Anton Wildgans Prize

The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro[1] and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship.

The award is dedicated to Anton Wildgans who, "like few others, embodied Austrian values in their best sense."

Recipients
1962: Fritz Hochwälder
1963: Fritz Habeck
1964: Christine Lavant
1965: Andreas Okopenko
1966: Herbert Zand
1967: Thomas Bernhard
1968: Ilse Aichinger
1969: Herbert Eisenreich
1970: Peter Marginter
1971: Ingeborg Bachmann
1972: Milo Dor
1973: Barbara Frischmuth
1974: Ernst Hinterberger
1975: Christine Busta
1976: György Sebestyen
1977: Peter Henisch
1978: Wolfgang Kraus (author)
1979: Matthias Mander
1980: Josef Winkler
1981: Friederike Mayröcker
1982: Ernst Jandl
1983: Jutta Schutting
1984: Peter Handke (rejected)
1985: Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner
1986: Kurt Klinger
1987: Inge Merkel
1988: Christoph Ransmayr
1989: Ilse Tielsch
1990: no award
1991: Norbert Leser
1992: Anna Mitgutsch
1993: Gert Jonke
1994: Brigitte Hamann
1995: no award
1996: Michael Köhlmeier
1997: Evelyn Schlag
1998: Franz Josef Czernin
1999: Peter Rosei
2000: Elisabeth Reichart
2001: Vladimir Vertlib
2002: Ferdinand Schmatz
2003: Christoph Wilhelm Aigner
2004: Hans Raimund
2005: Barbara Neuwirth
2006: Wolfgang Hermann
2007: Sabine Gruber
2008: Kathrin Röggla
2009: Alois Hotschnig
2010: Doron Rabinovici
2011: Arno Geiger
2012: Olga Flor
2013: Norbert Gstrein
2014: Barbara Hundegger
2015: Erich Hackl
2016: Margit Schreiner
2017: Robert Seethaler[2]
2018: Sabine Scholl[3]
2019: Daniel Kehlmann[4]

References
  1. "Wildganspreis". 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. orf.at - Robert Seethaler erhält Anton-Wildgans-Preis 2017. article from 24 February 2017, Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. "Autorin Sabine Scholl erhält Anton Wildgans Preis 2018". Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. "Autor Daniel Kehlmann erhält Anton-Wildgans-Preis 2019". orf.at. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

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