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
2024 Dieter Langewiesche
2009 Reinhard Jirgl
2004 Edgar Hilsenrath
2002 Robert Menasse
2000 Michael Kleeberg
1998 Eckart Kleßmann
1992 Peter Härtling
1991 Brigitte Struzyk
1990 Horst Drescher
1989 Walter Beltz
1988 Eckart Krumbholz
1987 Sigrid Damm
1986 Heinz Knobloch
1985 Volker Ebersbach
1984 Kurt David
1983 Gerhard Scheibner
1982 Heinz Bergschicker
1981 Günter de Bruyn
1980 Jan Koplowitz
1979 Gerhard W. Menzel
1978 Waldtraut Lewin
1977 nicht verliehen
1976 Rosemarie Schuder
1975 Heinz Kamnitzer
1974 Christa Johannsen
1973 Hedda Zinner
1972 Franz Fühmann
1971 Hans Lorbeer