Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize

Since 1993, the Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize (Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis) has been awarded by the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern on behalf of the Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Culture. The prize is named after expressionist poet Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945). It is endowed with €10,000, one of the most highly endowed playwright prizes in Germany. The award ceremony at the opening of the Theatertage Rheinland-Pfalz in the Pfalztheater or Staatstheater Mainz is carried out by the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate. Additionally the Stückepreis is awarded for promoting young talents.

Recipients

 * 1993 Kerstin Specht
 * 1995 Harald Kislinger
 * 1997 Volker Lüdecke and Werner Fritsch
 * 1999 Rainald Goetz
 * 2001 Einar Schleef (posthumous)
 * 2003 Elfriede Jelinek
 * 2005 Dea Loher
 * 2008 Fritz Kater
 * 2010 Roland Schimmelpfennig
 * 2012 René Pollesch
 * 2014 Peter Handke
 * 2016 Sibylle Berg
 * 2018 Ewald Palmetshofer
 * 2020 Felicia Zeller
 * 2022 Kathrin Röggla