Bachmann Prize 2024 winner Tijan Sila (second from proper), Kelag Prize for Tamara Štajner (left), 3sat Prize and Viewers Prize Johanna Sebauer and Deutschlandfunk Prize for Denis Pfabe (proper) (Picture: Wolfgang Tischer)The 2024 Bachmann Prize, price 25,000 euros, will go to Tijan Sila for his textual content “The Day My Mom Went Loopy”. Denis Pfabe (Deutschlandfunk Prize), Tamara Štajner (Kelag Prize) and Johanna Sebauer, who acquired the 3sat Prize and the Viewers Prize, acquired different prizes.
A complicated runoff election
On Sunday morning, the results of the voting stunned not solely many observers, however maybe the jury as effectively. Nonetheless, Tijan Sila clearly got here out on prime within the first spherical of voting, though his title was solely introduced later.
Within the first place, nonetheless, there was a considerably unsatisfactory run-off between Tamara Štajner, Johanna Sebauer and Miedya Mahmod for the 3sat and Kelag prizes, respectively. Ultimately the 3sat prize (7,500 euros) went to Johanna Sebauer, Tamara Štajner acquired the Kelag prize price 10,000 euros and Miedya Mahmod was fortunate sufficient to have Mahmod’s title talked about within the prize competitors, however sadly it was not sufficient for the ranks, as in fact statistically talking at all times for 9 to 10 of the opposite names.
Two prizes for Johanna Sebauer
In actual fact, this time ten folks went house with out a prize, as Johanna Sebauer additionally acquired the BKS Viewers Award price 7,000 euros for her textual content “Das Gurkerl”, so she collected a complete of 14,500 euros in prize cash.
The frustration was clearly seen in Henrik Szanto, who noticed many within the areas a prize prematurely along with his textual content a few speaking home, but in addition got here away empty-handed.
Two successes for the choose Philipp Tingler
A really important aspect notice is that Philipp Tingler invited each Tijan Sila and Denis Pfabe to Klagenfurt, who have been subsequently capable of make two suggestions. It’s also price noting that each Sila and Pfabe have profitable publications, however they don’t write as a important job and are available from the standard literary world. Tijan Sila works as a vocational college trainer for German and English in Kaiserslautern and Denis Pfabe, as seen in his function movie, works in a ironmongery shop. A dialog with the winner Tijan Sila may be heard later within the literaturcafe.de podcast.
All texts may be learn on the ORF web site (see hyperlink under).
Winners 2024
The statue for the primary prize: Inge
Wolfgang Tischer and Bozena Badura additionally have a look at the day of the award ceremony within the literaturcafe.de podcast. This system will go browsing later this night.
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