The man from Vorarlberg receives the award for his debut novel “Forever the Alps”.
Feldkirch, Salzburg The Rauris Literature Prize 2021, endowed with 10,000 euros, goes to the Feldkirch-born author Benjamin Quaderer, who grew up in Liechtenstein, for his debut novel “Forever the Alps”. The jury praised Benjamin Quaderer’s debut novel “Forever the Alps” as “as entertaining as it is profound and literarily ambitious”. The 31-year-old author, who recently received an award as part of the UN initiative “50 Heads of Tomorrow”, draws a “courageous portrait full of critical acuity of his homeland Liechtenstein. The debut shows great literary maturity. It is a litter, “says the reason. His debut novel, widely praised by the media, is a close-up view of the strange customs and traditions in the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein, which became famous primarily as a banking center and oasis of black money.
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The Rauris Promotion Prize 2021, endowed with 5000 euros, went to the Tyrolean Martin Mader for the text “Distance is Everywhere”. The text captivates with “the courage to use one’s own idiosyncratic form and linguistic staging”. The sponsorship award is donated by the State of Salzburg and the municipality of Rauris. At the event, not only will this year’s winners Quaderer and Mader be honored, but also last year’s winners, Angela Lehner and Vanessa Graf. Because the 2020 Literature Days had to be postponed due to the lockdown, the award will now be rescheduled.
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The 50th edition of the literature festival is to take place from April 7th to 11th in front of an audience, as a hybrid or on the Internet. Authors who have received awards in Rauris in the past are expected at the readings: Herta Müller, Bodo Hell, Maja Haderlap, Norbert Gstrein, Michael Köhlmeier or Raoul Schrott.
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