Georg Büchner Prize
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The Georg Büchner Prize is the most important literary prize for German language literature. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of Woyzeck and Leonce and Lena. The Geo
Friedrich Dürrenmatt in 1989
Laureate of the year 1989: Botho Strauß
Terézia Mora, Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023
Laureate of the year 2020: Elke Erb
Gottfried Benn
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Gottfried Benn was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.
Georg Büchner Prize
…Strauß Terézia Mora, Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023 Laureate of the year 2020: Elke Erb Christine Wunnicke 2020 Year Name Nationality Notes Ref(s) 1951 Gottfried Benn West Germany 1952 not given 1953 Ernst Kreuder West Germany 1954 Martin Kessel West Germany 1955 Marie Luise Kaschnitz West Germany 1956 Karl Krolow…
Benn in 1934
Library in Berlin named after Gottfried Benn
Benn's tomb in Berlin