Austrian writer Natascha Gangl won the renowned Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt for her text “Da Sta” (The Stone), a poetic work in which the Styrian author connects language, identity, and war crimes in the border region between Austria, Hungary, and Slovenia.
The 3sat Prize went to Almut Tina Schmidt, the KELAG Prize to Nora Osagiobare, and the new Carinthian Summer scholarship to Tara Meister. Natascha Gangl also receives the BKS Audience Award, and Boris Schumatsky receives the Deutschlandfunk Prize.
The jury made the announcement during the 49th edition of the German-language literature days, a ceremony held in Klagenfurt on Sunday.
The 39-year-old author Natascha Gangl succeeded in the literary contest against 13 competitors. In the poetic text “Da Sta” (The Stone), she sets out in search of the hidden traces of a Nazi crime that was committed in her home country near the Slovenian and Hungarian borders towards the end of the Second World War. The text is structured like a poem for extended periods, with sections written in the local dialect. The prize is awarded with 25000 Euros. Gangl was also awarded the Audience Prize (7,500 Euros).
In addition to the winner's check, the Bachmann Prize winner also received a sculpture created by sculptor Helmut Machhammer – the sculpture is nicknamed “Inge”.
Other prizes awarded and voted by the jury are the 3-Sat Prize, the KELAG Prize and the Deutschlandfunk Prize.
Several authors writing in German present their manuscripts and read them in front of a jury and audience during the German-language literature days.
The jury discusses the texts and votes for the prizes. This year, 14 authors participated, and the readings took place over three days.
The Bachmann reading is very special, as the authors read in front of a jury and the text is discussed openly with them. The event can be watched on Television and streamed. It is a very prestigious prize for German literature.
Writer Boris Schumatsky, born in Russia and living in Berlin, received the Deutschlandfunk prize, worth 12500 Euros. In his text “Kindheitsbenzin” (Childhood Fuel), he wrote about the impossibility of returning to his birthplace, Moscow.
The KELAG Prize, worth 10,000 euros, was awarded to Swiss author Nora Osagiobare for her text “Daughter Issues”.
3-sat Prize (7500 Euro) goes to Almut Tina Schmidt for her text “Fast eine Geschichte” (Nearly a story) talking about the superficial human relations in a housing community.
SHOTLIST
VS area of Bachmann readings
VS Cameras
Bachmann Prize poster over a building
C/U Pigeons
VS People attending the ceremony
Person reading indoors
VS Orange transat designed for the Bachmann Prize
Bachmann books
Jury at the awarding ceremony
SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Andreas Sourij, legal adviser: " The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize is awarded to Natascha Gangl."
Ovation for Gangl
Natascha Gangl reading parts of her text
Applause
Prize being awarded
Sculpture being held into the camera
SOUNDBITE (German) Natascha Gangl, Bachman prize winner: "Ingeborg will go to (the region) Styria, and I bring her to a place where many would hope for an open, smooth and multi-faceted Styria”
SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Andreas Sourij, legal adviser: "The Deutschlandfunk-Prize goes to Boris Schumatsky”
Ovation for Schumatsky
SOUNDBITE (German) Boris Schumatsky reading from his text: “My mother often told me that I should not come, even not to her funeral. She said it without using the word funeral. As she never pronounces the words Putin, or war, or arrest, because our phone calls could be tapped.”
Prize being awarded
SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Andreas Sourij, legal adviser: "The Kelag prize was won by Nora Osagiobare. Congratulations”
Ovation for Nora Osagiobare
Nora Osagiobare reading from her text
Nora Osagiobare receiving award
SOUNDBITE (GERMAN) Andreas Sourij, legal adviser: "The 3sat prize goes to Almut Tina Schmidt
Ovation for Almut Tina Schmidt
Almut Tina Schmidt reading from her text
Almut Tina Schmidt receiving the award
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