Kurd Laßwitz Award

The Kurd Laßwitz Award (German: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis) is possibly the best-known science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the science fiction author Kurd Laßwitz. Eligible for nomination in all categories except for the Foreign Work category are only works published in German originally.[1]

Awarding of the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preises at Elstercon 2008

Wolfgang Jeschke has won the award 19 times in four different categories,[2] while Andreas Eschbach has won the prize 11 times in two different categories.[3] The foreign-language category includes novels, stories, collections and non-fiction. Iain Banks and China Miéville won the foreign-language prize four times.[4][5] Other authors to win multiple times are Hans Joachim Alpers, Carl Amery, Herbert W. Franke, Ian McDonald, Michael Marrak, and Connie Willis.[6]

Award Winners

German-language Novel

This category includes German-language works with a length of at least 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year.[1]

Foreign Work

This category includes foreign-language fiction and non-fiction which was published as a German translation for the first time in the award year. Until 1997, it was called Foreign Novel.[1]

German-language Short Fiction (since 1997)

This category includes German-language works with a length of less than 100 pages by German-language authors which were published in German on a German-language market professionally for the first time in the award year, i.e. it includes short stories and novelettes/novellas combined in one award category. From 1997–2007 it was called German-language Short Story (though it also included novelettes/novellas already). From 1981–1996 this category was split into two separate award categories for Novellette/Novella and Short Story.[1]

  • 1997: Wolfgang Jeschke, Partner fürs Leben
  • 1998: Malte S. Sembten, Blind Date
  • 1999: Marcus Hammerschmitt, Wüstenlack
  • 2000: Wolfgang Jeschke, Die Cusanische Acceleratio
  • 2001: Marcus Hammerschmitt, Troubadoure
  • 2002: Wolfgang Jeschke, Allah akbar And So Smart Our NLWs
  • 2003: Erik Simon, Spiel beendet, sagte der Sumpf
  • 2004: Angela Steinmüller and Karlheinz Steinmüller, Vor der Zeitreise
  • 2005: Wolfgang Jeschke, Das Geschmeide
  • 2006: Rainer Erler, An e-Star is born
  • 2007: Marcus Hammerschmitt, Canea Null
  • 2008: Michael K. Iwoleit, Der Moloch
  • 2009: Andreas Eschbach, Survival-Training and Heidrun Jänchen, Ein Geschäft wie jedes andere
  • 2010: Ernst-Eberhard Manski, Das Klassentreffen der Weserwinzer
  • 2011: Michael K. Iwoleit, Die Schwelle
  • 2012: Frank W. Haubold, Am Ende der Reise
  • 2013: Klaus N. Frick, Im Käfig
  • 2014: Michael Marrak, Coen Sloterdykes diametral levitierendes Chronoversum
  • 2015: Fabian Tomaschek, Boatpeople
  • 2016: Karsten Kruschel, Was geschieht dem Licht am Ende des Tunnels?
  • 2017: Gabriele Behrend, Suicide Rooms
  • 2018: Uwe Hermann, Das Internet der Dinge
  • 2019: Thorsten Küper, Confinement
  • 2020: Jacqueline Montemurri, Koloss aus dem Orbit

Radio drama

Although a prize has been awarded for a best work of radio drama since 1987, it is only since 1993 that a winner has been selected by a jury

  • 1993: Eva Maria Mudrich, Sommernachtstraum
  • 1994: not awarded
  • 1995: not awarded
  • 1996: Wolfgang Rindfleisch, Uhrwerk Orange (derivative of Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange). Director: Wolfgang Rindfleisch. Music: Trötsch
  • 1997: Friedrich Bestenreiner, Paradise Hospital Inc.. Director: Thomas Werner
  • 1998: Karlheinz Knuth, Die Tage nebenan – or: Da, wo Cäsar nicht ermordet wurde. Director: Thomas Werner
  • 1999: Heiko Michael Hartmann, MOI. Director: Oliver Sturm
  • 2000: Marina Dietz, Träumen Androiden (derivative of Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep). Regie: Marina Dietz
  • 2001: not awarded
  • 2002: Walter Adler, Tokio liebt uns nicht mehr (derivative of Ray Loriga, Tokio ya no nos quiere). Director: Walter Adler
  • 2003: not awarded
  • 2004: not awarded
  • 2005: Norbert Schaeffer, Das letzte Geheimnis (derivative of Bernard Werber, L'ultime secret). Director: Norbert Schaeffer
  • 2006: Matthias Wittekindt, Das Lewskow-Manuscript. Director: Alexander Schuhmacher. Music: Tim Frühwirth, Lömsch Le Mans, Frank Wingold
  • 2007: Matthias Scheliga, Amnesia. Regie: Jürgen Dluzniewski
  • 2008: nicht vergeben
  • 2009: Bodo Traber & Tilman Zens, Die Flüsterer, Director: Petra Feldhoff
  • 2010: not awarded
  • 2011: not awarded
  • 2012: Till Müller-Klug, Sprachlabor Babylon, Director: Thomas Wolfertz, Musik: Ekkehard Ehlers
  • 2013: Heinz von Cramer, Unerwartete Ereignisse, Director: Burkhard Schmid
  • 2014: not awarded
  • 2015: Walter Adler, Foxfinder, Director: Walter Adler
  • 2016: Georg Heinzen, Sale, Director: Martin Zylka
  • 2017: not awarded
  • 2018: Bodo Traber, Paradise Revisited, Director: Bodo Traber
  • 2019: Anne Krüger, Supermarkt, Director: Andrea Getto
  • 2020: Gerrit Booms, Unser Leben in den Wäldern (derivative of Marie Darrieussecq , Notre vie dans les forêts)


Further categories
  • Graphic Artist (1981–1992)
  • Graphic Artwork (since 1993)
  • Translator (1981–1992)
  • Translation (since 1993)
  • Movie (1987–1996)
  • Special Award for Extraordinary Accomplishments

See also


References
  1. Information about the categories on the Kurd Laßwitz Award homepage (German)
  2. Wolfgang Jeschke's awards page at the ISFDB
  3. Andreas Eschbach's awards page at the ISFDB
  4. Iain M. Banks' awards page at the ISFDB
  5. China Miéville's awards page at the ISFDB
  6. Kurd Laßwitz Award at the ISFDB
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