Solothurner Literaturpreis

The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for a literary achievement by a German language writer.

Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 15,000 Swiss francs. It is named after the city of Solothurn in Switzerland.

Winners

 * 1994: Monika Maron
 * 1995: Wilhelm Genazino
 * 1996: Klaus Merz
 * 1997: Christoph Ransmayr
 * 1998: Thomas Hürlimann
 * 1999: Birgit Vanderbeke
 * 2000: Christoph Hein
 * 2001: Anna Mitgutsch
 * 2002: Erich Hackl
 * 2003: Hanna Johansen
 * 2004: Barbara Honigmann
 * 2005: Kathrin Röggla
 * 2006: Matthias Zschokke
 * 2007: Peter Weber (Swiss author)
 * 2008: Jenny Erpenbeck
 * 2009: Juli Zeh
 * 2010: Ulrike Draesner
 * 2011: Peter Bichsel
 * 2012: Annette Pehnt
 * 2013: Franz Hohler
 * 2014: Lukas Bärfuss
 * 2015: Thomas Hettche
 * 2016: Ruth Schweikert
 * 2017: Terézia Mora
 * 2018: Peter Stamm
 * 2019: Karen Duve
 * 2020: Monika Helfer
 * 2021: Iris Wolff
 * 2022: not awarded