Stadtschreiber von Bergen
# Stadtschreiber von Bergen

The Stadtschreiber von Bergen ('City clerk of Bergen') is an annual German literary award. The prize money is €20,000 with one year of free living in the town clerk's house in Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt, "An der Oberpforte 4". It was the first Stadtschreiber award in German-speaking countries and established in 1974. The Stadtschreiber has no obligations and can invite writers. A jury with nine members decides the winner.

## Recipients

* 1974/1975 Wolfgang Koeppen
* 1975/1976 Karl Krolow
* 1976/1977 Peter Rühmkorf
* 1977/1978 Peter Härtling
* 1978/1979 Nicolas Born
* 1979/1980 Helga M. Novak
* 1980/1981 Dieter Kühn [de]
* 1981/1982 Peter Bichsel
* 1982/1983 Jurek Becker
* 1983/1984 Günter Kunert
* 1984/1985 Friederike Roth
* 1985/1986 Ludwig Fels [de]
* 1986/1987 Gerhard Köpf [de]
* 1987/1988 Ulla Hahn
* 1988/1989 Eva Demski [de]
* 1989/1990 Katja Lange-Müller
* 1990/1991 Heinz Czechowski
* 1991/1992 Robert Gernhardt
* 1992/1993 Ralf Rothmann
* 1993/1994 Paul Nizon
* 1994/1995 Josef Winkler
* 1995/1996 Herta Müller
* 1996/1997 Wilhelm Genazino
* 1997/1998 Jörg Steiner [de]
* 1998/1999 Arnold Stadler
* 1999/2000 Wulf Kirsten
* 2000/2001 Peter Kurzeck
* 2001/2002 Wolfgang Hilbig
* 2002/2003 Uwe Timm
* 2003/2004 Emine Sevgi Özdamar
* 2004/2005 Peter Weber [de]
* 2005/2006 Katharina Hacker
* 2006/2007 Ingomar von Kieseritzky [de]
* 2007/2008 Reinhard Jirgl
* 2008/2009 Friedrich Christian Delius
* 2009/2010 Ulrich Peltzer
* 2010/2011 Thomas Rosenlöcher
* 2011/2012 Thomas Lehr [de]
* 2012/2013 Marcel Beyer
* 2013/2014 Angelika Klüssendorf
* 2014/2015 Dea Loher
* 2015/2016 Ruth Schweikert [de]
* 2016/2017 Sherko Fatah [de]
* 2017/2018 Thomas Melle [de]
* 2018/2019 Clemens Meyer
* 2019/2020 Anja Kampmann
* 2020/2021 Anne Weber
* 2021/2022 Dorothee Elmiger
* 2022/2023 Marion Poschmann
