Ernst-Robert-Curtius-Preis was a German literary prize, named after the literary scholar Ernst Robert Curtius. It was founded in 1984, and recognizes outstanding essay writers. The prize was awarded until 2015 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and endowed with €8,000 (Förderpreis: €4,000). Recipients FP: Förderpreis 1984: Golo Mann 1985: Kurt Sontheimer 1986: Hilde Spiel, FP: Ulrich Holbein and Thomas Lautwein 1987: Wolf Jobst Siedler, FP: Uwe Schmitt 1988: François Bondy, FP: Walter van Rossum 1989: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, FP: Jens Jessen 1990: Hermann Lübbe, FP: Verena Lenzen 1991: Günter Kunert, FP: Norbert Hinterberger 1992: Werner Ross, FP: Jörg Lau 1993: Peter Sloterdijk, FP: Joachim Vogel 1994: Karl Dietrich Bracher, FP: Thomas Hettche 1995: Hubert Markl, FP: Michael Maar 1996: Odo Marquard, FP: Helmut Böttiger 1997: Hans Magnus Enzensberger, FP: Doron Rabinovici 1998: Rüdiger Safranski, FP: Franziska Augstein 1999: Hans-Peter Schwarz, FP: Florian Illies 2000: Günter de Bruyn, FP: Ulf Poschardt 2001: Hans Küng, FP: Christiane Florin 2003: Brigitte Hamann, FP: Adriano Sack 2005: Dieter Wellershoff, FP: Thomas Speckmann 2007: Silvia Bovenschen, FP: Felicitas von Lovenberg 2009: Richard Schröder, FP: Raoul Löbbert 2011: Aleida Assmann, FP: Timo Frasch 2013: Ulrich Raulff, FP: Adam Soboczynski 2015: , FP: Philipp Felsch References Further reading German literary awards Awards established in 1984 1984 establishments in Germany