The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor (Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor), established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the city of Kassel and the Brückner-Kühner foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. Prior to 1996, it was also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme. The prize includes an award of 10,000 euros.
The foundation has, since 2004, also awarded authors under the age of 35 the Förderpreis Komische Literatur. This prize includes an award of 3,000 euros.
Prior to 2006, the awards were given in November, this was moved to the following February the next year, resulting in the "2006/2007" prizes.
Recipients since 2004
Year Literaturpreisträger (Main literary prize) Förderpreis (under 35) 2004 Ror Wolf Jochen Schmidt 2005 Katja Lange-Müller Tilman Rammstedt 2006/2007 Gerhard Polt Jess Jochimsen 2008 F. W. Bernstein Philipp Tingler 2009 Peter Rühmkorf Michael Stauffer 2010 Herbert Achternbusch Rebekka Kricheldorf 2011 Thomas Kapielski Jan Neumann 2012 Ulrich Holbein Tino Hanekamp 2013 Wilhelm Genazino Wolfram Lotz 2014 Dieter Hildebrandt 2015 Arno Camenisch 2016 Wolf Haas Kirsten Fuchs 2017 Karen Duve Ferdinand Schmalz 2018 Dagmara Kraus [de] 2019 Sibylle Berg Jakob Nolte 2020 Heinz Strunk Chrizzi Heinen 2021 Felicitas Hoppe Lukas Linder 2022 Helge Schneider Anaïs Meier 2023 Noemi Somalvico 2024 Joachim Meyerhoff Nele Pollatschek 2025 Nora Gomringer Stefanie Sargnagel 2026 Marc-Uwe Kling
Recipients prior to 2004
1985: Loriot 1986: Eike Christian Hirsch 1987: Ernst Jandl 1988: Wolfgang Preisendanz 1989: Irmtraud Morgner 1990: Ernst Kretschmer 1991: Robert Gernhardt 1992: Walter Hinck 1993: Christoph Meckel 1994: Volker Klotz 1995: Hanns Dieter Hüsch 1996: Karl Riha 1997: Max Goldt 1998: Franzobel 1999: Ingomar von Kieseritzky 2000: Peter Bichsel 2001: George Tabori 2002: Franz Hohler 2003: Eugen Egner
See also German literature List of literary awards List of poetry awards List of years in literature List of years in poetry
References
External links Stiftung Brückner-Kühner Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor