Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding
{{Short description|German literary award}}
The City of Leipzig awards the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding ({{lang|de|Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung}}) which has been given since 1994.{{cite web |url=http://english.leipzig.de/leisure-culture-and-tourism/literature-prizes/leipzig-book-award-for-european-understanding/ |title=Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding |publisher=City of Leipzig |access-date=9 December 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922120159/http://english.leipzig.de/leisure-culture-and-tourism/literature-prizes/leipzig-book-award-for-european-understanding/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web | last= | first= | title=Kulturpreise.de : Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung | website=Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards | url=http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?preisd_id=1037 | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021 | archive-date=7 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107155139/http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?preisd_id=1037 | url-status=live }} The award is endowed with prize money of 20,000 Euro and is presented every year during the official opening of Leipzig Book Fair.
Recipients
Source:{{cite web | title=Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung | website=Stadt Leipzig | url=https://www.leipzig.de/freizeit-kultur-und-tourismus/kunst-und-kultur/kunst-und-kulturpreise/leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung/ | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021 | archive-date=26 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326042042/https://www.leipzig.de/freizeit-kultur-und-tourismus/kunst-und-kultur/kunst-und-kulturpreise/leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Leipziger Buchpreis | website=Literaturpreis Gewinner | date=28 July 2011 | url=https://www.literaturpreisgewinner.de/belletristik/leipziger-buchpreis | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021 | archive-date=22 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922120105/https://www.literaturpreisgewinner.de/belletristik/leipziger-buchpreis | url-status=live }}
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- 1994 Ryszard Kapuściński (Poland)
- 1994 Eckhard Thiele (Germany)
- 1995 Péter Nádas (Hungary)
- 1995 Svetlana Geier (Germany)
- 1996 Aleksandar Tišma (Serbia)
- 1996 Fritz Mierau (Germany)
- 1997 Imre Kertész (Hungary)
- 1997 Antonín J. Liehm (Czech Republic)
- 1998 Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus)
- 1998 Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland)
- 1998 Andreas Tretner (Germany)
- 1999 Eric Hobsbawm (United Kingdom)
- 1999 Nenad Popović (Serbia)
- 2000 Hanna Krall (Poland)
- 2000 Peter Urban (Germany)
- 2001 Claudio Magris (Italy)
- 2001 Norbert Randow (Germany)
- 2002 Bora Ćosić (Serbia)
- 2002 Ludvík Kundera (Czech Republic)
- 2003 Hugo Claus (Belgium)
- 2003 Barbara Antkowiak (Germany)
- 2004 Dževad Karahasan (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 2004 Gábor Csordás (Hungary)
- 2005 Slavenka Drakulić (Croatia)
- 2006 Yurii Andrukhovych (Ukraine)
- 2007 Gerd Koenen (Germany)
- 2007 Michail Ryklin (Russia)
- 2008 Geert Mak (Netherlands)
- 2009 Karl Schlögel (Germany)
- 2010 György Dalos (Hungary)
- 2011 Martin Pollack (Austria)
- 2012 Ian Kershaw (United Kingdom)
- 2012 Timothy D. Snyder (United States)
- 2013 Klaus-Michael Bogdal (Germany)
- 2014 Pankaj Mishra (India)
- 2015 Mircea Cărtărescu (Romania){{cite web | title=Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geht an Mircea Cartarescu | website=LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung | date=5 December 2014 | url=https://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Leipziger-Buchpreis-zur-Europaeischen-Verstaendigung-geht-an-Mircea-Cartarescu | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021}}
- 2016 Heinrich August Winkler (Germany)
- 2017 Mathias Énard (France)
- 2018 Åsne Seierstad (Norway)
- 2019 Masha Gessen (United States/Russia){{cite web | title=Masha Gessen erhält Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung | website=Zeit Online | url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2019-03/leipziger-buchmesse-buchpreis-masha-gessen-russland | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021 | archive-date=22 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922120108/https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2019-03/leipziger-buchmesse-buchpreis-masha-gessen-russland | url-status=live }}
- 2020 László F. Földényi (Hungary){{cite web | author=Fitzek | author2=Rossmann | author3=Link | author4=Suter | author5=Heidenreich | title=Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geht an László Földényi | website=buchreport | date=5 December 2019 | url=https://www.buchreport.de/news/leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-geht-an-laszlo-foeldenyi/ | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021 | archive-date=6 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106172507/https://www.buchreport.de/news/leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-geht-an-laszlo-foeldenyi/ | url-status=live }}
- 2021 Johnny Pitts (United Kingdom/United States){{cite web | author= | title=Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung für Johny Pitts | website=mdr.de | date=8 December 2020 | url=https://www.mdr.de/kultur/preis-leipziger-buchmesse-europaeische-verstaendigung-pitts-100.html | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021}}{{cite web | last= | first= | title=Johny Pitts erhält Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung – Kultur | website=Der Spiegel | date=8 December 2020 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/johny-pitts-erhaelt-leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-a-c5fda15a-3828-4de8-a894-1faf9e4dd46d | language=de | access-date=4 January 2021 | archive-date=3 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103175554/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/johny-pitts-erhaelt-leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-a-c5fda15a-3828-4de8-a894-1faf9e4dd46d | url-status=live }}
- 2022 Karl-Markus Gauß (Austria){{cite web | title=Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung: Karl-Markus Gauß wird ausgezeichnet | website=Der Spiegel | date=6 December 2021 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-karl-markus-gauss-wird-ausgezeichnet-a-33f0ba79-dd5b-499e-a012-b4213b123e1e | language=de | access-date=6 December 2021 | archive-date=6 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206130814/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-karl-markus-gauss-wird-ausgezeichnet-a-33f0ba79-dd5b-499e-a012-b4213b123e1e | url-status=live }}
- 2023 Maria Stepanova (Russia){{cite web | title=Leipzig: Maria Stepanova erhält Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung 2023 | website=MDR.DE | date=7 December 2022 | url=https://www.mdr.de/kultur/buchmesse/leipzig-buchpreis-europaeische-verstaendigung-stepanova-102.html | language=de | access-date=7 December 2022 | archive-date=7 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207133526/https://www.mdr.de/kultur/buchmesse/leipzig-buchpreis-europaeische-verstaendigung-stepanova-102.html | url-status=live }}
- 2024 Omri Boehm (Germany/Israel){{cite web | title=Omri Boehm wird mit Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geehrt | website=Der Spiegel | date=18 December 2023 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/omri-boehm-wird-mit-leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-geehrt-a-00ca6b2f-8fe2-4f21-b498-157d3faedc1d | language=de | access-date=19 December 2023 | archive-date=18 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218190332/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/omri-boehm-wird-mit-leipziger-buchpreis-zur-europaeischen-verstaendigung-geehrt-a-00ca6b2f-8fe2-4f21-b498-157d3faedc1d | url-status=live }}
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