Christoph Nußbaumeder receives Grimmelshausen Prize 2021
News08.07.2021
Christoph Nußbaumeder has been awarded the 2021 Grimmelshausen Prize for his debut novel Die Unverhofften.
Every two years, the award honours authors who have made a remarkable contribution to the artistic examination of contemporary history with a narrative work published in the past six years. The jury's states that the award-winning playwright Christoph Nußbaumeder »creates [...] a family saga about love, lies, injuries, loss and success in southern Germany. The novel, in the tradition of Buddenbrooks, sets in at the turn of the 19th century and spans all the way into our present.«
The press release of the Grimmelshausen City of Renchen also emphasises the author's long epic breath. With a light hand, he succeeded not only in portraying the manifold entanglements of a dynasty from the Bavarian glass, timber and real estate industries, but also in telling the story of a German century. With the help of numerous masterfully connected motifs, Christoph Nußbaumeder succeeded in structuring and holding together his extensive novel. »A great reading pleasure, a book that is meaningful in the literal sense of the word!« was the jury’s conclusion.
The Grimmelshausen Prize has been awarded alternately by the towns of Gelnhausen and Renchen since 1993 and is jointly sponsored by the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. The award is named after Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, the author of Simplicissimus Teutsch, who was born in Gelnhausen and died in Renchen in 1676. The prize is endowed with 10,000 Euros.
Every two years, the award honours authors who have made a remarkable contribution to the artistic examination of contemporary history with a narrative work published in the past six years. The jury's states that the award-winning playwright Christoph Nußbaumeder »creates [...] a family saga about love, lies, injuries, loss and success in southern Germany. The novel, in the tradition of Buddenbrooks, sets in at the turn of the 19th century and spans all the way into our present.«
The press release of the Grimmelshausen City of Renchen also emphasises the author's long epic breath. With a light hand, he succeeded not only in portraying the manifold entanglements of a dynasty from the Bavarian glass, timber and real estate industries, but also in telling the story of a German century. With the help of numerous masterfully connected motifs, Christoph Nußbaumeder succeeded in structuring and holding together his extensive novel. »A great reading pleasure, a book that is meaningful in the literal sense of the word!« was the jury’s conclusion.
The Grimmelshausen Prize has been awarded alternately by the towns of Gelnhausen and Renchen since 1993 and is jointly sponsored by the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. The award is named after Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, the author of Simplicissimus Teutsch, who was born in Gelnhausen and died in Renchen in 1676. The prize is endowed with 10,000 Euros.