The Heinrich-Böll-Preis is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding achievements – even by still unknown authors – in the field of German-language literature". Recipients 1980 Hans Mayer 1981 Peter Weiss 1982 Wolfdietrich Schnurre 1983 Uwe Johnson 1984 Helmut Heißenbüttel 1985 Hans Magnus Enzensberger 1986 Elfriede Jelinek 1987 Ludwig Harig 1988 1989 Brigitte Kronauer 1990 Günter de Bruyn 1991 Rainald Goetz 1992 Hans Joachim Schädlich 1993 Alexander Kluge 1995 Jürgen Becker 1997 W. G. Sebald 1999 Gerhard Meier 2001 Marcel Beyer 2003 Anne Duden 2005 Ralf Rothmann 2007 Christoph Ransmayr 2009 Uwe Timm 2011 Ulrich Peltzer 2013 Eva Menasse 2015 Herta Müller 2017 Ilija Trojanow 2019 Juli Zeh 2021 José F. A. Oliver References External links German literary awards