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 15,000 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
 * 2017: Robert Seethaler
 * 2018: Sabine Scholl
 * 2019: Daniel Kehlmann
 * 2021: Andrea Grill
 * 2022: Gertraud Klemm


 * 2023: Christoph W. Bauer
 * 2024: Laura Freudenthaler