The Thomas Mann Prize () is a German literary prize awarded jointly by Lübeck and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts since 2010.
It is given in alternate years in Lübeck and in Munich. The award is the product of a merger of two prizes in 2010, the Thomas Mann Preis der Hansestadt Lübeck () and the Großer Literaturpreis (Great Literature Prize) of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. The Thomas Mann Prize Lübeck was first awarded in 1975; the Great Literature Prize in 1950. The prize money is .
Recipients
2010: Christa Wolf 2011: Jan Assmann 2012: Thomas Hürlimann 2013: Juli Zeh 2014: Rüdiger Safranski 2015: Lars Gustafsson 2016: Jenny Erpenbeck 2017: Brigitte Kronauer 2018: Mircea Cărtărescu 2019: Claudio Magris 2020: Nora Bossong 2021: Norbert Gstrein 2022: Jonathan Franzen 2023: Ralf Rothmann 2024: Navid Kermani 2025: Katja Lange-Müller"Thomas-Mann-Preis für Katja Lange-Müller". wdr.de, 11 June 2025 (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2025. 2026: David GrossmanThomas Mann-Preis 2026 geht an David Grossman, boersenblatt.de, retrieved 6 May 2026
References
External links
Thomas Mann Prize – Buddenbrookhaus