Jean-Paul-Preis is a Bavarian literary prize, awarded bi-annually by the Free State of Bavaria. It is named in honour of the German Romantic writer Jean Paul. The prize money is €15,000. Recipients 1983 Hans Egon Holthusen 1985 Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1987 Botho Strauß 1989 Horst Bienek 1991 Hermann Lenz 1993 Gertrud Fussenegger 1995 Siegfried Lenz 1997 Günter de Bruyn 1999 Herbert Rosendorfer 2001 Gerhard Polt 2003 Thomas Hürlimann 2005 Sarah Kirsch 2007 Uwe Dick 2009 Eckhard Henscheid 2011 Brigitte Kronauer 2013 Petra Morsbach 2015 Gerhard Roth 2017 Alexander Kluge 2019 Ursula Krechel 2021 Barbara Honigmann References External links Literary awards of Bavaria