Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutsche Literaturfonds (German Literature Fund) based in Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1983. The prize money was raised in 2019 from €20,000 to €30,000. In addition to the main prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturförderpreis is also awarded. In 2020 the Deutsche Literaturfonds renamed the prize to Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds (Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund) and the prize money has been raised to €50,000. It is awarded for an outstanding literary work, taking into account the current book. Recipients Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 1983: Rainald Goetz 1984: Adelheid Duvanel 1985: Helga M. Novak 1986: Anne Duden 1987: Wolfgang Hilbig 1988: Klaus Hensel 1989: Thomas Strittmatter 1990: Josef Winkler 1991: Herta Müller 1992: Ludwig Fels 1993: Jan Faktor 1995: Hansjörg Schertenleib 1996: Burkhard Spinnen 1997: Birgit Vanderbeke 1998: Thomas Meinecke 1999: Lutz Seiler 2001: Wilhelm Genazino 2002: Ralf Rothmann 2003: Reinhard Jirgl 2004: Peter Kurzeck 2005: Martin Mosebach 2006: Sibylle Lewitscharoff 2007: Paul Nizon 2008: Gerhard Falkner 2009: Gerd-Peter Eigner 2010: Anne Weber 2011: Jan Wagner 2012: Frank Schulz 2013: Marica Bodrožić 2014: David Wagner 2015: Esther Kinsky 2016: Ulrich Peltzer 2017: Nico Bleutge 2018: Thomas Lehr 2019: Nora Bossong Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds 2020: Felicitas Hoppe 2021: Ulrike Draesner 2022: Georg Klein References External links German literary awards