Quickborn-Preis

German literary award

Quickborn-Preis is a literary prize of Germany, which is given for special achievements in the field of Low German language literature or folklore research. First awarded in 1960,^[1] it is awarded every two years, and the winner receives a prize of 2000 euros.^[2]

Prize winners

1960 – 1984

1960: Paul Selk [de]
1962: Rudolf Kinau
1964: Alma Rogge
1966: Albert Mähl
1970: Wilhelmine Siefkes
1972: Heinrich Schmidt-Barrien
1974: Hinrich Kruse
1976: Theodor Schuster
1978: Günter Harte
1980: Heinrich Diers
1982: Johann Diedrich Bellmann
1984: Konrad Hansen

Prize winners since 1992

1992: Heinrich Kröger
1994: Friedrich W. Michelsen
1996: Heinrich Egon Hansen
1998: Jürgen Schierer
2000: Hans Timmermann
2002: Inge Bichel and Ulf Bichel^[3]
2004: Cornelia Nenz^[4]
2006: Volker Holm
2008: Jürgen Meier
2010: Heike Müns
2012: Hartmut Cyriacks and Peter Nissen [de]
2014: Georg Bühren
2016: Dieter Andresen
2018: Karl-Heinz Madauß
2020: Heinrich Thies

References

^ Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender. 58. Jahrgang 1981 (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. 2019. p. 1441. ISBN 9783110838961.
^ "Quickborn-Preis" (in German). nsks.de. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ Carstens, Bärbel; Carstens, Uwe (2018). 1900–1904: Schriften (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 605–6. ISBN 9783110581072.
^ "QUICKBORN-PREIS 2004" (in German). threms.de. Retrieved 24 June 2020.