Hans Fallada Prize
# Hans Fallada Prize

The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1981 it typically awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor of Hans Fallada, a famous 20th-century German author known for addressing political and social problems of his day in fiction.

The prize was first awarded in 1981, the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Fallada's A Small Circus (Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben).

The prize comes with an honorarium of 10,000 euros. In the case that two authors win the award, the prize money is halved.

## Award winners

* 1981: Erich Loest
* 1983: Ludwig Fels [de]
* 1985: Sten Nadolny
* 1988: Ralph Giordano
* 1990: Jurek Becker
* 1993: Helga Schubert
* 1996: Günter Grass
* 1998: Bernhard Schlink
* 2000: Thomas Brussig
* 2002: Birgit Vanderbeke
* 2004: Wilhelm Genazino
* 2006: Iris Hanika
* 2008: Ralf Rothmann
* 2010: Lukas Bärfuss
* 2012: Wolfgang Herrndorf
* 2014: Jenny Erpenbeck
* 2016: Jonas Lüscher
* 2018: Sandra Hoffmann [de]
* 2020: Saša Stanišić
* 2022: Arezu Weitholz [de]
