Franz Kafka Prize

Franz Kafka Prize
CountryCzech Republic
Presented byFranz Kafka Society
Reward(s)$10,000
First awarded2001
Websitewww.franzkafka-soc.cz

The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the Jewish, Bohemian, German-language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic.

Award information and history

At a presentation held annually in the Old Town Hall (Prague), the recipient receives $10,000, a diploma, and a bronze statuette. Each award is often called the "Kafka Prize" or "Kafka Award".

The award earned some prestige in the mid 2000s by foreshadowing the Nobel Prize when two of its winners went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year, Elfriede Jelinek (2004) and Harold Pinter (2005).

The criteria for winning the award include the artwork's "humanistic character and contribution to cultural, national, language [sic] and religious tolerance, its existential, timeless character, its generally human validity and its ability to hand over [sic] a testimony about our times."

Award winners

Previous winners.

Year Picture Winner Nationality Language(s) Genre(s) Ref(s)
2022
2021 Ivan Vyskočil
(1929–2023)
 Czech Republic Czech novel, drama
2020 Milan Kundera
(1929–2023)
 France/ Czech Republic French/Czech novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama
2019 Pierre Michon
(1945–)
 France French novel, short story
2018 Ivan Wernisch
(1942–)
 Czech Republic Czech poetry, translation
2017 Margaret Atwood
(1939–)
 Canada English poetry, novel, short story, literary criticism, essay
2016 Claudio Magris
(1939–)
 Italy Italian essay, translation, novel, short story
2015 Eduardo Mendoza
(1943–)
 Spain Spanish novel, short story, drama, essay
2014 Yan Lianke
(1958–)
 China Chinese novel, short story
2013 Amos Oz
(1939–2018)
 Israel Hebrew novel, short story, essay
2012 Daniela Hodrová
(1946–)
 Czech Republic Czech novel
2011 John Banville
(1945–)
 Ireland English novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essay
2010 Václav Havel
(1936–2011)
 Czech Republic Czech poetry, drama, essay
2009 Peter Handke
(1942–)
 Austria German novel, poetry, essay, short story, screenplay, drama
2008 Arnošt Lustig
(1926–2011)
 Czech Republic Czech novel, short story, drama, screenplay
2007 Yves Bonnefoy
(1923–2016)
 France French poetry, essay, translation, short story, history
2006 Haruki Murakami
(1949–)
 Japan Japanese novel, short story, essay, memoirs
2005 Harold Pinter
(1930–2008)
 United Kingdom English drama, screenplay
2004 Elfriede Jelinek
(1946–)
 Austria German novel, poetry, drama, translation
2003 Péter Nádas
(1942–)
 Hungary Hungarian drama, essay, novel
2002 Ivan Klíma
(1931–)
 Czech Republic Czech novel, drama, memoirs
2001 Philip Roth
(1933–2018)
 United States English novel, short story, memoirs, essay

See also


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