The Adelbert von Chamisso Prize (German: Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis) was a German literary award established in 1985, given to a work whose author's mother tongue is not German, as was the case for Adelbert von Chamisso. It was offered by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.[1][2]
In addition to the main prize with a prize money of €15,000,[2] one or more promotional prizes ("Förderpreise") with a prize money of €7,000[2] and sometimes an honorary award ("Ehrengabe") were given.
The prize was created by Harald Weinrich.[1][2]
In 2016, the Robert Bosch Stiftung announced that the prize would be discontinued after the final 2017 award, saying that it had now fulfilled its original objective.[3]
Winners
The list shows the main prize,[4] the promotional prizes ("PP"),[4] and the honorary awards.[5]
- 1985 – Aras Ören; PP: Rafik Schami
 - 1986 – Ota Filip
 - 1987 – Franco Biondi and Gino Chiellino
 - 1988 – Elazar Benyoëtz; PP: Zafer Şenocak
 - 1989 – Yüksel Pazarkaya; PP: Zehra Çırak
 - 1990 – Cyrus Atabay; PP: Alev Tekinay
 - 1991 – Libuše Moníková; PP: SAID
 - 1992 – Adel Karasholi and Galsan Tschinag
 - 1993 – Rafik Schami; PP: Ismet Elci
 - 1994 – Dante Andrea Franzetti; PP: Dragica Rajcić
 - 1995 – György Dalos; PP: László Csiba
 - 1996 – Yoko Tawada; PP: Marijan Nakić
 - 1997 – Güney Dal and José F. A. Oliver; honorary award: Jiří Gruša
 - 1998 – Natascha Wodin; PP: Abdellatif Belfellah
 - 1999 – Emine Sevgi Özdamar; PP: Selim Özdogan
 - 2000 – Ilija Marinow Trojanow; PP: Terézia Mora and Aglaja Veteranyi
 - 2001 – Zehra Çırak; PP: Radek Knapp and Vladimir Vertlib; honorary award: Imre Kertész
 - 2002 – SAID; PP: Francesco Micieli and Catalin Dorian Florescu; honorary award: Harald Weinrich
 - 2003 – Ilma Rakusa; PP: Hussain al-Mozany and Marica Bodrozic
 - 2004 – Asfa-Wossen Asserate and Zsuzsa Bánk; PP: Yadé Kara
 - 2005 – Feridun Zaimoğlu; PP: Dimitré Dinev
 - 2006 – Zsuzsanna Gahse; PP: Sudabeh Mohafez and Eleonora Hummel
 - 2007 – Magdalena Sadlon; PP: Que Du Luu and Luo Lingyuan
 - 2008 – Saša Stanišić; PP: Michael Stavarič and Léda Forgó
 - 2009 – Artur Becker; PP: María Cecilia Barbetta and Tzveta Sofronieva
 - 2010 – Terézia Mora; PP: Abbas Khider and Nino Haratischwili
 - 2011 – Jean Krier; PP: Olga Martynova and Nicol Ljubić
 - 2012 – Michael Stavarič; PP: Akos Doma and Ilir Ferra
 - 2013 – Marjana Gaponenko; PP: Matthias Nawrat and Anila Wilms
 - 2014 – Ann Cotten; PP: Dana Ranga and Nellja Veramoj
 - 2015 – Sherko Fatah, PP: Olga Grjasnowa and Martin Kordic
 - 2016 – Esther Kinsky and Uljana Wolf
 - 2017 – Abbas Khider; Barbi Marković and Senthuran Varatharajah (FP)
 
References
- 1 2 Göktürk, Deniz; Gramling, David; Kaes, Anton (2007). Germany in Transit: Nation and Migration, 1955–2005. Weimar and Now: German Cultura. p. 390.
 - 1 2 3 4 "About the Chamisso Prize". Robert Bosch Stiftung. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
 - ↑ Trojanow, Ilija; Oliver, José F. A. (21 September 2016). "Ade, Chamisso-Preis?". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
 - 1 2 "The Prizewinners by year". Robert Bosch Stiftung. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
 - ↑ "Honorary Award of the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize". Robert Bosch Stiftung. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
 
External links
- Official website (in German and English)