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Jean Améry-Prize to Drago JančarLiterature prize for essaysThe Jean Améry prize for essay writing, initiated by Robert Menasse and sponsored by Klett-Cotta-Verlag and Erste Bank, will be awarded for the year 2007 to Slovenian author Drago Jančar. The prize is given for outstanding achievements in the area of critical and enlightened essay writing. It is awarded every two years by a jury made up of well-known literature experts and critics.Slovenian Drago Jančar was born in 1948 and as story-teller, dramatist and essayist is one of the most striking personalities in Central European literature. A dissident par excellence, who preserves a critical distance to the rulers of every regime and never shirks away from touching upon national taboos or from opposing current intellectual fashions. Jury (2007), with Robert Menasse - Wolfgang Büscher ( journalist and author, Die Zeit, Hamburg) - Peter Demetz (literary scholar, USA) - Karl-Markus Gauß (author and critic, Salzburg) - Irène Heidelberger-Leonard (literary scholar, Brussels) - Joachim Kalka (critic and translator, Stuttgart) Winners of the last years 2004 Prize: Michael Jeismann Jury: Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Peter Demetz, Joachim Kalka, Irène Heidelberger-Leonard, Barbara Sichtermann 2002 Prize: Doron Rabinovici Jury: Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Peter Demetz, Joachim Kalka, Michael Krüger, Irène Heidelberger-Leonard 2000 Prize: Franz Schuh Jury: Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Peter Demetz, Irène Heidelberger-Leonard, Ruth Klüger, Sigrid Löffler Related external links: |
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