Oswald Egger Awarded Prestigious Georg-Büchner-Preis 2024

The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung honors Egger for his innovative contributions to German literature.

Oswald Egger, a South Tyrol-born poet, received the Georg-Büchner-Preis, one of the most esteemed literary awards in the German-speaking world.
The award ceremony took place at the Staatstheater Darmstadt, with a laudatory speech by literature critic Paul Jandl.
Egger is recognized for his work that transcends traditional literary boundaries, continuing a career that began in 1993.
The Georg-Büchner-Preis, named after the dramatist Georg Büchner, includes a prize of 50,000 euros.
Other awards presented at the event included the Sigmund-Freud-Preis for scientific prose and the Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis for literary criticism and essay.