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Austria · Since 2016 · For books in German
Awarded each November by Austria's culture ministry and the Austrian booksellers' association to the best German-language book of the year (fiction, essays, poetry or drama) by an Austrian author.
The prize goes back to an initiative of culture minister Josef Ostermayer and was announced in March 2016. Austrian authors had long asked for a prize of their own, as they felt at a disadvantage at the German Book Prize. Publishers in Austria, Germany and Switzerland may each submit up to two titles from roughly the past twelve months. A jury of five, appointed anew each year, names a longlist of ten books in September and a shortlist of five in October. The winner is announced in November, on the eve of the Buch Wien book fair, and receives 20,000 euros; the other four finalists receive 2,500 euros each. A separate debut prize, funded by the Vienna Chamber of Labour, is worth 10,000 euros. The first winner was Friederike Mayröcker for fleurs; later winners include Eva Menasse, Norbert Gstrein and Clemens J. Setz.
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Österreichischer Buchpreis 2023 · Shortlist
Kochen im falschen Jahrhundert
Teresa Präauer · 44 when first published
Novel · 176 pages · Satire
AI-generated summary:A hostess who does not feel especially talented at hosting prepares a dinner for her guests. The evening goes wrong and keeps starting over, as five nameless people talk about food, shopping and how to live.
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2020 · Shortlist
Die Bagage
Monika Helfer · 73 when first published
Novel · 192 pages · Family, Historical, War
AI-generated summary:Josef and Maria Moosbrugger and their children live on the edge of a mountain village, poor and despised. When Josef is called up in the First World War, Maria is left alone, dependent on the mayor's protection.
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2019 · Shortlist
Das flüssige Land
Raphaela Edelbauer · 29 when first published
Novel · 349 pages · Speculative, Historical
AI-generated summary:After her parents die in a car accident, the physicist Ruth sets out to bury them in the village of their childhood, a place that hides from strangers. Beneath it lies a huge cavity that no one in the village will talk about.
Also: Deutscher Buchpreis 2019 shortlist
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2018 · Shortlist
Herr Katō spielt Familie
Milena Michiko Flašar · 38 when first published
Novel · 208 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Recently retired, Mr Katō drifts away from his wife and children in Japan. Then he starts working for an agency that hires him out as a stand-in for absent relatives.
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2017 · Shortlist
Der Tag, an dem mein Großvater ein Held war
Paulus Hochgatterer · 56 when first published
Novella · 112 pages · War, Historical, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:In the last days of the war, a girl of about thirteen who remembers nothing finds shelter on a farm in Lower Austria. Then a Russian forced labourer turns up there, carrying a painting from Göring's art collection.
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2017 · Shortlist
Die Hauptstadt
Robert Menasse · 63 when first published
Novel · 416 pages · Satire, Politics
AI-generated summary:In Brussels, an official tasked with polishing the European Commission's image asks a colleague for an idea, which awakens a ghost from history. Meanwhile a detective must drop a murder case and the city tries to name a pig running through its streets.
Also: Deutscher Buchpreis 2017 winner