Hölty Prize

German literary award

The Hölty Prize (German: Hölty-Preis), established in 2007, is a lifetime achievement award given every two years to honor a German-language poet. The full name of the prize is the Hölty-Preis für Lyrik der Landeshauptstadt und der Sparkasse Hannover (Hölty Poetry Prize of the State Capital and the Savings Bank of Hanover).[1] With a purse of €20,000, it is one of the most generous literary prizes in Germany.[2] The prize is named for Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776), a German poet closely associated with the region of Hanover.

Recipients

  • 2008: Thomas Rosenlöcher
  • 2010: Paulus Böhmer
  • 2012: Christian Lehnert
  • 2014: Silke Scheuermann
  • 2016: Christoph Meckel
  • 2018: Norbert Hummelt[3]
  • 2020: Marion Poschmann
  • 2022: Ulrich Koch[4]

References

  1. ^ "Hölty-Preis für Lyrik". hannover.de. Hanover: Hannover. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Hölty-Preis für Lyrik". kulturpreise.de. 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ Meyer-Arlt, Ronald (31 May 2018). "Norbert Hummelt erhält den Hölty-Preis". Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). Hanover. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Hölty-Preis 2022 geht an Ulrich Koch". Hannover.de. Retrieved 4 December 2022.