Literary prize for German-language poetry
The Merano Poetry Prize (German: Lyrikpreis Meran) is an international literary prize for German-language poetry that was founded by Alfred Gruber (1929–1998), a South Tyrolian catholic priest and writer.[1] The biennial competition was established in 1993[2] and is awarded by the South Tyrolean provincial government in the city of Merano ever since. In addition to the main award (1. Preis), which is endowed with €8,000, usually two further prizes are awarded, the Alfred Gruber Prize (Alfred-Gruber-Preis, endowed with €3,500) and the Media Prize of the RAI broadcaster South Tyrol (Medienpreis der RAI Südtirol, endowed with €2,500).[3][4]
The Merano Poetry Prize is considered highly prestigious.[5][6] The Austrian national public broadcaster ORF called it "one of the most important literary competitions in the German-speaking world ([einer] der wichtigsten Literaturwettbewerbe seiner Gattung im deutschen Sprachraum)".[7]
Winners
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Further reading
- Wiesmüller, Wolfgang: Germanistik und literarisches Leben der Region. Am Beispiel des Meraner Lyrikpreises. In: Germanistik im Spannungsfeld von Regionalität und Internationalität. Ed. by Wolfgang Hackl and Wolfgang Wiesmüller. Wien: Praesens 2010 (=Stimulus. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Germanistik 2009), S. 167–184 (in collaboration with S. Klettenhammer).
- Wiesmüller, Wolfgang: Literaturpreise als Institutionen der Literaturvermittlung. Der Darmstädter Leonce-und-Lena-Preis und der Lyrikpreis Meran im Vergleich. In: Perspektiven der Literaturvermittlung. Ed. by Stefan Neuhaus and Oliver Ruf. Innsbruck-Wien-Bozen: StudienVerlag 2011 (=Angewandte Literaturwissenschaft, Vol. 13), S.115–132 (in collaboration with S. Klettenhammer)
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