Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (Joseph Breitbach Prize) is a literary prize awarded by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz (Academy of Sciences and Literature of Mainz), in Germany and the Joseph Breitbach Foundation. Established in 1998, the prize is worth 50,000 euros and is awarded annually in Koblenz, birthplace of writer Joseph Breitbach (1903–1980), for whom the prize is named. Winners 1998: Hans Boesch, Friedhelm Kemp, Brigitte Kronauer 1999: Reinhard Jirgl, Wolf Lepenies, Rainer Malkowski 2000: Ilse Aichinger, W. G. Sebald, Markus Werner 2001: Thomas Hürlimann, Ingo Schulze, 2002: Elazar Benyoëtz, Erika Burkart, Robert Menasse 2003: Christoph Meckel, Herta Müller, Harald Weinrich 2004: Raoul Schrott 2005: Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt 2006: Wulf Kirsten 2007: Friedrich Christian Delius 2008: Marcel Beyer 2009: Ursula Krechel 2010: Michael Krüger 2011: Hans Joachim Schädlich 2012: Kurt Flasch 2013: Jenny Erpenbeck 2014: Navid Kermani 2015: Thomas Lehr 2016: Reiner Stach 2017: Dea Loher 2018: Arno Geiger 2019: Thomas Hettche 2020: Nora Bossong 2021: 2022: Natascha Wodin References External links Joseph-Breitbach-Preis on Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz website German literary awards