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Natascha Gangl Captures Main and Audience Awards at Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis; Klagenfurt Budget Impasse Threatens Cultural Scene

Multiple sub-prizes underscored literary diversity by honoring works from a Moscow exile’s essay to dialect-infused explorations of identity.

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Overview

  • Natascha Gangl’s dialect-infused text “DA STA” earned her both the €25,000 Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis and the €7,000 audience award for its precise examination of a previously hidden NS-era crime in the Steiermark border region.
  • Berlin-based Boris Schumatsky secured the €12,500 Deutschlandfunk-Preis with a reflective piece on the impossibility of returning to his birthplace in Moscow.
  • The €10,000 Kelag-Preis honored Nora Osagiobare’s satirical “Daughter Issues,” and the €7,500 3sat-Preis went to Almut Tina Schmidt’s narrative “Fast eine Geschichte.”
  • Tara Meister was appointed Carinthischer Sommer Festivalschreiberin and awarded a two-month €3,000 stipend at Ossiacher See.
  • Klagenfurt’s city council has not approved its 2025 budget, placing independent cultural organizations and free-scene arts groups at risk of collapse.