Alfred Döblin Prize
The Alfred Döblin Prize was donated by Günter Grass in 1979. The Akademie der Künste and the Berlin Literary Colloquium jointly award the prize every two years, either in May or June. The prize amounts to 10,000 Euros - 15,000 Euros and is awarded for a long and still uncompleted prose manuscript in accordance with the founder’s intention.
An independent three-member jury nominates six authors from the applications to present their texts in the Literary Colloquium in workshop readings not open to the public and to engage in debate. Directly following this, the jurors select the winner. The next day, the award is presented during a public matinee in the Akademie der Künste.
A minimum of fifty pages of previously unpublished prose text shall be submitted. An exposé on the project and curriculum vitae with a biography are also expected.
Applications and further details: Berlin Literary Colloquium
The current laureate Jan Kuhlbrodt
Jan Kuhlbrodt, laureate 2023, together with Nathalie Mälzer and Ingo Schulze at the award ceremony on 7 May 2023.
Deniz Utlu, laureate 2021, at his speech on Alfred Döblin during the award ceremony on 7 May 2023.
Laureates
1979 Gerold Späth
1980 Klaus Hoffer
1982 Gert Hofmann
1983 Gerhard Roth
1985 Stefan Schütz
1987 Libuse Moníková
1989 Edgar Hilsenrath, Einar Schleef
1991 Peter Kurzeck, Förderpreis: Norbert Bleisch
1993 Reinhard Jirgl, Förderpreis Andreas Neumeister
1995 Katja Lange-Müller, Förderpreis: Ingo Schulze
1997 Ingomar von Kieseritzky, Michael Wildenhain
1999 Norbert Gstrein
2001 Josef Winkler, Förderpreis: Heike Geißler
2003 Kathrin Groß-Striffler
2005 Jan Faktor
2007 Michael Kumpfmüller
2009 Eugen Ruge
2011 Jan Peter Bremer
2013 Saša Stanišić
2015 Natascha Wodin
2017 María Cecilia Barbetta
2019 Ulrich Woelk
2021 Deniz Utlu
2023 Jan Kuhlbrodt