paper was banned in Egypt in February 2008 due to the publication of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Welt-Literaturpreis Since 1999, the Die Welt book supplement Die Literarische Welt ("The Literary World") has presented an annual literature prize available to international authors. The award is in honor of Willy Haas who founded Die Literarische Welt in 1925. Recipients 1999 Bernhard Schlink 2000 Imre Kertész 2001 Pat Barker 2002 Leon de Winter 2003 Jeffrey Eugenides 2004 Amos Oz 2005 Yasmina Reza 2006 Rüdiger Safranski 2007 Daniel Kehlmann 2008 Hans Keilson 2009 Philip Roth 2010 Claude Lanzmann 2011 2012 Zeruya Shalev 2013 Jonathan Franzen 2014 Murakami Haruki 2015 Karl Ove Knausgård 2016 Zadie Smith 2018 Virginie Despentes 2019 Salman Rushdie Editors Rudolf Küstermeier (1946–1953) Bernhard Menne (1950) Paul Bourdin (1950) Hans Scherer, Adalbert Worliczek, Adolf Helbig (1950–1952) Albert Komma (1952–1953) Hans Zehrer (1946 / 1953–1966) Herbert Kremp (1969–1985) Manfred Schell (1985–1992) Peter Gillies (1985–1988)/(1992–1995) Claus Jacobi (1993–1995) Thomas Löffelholz (1995–1998) Mathias Döpfner (1998–2000) Wolfram Weimer (2000–2002) Jan-Eric Peters (2002 – 31 December 2006) Thomas Schmid (1 January 2007 – 2010) Jan-Eric Peters (since 2010) See also William Denholm Barnetson Media of Germany References Further reading Merrill, John C., and Harold A. Fisher. The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers (1980) pp. 353–60 External links 1946 establishments in Germany Axel Springer SE Centre-right newspapers Conservative media in Germany Daily newspapers published in Germany German-language newspapers German news websites Liberal conservatism Newspapers published in Hamburg Newspapers published in Berlin Publications established in 1946