Fried Preis (in German) Internationales Literaturfestival Erich Fried Tage (in German) Internationale Erich Fried Gesellschaft (in German)