{{Short description|Swiss literary award}} The '''Max Frisch Prize''' of the City of Zürich, created in 1996, is usually awarded every four years to writers in German-speaking countries.<ref name="Stadt Zürich 2020">{{cite web | title=Max Frisch-Preis der Stadt Zürich | website=Stadt Zürich | date=11 February 2020 | url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kultur/de/index/foerderung/literatur/max-frisch-preis.html | language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> The prize is named after the Swiss writer Max Frisch (1911–1991).<ref name="Zeitung 2014" /> The literary award is endowed with a prize sum of 50,000 Swiss francs.<ref name="Stadt Zürich 2020" /> In 2018, an additional sponsorship award ({{lang|de|Förderpreis}}) endowed with 10,000 Swiss francs was introduced in order to be able to support writers of the younger generation as well.<ref name="Literaturpreis Gewinner 2018">{{cite web | title=Max-Frisch-Preis | website=Literaturpreis Gewinner | date=12 January 2018 | url=https://www.literaturpreisgewinner.de/belletristik/max-frisch-preis | language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2018" /><ref name="Börsenblatt 2018">{{cite web | title=Literatur, die sich mit keiner Grenze abfindet | website=Börsenblatt | date=10 January 2018 | url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/archiv/1419395.html | language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> The award honors authors whose work addresses fundamental issues of democratic society in an artistically uncompromising manner.<ref name="Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2018" /> The Max Frisch Foundation at ETH Zürich is responsible for judging and determining the winners.<ref name="Börsenblatt 2018" /> The City of Zürich is financing the award and its hosting.<ref name="Börsenblatt 2018" /><ref name="Home">{{cite web | title=Max Frisch-Preis der Stadt Zürich – Preise & Stipendien | website=literaturport.de | url=https://www.literaturport.de/preise-stipendien/preisdetails/max-frisch-preis-der-stadt-zuerich/ | language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>
== Recipients == *1998: Tankred Dorst *2002: {{ill|Jörg Steiner|de}} *2006: Ralf Rothmann *2011: Barbara Honigmann<ref name="DER STANDARD 2011">{{cite web | title=Barbara Honigmann bekommt Max-Frisch-Preis | website=Der Standard | date=27 October 2011 | url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1288160075141/zuerich-barbara-honigmann-bekommt-max-frisch-preis | language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> on 100th birthday of Max Frisch *2014: Robert Menasse<ref name="Zeitung 2014">{{cite web | title=Max-Frisch-Preis an Robert Menasse | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=5 March 2014 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/literatur-max-frisch-preis-an-robert-menasse-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-140305-99-07280 |language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> *2018: Maja Haderlap; sponsorship award: Dorothee Elmiger<ref name="Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2018">{{cite web | title=Max-Frisch-Preis 2018 geht an die österreichisch-slowenische Schriftstellerin Maja Haderlap | website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | date=9 January 2018 | url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/max-frisch-preis-2018-geht-an-die-oesterreichisch-slowenische-schriftstellerin-maja-haderlap-ld.1345682 | language=de | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> *2022: Jonas Lüscher; sponsorship award: {{ill|Enis Maci|de}}<ref name="BuchMarkt 2022">{{cite web | title=Der Max Frisch-Preis 2022 geht an Jonas Lüscher | website=BuchMarkt | date=19 January 2022 | url=https://buchmarkt.de/meldungen/der-max-frisch-preis-2022-geht-an-jonas-luescher/ | language=de | access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official|https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kultur/de/index/foerderung/literatur/max-frisch-preis.html}}
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Category:Swiss literary awards Category:Awards established in 1996 Category:1996 establishments in Switzerland Category:Max Frisch
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