Anton Wildgans Prize
# Anton Wildgans Prize

The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship.

The award is dedicated to Anton Wildgans who, "like few others, embodied Austrian values in their best sense."

## Recipients

    1962: Fritz Hochwälder
    1963: Fritz Habeck
    1964: Christine Lavant
    1965: Andreas Okopenko
    1966: Herbert Zand
    1967: Thomas Bernhard
    1968: Ilse Aichinger
    1969: Herbert Eisenreich
    1970: Peter Marginter
    1971: Ingeborg Bachmann
    1972: Milo Dor
    1973: Barbara Frischmuth
    1974: Ernst Hinterberger
    1975: Christine Busta
    1976: György Sebestyen
    1977: Peter Henisch
    1978: Wolfgang Kraus (author)
    1979: Matthias Mander
    1980: Josef Winkler
    1981: Friederike Mayröcker
    1982: Ernst Jandl
    1983: Jutta Schutting
    1984: Peter Handke (rejected)
    1985: Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner
    1986: Kurt Klinger
    1987: Inge Merkel
    1988: Christoph Ransmayr
    1989: Ilse Tielsch
    1990: no award
    1991: Norbert Leser
    1992: Anna Mitgutsch
    1993: Gert Jonke
    1994: Brigitte Hamann
    1995: no award
    1996: Michael Köhlmeier
    1997: Evelyn Schlag
    1998: Franz Josef Czernin
    1999: Peter Rosei
    2000: Elisabeth Reichart
    2001: Vladimir Vertlib
    2002: Ferdinand Schmatz
    2003: Christoph Wilhelm Aigner
    2004: Hans Raimund
    2005: Barbara Neuwirth
    2006: Wolfgang Hermann
    2007: Sabine Gruber
    2008: Kathrin Röggla
    2009: Alois Hotschnig
    2010: Doron Rabinovici
    2011: Arno Geiger
    2012: Olga Flor
    2013: Norbert Gstrein
    2014: Barbara Hundegger
    2015: Erich Hackl
    2016: Margit Schreiner
    2017: Robert Seethaler
    2018: Sabine Scholl
    2019: Daniel Kehlmann
    2021: Andrea Grill
    2022: Gertraud Klemm
