Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize
The Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize () is a German literary award established in 2000 by the city of Braunschweig and the radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio. It is named after the 18th-century writer Wilhelm Raabe and is awarded for an individual work. The prize sum is €30,000, making it one of the most significant German literary awards after the Georg Büchner Prize and the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis. Recipients Source: 2000: Rainald Goetz for Abfall für alle 2002: Jochen Missfeldt for Gespiegelter Himmel 2004: Ralf Rothmann for Junges Licht 2006: Wolf Haas for Das Wetter vor 15 Jahren 2008: Katja Lange-Müller for Böse Schafe 2010: Andreas Maier for Das Zimmer 2011: Sibylle Lewitscharoff for Blumenberg 2012: Christian Kracht for Imperium 2013: Marion Poschmann for Die Sonnenposition 2014: Thomas Hettche for Pfaueninsel 2015: Clemens J. Setz for Die Stunde zwischen Frau und Gitarre 2016: Heinz Strunk for Der goldene Handschuh 2017: Petra Morsbach for Justizpalast 2018: Judith Schalansky for Verzeichnis einiger Verluste 2019: Norbert Scheuer for Winterbienen 2020: for Die Dame mit der bemalten Hand 2021: for Besichtigung eines Unglücks 2022: for Trottel 2023: Judith Hermann for Wir hätten uns alles gesagt Previous Recipients The award had until 1990 been known as the Wilhelm Raabe Prize.