Stadtschreiber von Bergen

The Stadtschreiber von Bergen ('City clerk of Bergen') is an annual German literary award. The prize money is €20,000 with one year of free living in the town clerk's house in Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt, "An der Oberpforte 4". It was the first Stadtschreiber award in German-speaking countries and established in 1974. The Stadtschreiber has no obligations and can invite writers. A jury with nine members decides the winner.

Recipients

 * 1974/1975 Wolfgang Koeppen
 * 1975/1976 Karl Krolow
 * 1976/1977 Peter Rühmkorf
 * 1977/1978 Peter Härtling
 * 1978/1979 Nicolas Born
 * 1979/1980 Helga M. Novak
 * 1980/1981 Dieter Kühn (writer)
 * 1981/1982 Peter Bichsel
 * 1982/1983 Jurek Becker
 * 1983/1984 Günter Kunert
 * 1984/1985 Friederike Roth
 * 1985/1986 Ludwig Fels
 * 1986/1987 Gerhard Köpf
 * 1987/1988 Ulla Hahn
 * 1988/1989 Eva Demski
 * 1989/1990 Katja Lange-Müller
 * 1990/1991 Heinz Czechowski
 * 1991/1992 Robert Gernhardt
 * 1992/1993 Ralf Rothmann
 * 1993/1994 Paul Nizon
 * 1994/1995 Josef Winkler
 * 1995/1996 Herta Müller
 * 1996/1997 Wilhelm Genazino
 * 1997/1998 Jörg Steiner
 * 1998/1999 Arnold Stadler
 * 1999/2000 Wulf Kirsten
 * 2000/2001 Peter Kurzeck
 * 2001/2002 Wolfgang Hilbig
 * 2002/2003 Uwe Timm
 * 2003/2004 Emine Sevgi Özdamar
 * 2004/2005 Peter Weber (writer)
 * 2005/2006 Katharina Hacker
 * 2006/2007 Ingomar von Kieseritzky
 * 2007/2008 Reinhard Jirgl
 * 2008/2009 Friedrich Christian Delius
 * 2009/2010 Ulrich Peltzer
 * 2010/2011 Thomas Rosenlöcher
 * 2011/2012 Thomas Lehr
 * 2012/2013 Marcel Beyer
 * 2013/2014 Angelika Klüssendorf
 * 2014/2015 Dea Loher
 * 2015/2016 Ruth Schweikert
 * 2016/2017 Sherko Fatah
 * 2017/2018 Thomas Melle
 * 2018/2019 Clemens Meyer
 * 2019/2020 Anja Kampmann
 * 2020/2021 Anne Weber
 * 2021/2022 Dorothee Elmiger
 * 2022/2023 Marion Poschmann