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 10,000 Euro 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 SchreinerReferences
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