Erich Fried Prize

The Erich Fried Prize (German: Erich-Fried-Preis) is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the International Erich Fried Society [de] for Literature and Language, based in Vienna.^[1] The value of the prize, endowed by the office of the Chancellor of Austria, is 15,000 euros.^[1] Each year the trustees of the Erich Fried Society select a juror, who nominates the winner of the prize for that year.^[2]

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	Esther Dischereit [de]
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[3]
2015	Reto Hänny	Dorothee Elmiger
2016	Eva Menasse	Leif Randt
2017	Franz Schuh	Teresa Präauer[4]
2018	Beatrice von Matt	Ralph Dutli
2019	Christoph Hein	Steffen Mensching
2020	Maja Haderlap	Esther Kinsky[5]
2021	Ingo Schulze	Frank Witzel[6]
2022	Klaus Merz	Melinda Nadj Abonji[7]
2023	Monika Helfer	Thomas Kunst[8]
2024	Ulf Stolterfoht	Urs Allemann[9]

See also

• German literature
• List of literary awards
• List of poetry awards