Heinrich-Böll-Preis

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 Dieter Wellershoff (writer)
 * 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
 * 2023 Kathrin Röggla