Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis is a German literary prize. It was established in 1983. In June, the City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe annually awards the prize. It is endowed with 20,000 euros and is awarded as a general literary award for outstanding achievements. The award commemorates the poet Friedrich Hölderlin who lived in Bad Homburg for a few years. It is awarded at the anniversary of the evening before Friedrich Hölderlin's death. Recipients 1983: Hermann Burger 1984: Sarah Kirsch 1985: Ulla Hahn 1986: Elisabeth Borchers 1987: Peter Härtling 1988: Karl Krolow 1989: Wolf Biermann 1990: Rolf Haufs 1991: Günter Kunert 1992: Hilde Domin 1993: Friederike Mayröcker 1994: Ludwig Harig 1995: Ernst Jandl 1996: Martin Walser 1997: Doris Runge 1998: Christoph Ransmayr 1999: Reiner Kunze 2000: Marcel Reich-Ranicki 2001: Dieter Wellershoff 2002: Robert Menasse 2003: Monika Maron 2004: Johannes Kühn 2005: Durs Grünbein 2006: Rüdiger Safranski 2007: Urs Widmer 2008: Ror Wolf 2009: Judith Hermann 2010: Georg Kreisler 2011: Arno Geiger 2012: Klaus Merz 2013: Ralf Rothmann 2014: Peter Stamm 2015: Michael Kleeberg 2016: Christoph Peters 2017: Eva Menasse 2018: Daniel Kehlmann 2019: 2020: Navid Kermani 2021: Marcel Beyer 2022: Monika Rinck References External links Friedrich Hölderlin German literary awards Awards established in 1983 1983 establishments in Germany