Previous winners.[{{cite web |url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/cena-franze-kafky/ |title=Franz Kafka Prize, official website |publisher=Franz Kafka Society |access-date=May 30, 2013}}]
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!Year
!Picture
!Winner
!Nationality
!Language(s)
!Genre(s)
!Ref(s) |
| 2022
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| 2021
|100px
|Ivan Vyskočil
(1929–2023)
|{{CZE}}
|Czech
|novel, drama
|[{{Cite web|date=2021-12-17|title=The writer Ivan Vyskočil won the Franz Kafka Award 2021|url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/clanek/cenu-franze-kafky-2021-ziskal-spisovatel-ivan-vyskocil/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Franz Kafka Society|language=en}}] |
| 2020
|100px
|Milan Kundera
(1929–2023)
|{{FRA}}/{{CZE}}
|French/Czech
|novel, short story, poetry, essay, drama
|[{{Cite web|date=2020-09-22|title=Milan Kundera 'joyfully' accepts Czech Republic's Franz Kafka prize|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/22/milan-kundera-joyfully-accepts-czech-republics-franz-kafka-prize|access-date=2020-09-23|website=The Guardian|language=en}}] |
| 2019
|100px
|Pierre Michon
(1945–)
|{{FRA}}
|French
|novel, short story
| |
| 2018
|100px
|Ivan Wernisch
(1942–)
|{{CZE}}
|Czech
|poetry, translation
|[{{cite web |url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/uploads/docs/2018/10/Press%20Release_The%20Franz%20Kafka%20Prize_Wernisch_2018.pdf |title=The Franz Kafka International Literary Prize 2018 |date=Oct 19, 2018 |access-date=Jan 3, 2019}}] |
| 2017
|100px
|Margaret Atwood
(1939–)
|{{CAN}}
|English
|poetry, novel, short story, literary criticism, essay
|[{{cite web |url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/uploads/docs/2017/05/Cena%20Franze%20Kafky%202017%20TZ%20ENG.pdf |title=The Franz Kafka International Literary Prize 2017 |date=May 29, 2017 |access-date=June 1, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702113145/http://franzkafka-soc.cz/uploads/docs/2017/05/Cena%20Franze%20Kafky%202017%20TZ%20ENG.pdf |archive-date=July 2, 2017 }}] |
| 2016
|100px
|Claudio Magris
(1939–)
|{{ITA}}
|Italian
|essay, translation, novel, short story
|[{{cite web|title=The Franz Kafka Prize 2016 – Claudio Magris|url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/clanek/franz-kafka-prize-2016-claudio-magris|website=Společnost Franze Kafky|access-date=16 January 2018}}] |
| 2015
|100px
|Eduardo Mendoza
(1943–)
|{{SPN}}
|Spanish
|novel, short story, drama, essay
|[{{cite web |url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/clanek/the-laureate-of-the-franz-kafka-prize-2015-is-the-spanish-writer-eduardo-mendoza/ |title=The Laureate of the Franz Kafka Prize 2015 is the Spanish Writer Eduardo Mendoza |work=SPOLEČNOST FRANZE KAFKY |author=Daniela Uherková|date=June 2, 2015 |access-date=June 3, 2015}}] |
| 2014
|100px
|Yan Lianke
(1958–)
|{{CHN}}
|Chinese
|novel, short story
|[{{cite web |url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/domov/zpravy/cenu-franze-kafky-letos-dostane-cinsky-prozaik-jen-lien-kche/1083951 |title=Cenu Franze Kafky letos dostane čínský prozaik Jen Lien-kche |work=České noviny |language=cs |author=ČTK |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 27, 2014}}] |
| 2013
|100px
|Amos Oz
(1939–2018)
|{{ISR}}
|Hebrew
|novel, short story, essay
|[{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=186798379 |title=Israeli Author Amos Oz Wins Franz Kafka Prize |work=AP |date=May 27, 2013 |access-date=May 30, 2013}}][{{cite web |url=http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/clanek/amos-oz-the-new-laureate-of-the-franz-kafka-prize/ |title=Amos Oz – the New Laureate of the Franz Kafka Prize |publisher=Franz Kafka Society |date=May 28, 2013 |access-date=May 30, 2013}}] |
| 2012
|100px
|Daniela Hodrová
(1946–2024)
|{{CZE}}
|Czech
|novel
|[{{cite web |url=http://literalab.com/2012/05/25/franz-kafka-prize-goes-to-czech-writer-daniela-hodrova/ |title=Franz Kafka Prize goes to Czech writer Daniela Hodrová |date=May 25, 2012 |work=literalab |access-date=May 25, 2012}}] |
| 2011
|100px
|John Banville
(1945–)
|{{flag|Ireland}}
|English
|novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essay
|[{{cite news| author=Spain, John| url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/banville-gets-top-book-award-2658467.html| title=Banville gets top book award| date=May 26, 2011| work=Irish Independent| access-date=May 26, 2011}}] |
| 2010
|100px
|Václav Havel
(1936–2011)
|{{CZE}}
|Czech
|poetry, drama, essay
|[{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/vaclav-havel-wins-franz-kafka-prize-1.896857| title=Vaclav Havel wins Franz Kafka prize| date=October 27, 2010| work=CBC News| access-date=October 27, 2010}}] |
| 2009
|100px
|Peter Handke
(1942–)
|{{AUT}}
|German
|novel, poetry, essay, short story, screenplay, drama
| |
| 2008
|100px
|Arnošt Lustig
(1926–2011)
|{{CZE}}
|Czech
|novel, short story, drama, screenplay
|[{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/novelist-lustig-awarded-kafka-prize/story-e6frfkui-1111116012345| title=Novelist Lustig awarded Kafka Prize| date=April 9, 2008| work=Agence France-Presse| access-date=April 9, 2008| archive-date=February 12, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212122213/http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/novelist-lustig-awarded-kafka-prize/story-e6frfkui-1111116012345| url-status=dead}}] |
| 2007
|100px
|Yves Bonnefoy
(1923–2016)
|{{FRA}}
|French
|poetry, essay, translation, short story, history
|[{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/french-poet-bonnefoy-wins-franz-kafka-prize-1.688751| title=French poet Bonnefoy wins Franz Kafka Prize| date=30 October 2010| work=CBC News| access-date=30 October 2010}}] |
| 2006
|100px
|Haruki Murakami
(1949–)
|{{JPN}}
|Japanese
|novel, short story, essay, memoirs
|[{{cite news| url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1778171.htm| title=Japanese writer Haruki Murakami wins Kafka award| date=October 31, 2006| work=ABC News| access-date=October 31, 2006}}] |
| 2005
|100px
|Harold Pinter
(1930–2008)
|{{UK}}
|English
|drama, screenplay
| |
| 2004
|100px
|Elfriede Jelinek
(1946–)
|{{AUT}}
|German
|novel, poetry, drama, translation
| |
| 2003
|100px
|Péter Nádas
(1942–)
|{{HUN}}
|Hungarian
|drama, essay, novel
|[{{cite news| author=Horáková, Pavla| url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/arts/arts-news-new-memorial-of-voskovec-and-werich| title=Franz Kafka Society awards Peter Nadas| date=October 31, 2003| work=Radio Prague| access-date=October 31, 2003}}] |
| 2002
|100px
|Ivan Klíma
(1931–)
|{{CZE}}
|Czech
|novel, drama, memoirs
|[{{cite news| author=Horáková, Pavla| url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/-writer-ivan-klima-wins-franz-kafka-prize-| title=Writer Ivan Klima wins Franz Kafka Prize| date=October 31, 2002| work=Radio Prague| access-date= October 31, 2002}}] |
| 2001
|100px
|Philip Roth
(1933–2018)
|{{USA}}
|English
|novel, short story, memoirs, essay
| |
