Kassel Literary Prize


The Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor, established 1985, is an annual prize awarded by the city of Kassel and the Brückner-Kühner foundation in recognition of "grotesque and comic work" at a high artistic level. Prior to 1996, it was also given to literary professors whose work is connected to this theme. The prize includes an award of 10,000 euros.
The foundation has, since 2004, also awarded authors under the age of 35 the Förderpreis Komische Literatur. This prize includes an award of 3,000 euros.
Prior to 2006, the awards were given in November, this was moved to the following February the next year, resulting in the "2006/2007" prizes.

Recipients since 2004

YearLiteraturpreisträger Förderpreis
2004Ror WolfJochen Schmidt
2005Katja Lange-MüllerTilman Rammstedt
2006/2007Gerhard PoltJess Jochimsen
2008F. W. BernsteinPhilipp Tingler
2009Peter RühmkorfMichael Stauffer
2010Herbert AchternbuschRebekka Kricheldorf
2011Thomas KapielskiJan Neumann
2012Ulrich HolbeinTino Hanekamp
2013Wilhelm GenazinoWolfram Lotz
2014Dieter Hildebrandt
2015Arno Camenisch
2016Wolf HaasKirsten Fuchs
2017Karen DuveFerdinand Schmalz
2018Dagmara Kraus
2019Sibylle BergJakob Nolte
2020Heinz StrunkChrizzi Heinen

Recipients prior to 2004