Lion Feuchtwanger Prize

The Lion Feuchtwanger Prize was donated by Feuchtwanger’s wife Marta Feuchtwanger. The Akademie der Künste has awarded the prize for historical prose since 1971. The prize is worth 7,500 Euros and is awarded by an independent three-member jury.

Laureates

1971   Hans Lorbeer
1972   Franz Fühmann
1973   Hedda Zinner
1974   Christa Johannsen
1975   Heinz Kamnitzer
1976   Rosemarie Schuder
1977   nicht verliehen
1978   Waldtraut Lewin
1979   Gerhard W. Menzel
1980   Jan Koplowitz
1981   Günter de Bruyn 
1982   Heinz Bergschicker 
1983   Gerhard Scheibner
1984   Kurt David 
1985   Volker Ebersbach
1986   Heinz Knobloch
1987   Sigrid Damm 
1988   Eckart Krumbholz
1989   Walter Beltz
1990   Horst Drescher
1991   Brigitte Struzyk
1992   Peter Härtling
1998   Eckart Kleßmann
2000   Michael Kleeberg
2002   Robert Menasse
2004   Edgar Hilsenrath
2009   Reinhard Jirgl

2024   Dieter Langewiesche