Nossack Academy Prize

The prize is awarded to poets and their translators by the class of literature and music under the patronage of the Academy. It is named after Hans Erich Nossack, a member of the literature class who died in 1977. This prize is awarded for trendsetting literary works and their congenial-creative transfer.

Prize winners

Year Prize winner
1993 Michel Butor und Helmut Scheffel
1995 Lars Gustavsson und Verena Reichel
1998 Antonio Tabucchi und Karin Fleischanderl
2000 Adam Zagajewski und Karl Dedecius
2002 Paavo Haavikoo, Manfred Peter Hein, Gisbert Jaenicke