the first prize and 3,000 euros for the 'advancement award' (Förderpreis). The international character of the literature prize is intended to reflect the cross-border character of the festival. The jury (Martin Lüdke, head of SWR Literature, Literatur im Foyer, chairman; Sigrid Löffler, Literaturen; and Volker Hage, Der Spiegel") chose British writer Alison Louise Kennedy (Glasgow), one of the most important contemporary voices in Great Britain, for the main prize. She awarded the advancement prize to Wolfgang Herrndorf (Berlin). Prizes Eifel Award 2010 of the Zukunftsinitiative Eifel (ZIE), awarded in March 2011 at the ITB Berlin. Wolf von Reis Cultural Prize of the Eifel Club 2011, awarded in May 2011 in Hellenthal/ Eifel. Authors Authors who have been guests at the Eifel Literature Festival include: Mario Adorf, Simon Beckett, Klaus Bednarz, Iris Berben, Senta Berger, Peter Bichsel, Norbert Blüm, Tom Buhrow & Sabine Stamer, Michael Degen, Friedrich Christian Delius, Joachim C. Fest, Arved Fuchs, Sigfrid Gauch, Heiner Geißler, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Petra Gerster, Ralph Giordano, Dietrich Grönemeyer, Anselm Grün, Gisbert Haefs, Volker Hage, Ulla Hahn, Petra Hammesfahr, Elke Heidenreich, Judith Hermann, Wolfgang Herrndorf, Corinne Hofmann, Tommy Jaud, Margot Käßmann, Wladimir Kaminer, Daniel Kehlmann, Walter Kempowski, A.L. Kennedy, Imre Kertész, Bodo Kirchhoff, Pavel Kohout, Sibylle Knauss, Ursula Krechel, Sabine Kuegler, Günter Kunert, Sarah Kuttner, Benjamin Lebert, Wolfgang Leonhard, Günter Lamprecht, Siegfried Lenz, Erich Loest, Martin Lüdke, Roger Manderscheid, Margriet de Moor, Martin Mosebach, Herta Müller, Sten Nadolny, Leoluca Orlando, Hanns-Josef Ortheil, Christoph Peters, Fritz Pleitgen, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Erika Pluhar, Richard David Precht, Christoph Ransmayr, Katja Riemann, Harry Rowohlt, Peter Rühmkorf, David Safier, Rüdiger Safranski, Dirk Sager, Frank Schätzing, Rafik Schami, Maximilian Schell, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Peter Scholl-Latour, Bernd Schroeder, Rainer Maria Schröder, Ingo Schulze, Alice Schwarzer, Arnold Stadler, Martin Suter, Leonie Swann, Uwe Timm, Günter Wallraff, Martin Walser, Christine Westermann, Urs Widmer, Roger Willemsen, Gabriele Wohmann and Juli Zeh. References External links Official website of the Eifel Literature Festival Literary festivals in Germany Rhineland Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate Events in Rhineland-Palatinate Events in North Rhine-Westphalia Eifel Euskirchen (district) Aachen (district)