History
In the mid seventies, the journalist and writer Humbert Fink and the chairman of the Austrian Radio and TV (ORF) studio in Carinthia at that time, Ernst Willner, intended to establish a literary competition based on a similar event of the Gruppe 47. The result was the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, later called Festival of German-Language Literature, which took place in 1977 for the first time.
The main prize of the competition is given in memory of Ingeborg Bachmann, one of the most distinguished Austrian writers. Over the years, additional prizes have been awarded:
- the Jury Prize, aka Kelag-Prize (since 2000, EUR 10,000)
- the 3sat Prize (given by 3sat, EUR 7,500)
- the Ernst Willner Prize(EUR 7,000)
- the Prize of the Audience (since 2002, EUR 5,000)
- Editor's special prize
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