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A minimum of fifty pages of previously unpublished prose text shall be submitted.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
Laureates
2023 Jan Kuhlbrodt
2021 Deniz Utlu
2019 Ulrich Woelk
2017 María Cecilia Barbetta
2015 Natascha Wodin
2013 Saša Stanišić
2011 Jan Peter Bremer
2009 Eugen Ruge
2007 Michael Kumpfmüller
2005 Jan Faktor
2003 Kathrin Groß-Striffler
2001 Josef Winkler, Förderpreis: Heike Geißler
1999 Norbert Gstrein
1997 Ingomar von Kieseritzky, Michael Wildenhain
1995 Katja Lange-Müller, Förderpreis: Ingo Schulze
1993 Reinhard Jirgl, Förderpreis Andreas Neumeister
1991 Peter Kurzeck, Förderpreis: Norbert Bleisch
1989 Edgar Hilsenrath, Einar Schleef
1987 Libuse Moníková
1985 Stefan Schütz
1983 Gerhard Roth
1982 Gert Hofmann
1980 Klaus Hoffer
1979 Gerold Späth