The Alfred Döblin Prize () is a German literary award. Named after Alfred Döblin, it was endowed by Günter Grass in 1979. The prize is awarded every two years jointly by the Academy of Arts, Berlin and the Literary Colloquium Berlin for substantial unpublished literary works in progress. The current prize level on offer is 15,000 Euros. It is a requirement of the award that finalists take part in a reading competition: nominees are invited to the Literary Colloquium Berlin where they read out their texts and open them to discussion. Since 2007, selected authors' presentations have been recorded and made available on the German literary portal Literaturport. The prize winner is nominated by the jury directly after the reading; the awards ceremony then takes place traditionally the following day at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Winners 1979: Gerold Späth 1980: Klaus Hoffer 1981: Gert Hofmann 1983: Gerhard Roth 1985: Stefan Schütz 1987: Libuše Moníková 1989: Einar Schleef, Edgar Hilsenrath 1991: Peter Kurzeck, Förderpreis and Norbert Bleisch 1993: Reinhard Jirgl, Förderpreis and Andreas Neumeister 1995: Katja Lange-Müller, Förderpreis and Ingo Schulze 1997: Ingomar von Kieseritzky, Michael Wildenhain 1999: Norbert Gstrein 2001: Josef Winkler, Förderpreis and Heike Geißler 2003: Kathrin Groß-Striffler 2005: Jan Faktor 2007: Michael Kumpfmüller 2009: Eugen Ruge 2011: Jan Peter Bremer 2013: Saša Stanišić 2015: Natascha Wodin 2017: María Cecilia Barbetta 2019: Ulrich Woelk 2021: Deniz Utlu References External links German literary awards 1979 establishments in Germany Awards established in 1979 Günter Grass