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 Hochwälder1963: Fritz Habeck1964: Christine Lavant1965: Andreas Okopenko1966: Herbert Zand1967: Thomas Bernhard1968: Ilse Aichinger1969: Herbert Eisenreich1970: Peter Marginter1971: Ingeborg Bachmann1972: Milo Dor1973: Barbara Frischmuth1974: Ernst Hinterberger1975: Christine Busta1976: György Sebestyen1977: Peter Henisch1978: Wolfgang Kraus (author)1979: Matthias Mander1980: Josef Winkler1981: Friederike Mayröcker1982: Ernst Jandl1983: Jutta Schutting1984: Peter Handke (rejected)1985: Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner1986: Kurt Klinger1987: Inge Merkel1988: Christoph Ransmayr1989: Ilse Tielsch1990: no award1991: Norbert Leser1992: Anna Mitgutsch1993: Gert Jonke1994: Brigitte Hamann1995: no award1996: Michael Köhlmeier1997: Evelyn Schlag1998: Franz Josef Czernin1999: Peter Rosei2000: Elisabeth Reichart2001: Vladimir Vertlib2002: Ferdinand Schmatz2003: Christoph Wilhelm Aigner2004: Hans Raimund2005: Barbara Neuwirth2006: Wolfgang Hermann2007: Sabine Gruber2008: Kathrin Röggla2009: Alois Hotschnig2010: Doron Rabinovici2011: Arno Geiger2012: Olga Flor2013: Norbert Gstrein2014: Barbara Hundegger2015: Erich Hackl2016: Margit SchreinerReferences
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