Anton Wildgans Prize
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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."
[edit] 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
- 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
