Anton Wildgans Prize

The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 10,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship.

The award is dedicated to Anton Wildgans who, "like few others, embodied Austrian values in their best sense."

Recipients

1962: Fritz Hochwälder

1963: Fritz Habeck

1964: Christine Lavant

1965: Andreas Okopenko

1966: Herbert Zand

1967: Thomas Bernhard

1968: Ilse Aichinger

1969: Herbert Eisenreich

1970: Peter Marginter

1971: Ingeborg Bachmann

1972: Milo Dor

1973: Barbara Frischmuth

1974: Ernst Hinterberger

1975: Christine Busta

1976: György Sebestyen

1977: Peter Henisch

1978: Wolfgang Kraus (author)

1979: Matthias Mander

1980: Josef Winkler

1981: Friederike Mayröcker

1982: Ernst Jandl

1983: Jutta Schutting

1984: Peter Handke (rejected)

1985: Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner

1986: Kurt Klinger

1987: Inge Merkel

1988: Christoph Ransmayr

1989: Ilse Tielsch

1990: no award

1991: Norbert Leser

1992: Anna Mitgutsch

1993: Gert Jonke

1994: Brigitte Hamann

1995: no award

1996: Michael Köhlmeier

1997: Evelyn Schlag

1998: Franz Josef Czernin

1999: Peter Rosei

2000: Elisabeth Reichart

2001: Vladimir Vertlib

2002: Ferdinand Schmatz

2003: Christoph Wilhelm Aigner

2004: Hans Raimund

2005: Barbara Neuwirth

2006: Wolfgang Hermann

2007: Sabine Gruber

2008: Kathrin Röggla

2009: Alois Hotschnig

2010: Doron Rabinovici

2011: Arno Geiger

2012: Olga Flor

2013: Norbert Gstrein

2014: Barbara Hundegger

2015: Erich Hackl

2016: Margit Schreiner