Lion Feuchtwanger Prize
The Lion Feuchtwanger Prize was donated by Feuchtwanger’s wife Marta Feuchtwanger. The Akademie der Künste has awarded the prize for historical prose since 1971. The prize is worth 7,500 Euros and is awarded by an independent three-member jury.
Laureates
1971 Hans Lorbeer
1972 Franz Fühmann
1973 Hedda Zinner
1974 Christa Johannsen
1975 Heinz Kamnitzer
1976 Rosemarie Schuder
1977 nicht verliehen
1978 Waldtraut Lewin
1979 Gerhard W. Menzel
1980 Jan Koplowitz
1981 Günter de Bruyn
1982 Heinz Bergschicker
1983 Gerhard Scheibner
1984 Kurt David
1985 Volker Ebersbach
1986 Heinz Knobloch
1987 Sigrid Damm
1988 Eckart Krumbholz
1989 Walter Beltz
1990 Horst Drescher
1991 Brigitte Struzyk
1992 Peter Härtling
1998 Eckart Kleßmann
2000 Michael Kleeberg
2002 Robert Menasse
2004 Edgar Hilsenrath
2009 Reinhard Jirgl
2024 Dieter Langewiesche