The Hölty Prize (German: Hölty-Preis), established in 2007, is a lifetime achievement award given every two years to honor a German-language poet. The full name of the prize is the Hölty-Preis für Lyrik der Landeshauptstadt und der Sparkasse Hannover (Hölty Poetry Prize of the State Capital and the Savings Bank of Hanover). With a purse of €20,000, it is one of the most generous literary prizes in Germany. The prize is named for Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776), a German poet closely associated with the region of Hanover.
Recipients
- 2008: Thomas Rosenlöcher
- 2010: Paulus Böhmer [de]
- 2012: Christian Lehnert [de]
- 2014: Silke Scheuermann
- 2016: Christoph Meckel
- 2018: Norbert Hummelt
- 2020: Marion Poschmann
- 2022: Ulrich Koch [de]
- 2024: Alexandru Bulucz [de]
References
- "Hölty-Preis für Lyrik". hannover.de. Hanover: Hannover. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "Hölty-Preis für Lyrik". kulturpreise.de. 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Meyer-Arlt, Ronald (31 May 2018). "Norbert Hummelt erhält den Hölty-Preis". Hannoversche Allgemeine (in German). Hanover. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "Hölty-Preis 2022 geht an Ulrich Koch". Hannover.de. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- Arndt, Stefan (25 September 2024). "Alexandru Bulucz erhält den Hölty-Preis für Lyrik in Hannover". www.haz.de (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2024.