The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor (Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor), established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the city of Kassel and the Brückner-Kühner foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. Prior to 1996, it was also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme.[1] The prize includes an award of 10,000 euros.[2][3][4]

The foundation has, since 2004, also awarded authors under the age of 35 the Förderpreis Komische Literatur. This prize includes an award of 3,000 euros.

Prior to 2006, the awards were given in November, this was moved to the following February the next year, resulting in the "2006/2007" prizes.[1]

Recipients since 2004

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Year Literaturpreisträger (Main literary prize) Förderpreis (under 35)
2004 Ror Wolf Jochen Schmidt
2005 Katja Lange-Müller Tilman Rammstedt
2006/2007 Gerhard Polt Jess Jochimsen
2008 F. W. Bernstein Philipp Tingler
2009 Peter Rühmkorf Michael Stauffer
2010 Herbert Achternbusch Rebekka Kricheldorf
2011 Thomas Kapielski Jan Neumann
2012 Ulrich Holbein Tino Hanekamp
2013 Wilhelm Genazino Wolfram Lotz
2014 Dieter Hildebrandt
2015 Frank Schulz [de] Arno Camenisch
2016 Wolf Haas Kirsten Fuchs
2017 Karen Duve Ferdinand Schmalz
2018 Eckhard Henscheid [de] Dagmara Kraus [de]
2019 Sibylle Berg Jakob Nolte
2020 Heinz Strunk Chrizzi Heinen
2021 Felicitas Hoppe Lukas Linder
2022 Helge Schneider[5] Anaïs Meier
2023 Gerhard Henschel [de][6]
2024 Joachim Meyerhoff[7]

Recipients prior to 2004

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Literaturpreis" (in German). Stiftung Brückner-Kühner. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Kasseler Literaturpreis an Gerhard Polt". Der Standard (in German). 26 June 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Kasseler Literaturpreis für Ror Wolf". Netzeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Krebserkrankung: Schriftsteller Peter Rühmkorf tot". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Helge Schneider erhält Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor". NDR.de (in German). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ^ ""Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor" für Gerhard Henschel". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Joachim Meyerhoff bekommt Kasseler Preis für grotesken Humor". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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