Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding
Illustration — Miljenko Jergović - Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding 2026 The City of Leipzig awards the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung) which has been given since 1994. The award is endowed with prize money of 20,000 euros and is presented every year during the official opening of the Leipzig Book Fair.
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Source: • 1994: Ryszard Kapuściński (Poland) • 1994: Eckhard Thiele (Germany) • 1995: Péter Nádas (Hungary) • 1995: Svetlana Geier (Germany) • 1996: Aleksandar Tišma (Serbia) • 1996: Fritz Mierau (Germany) • 1997: Imre Kertész (Hungary) • 1997: Antonín J. Liehm (Czech Republic) • 1998: Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus) • 1998: Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland) • 1998: Andreas Tretner (Germany) • 1999: Eric Hobsbawm (United Kingdom) • 1999: Nenad Popović (Serbia) • 2000: Hanna Krall (Poland) • 2000: Peter Urban (Germany) • 2001: Claudio Magris (Italy) • 2001: Norbert Randow (Germany) • 2002: Bora Ćosić (Serbia) • 2002: Ludvík Kundera (Czech Republic) • 2003: Hugo Claus (Belgium) • 2003: Barbara Antkowiak (Germany) • 2004: Dževad Karahasan (Bosnia and Herzegovina) • 2004: Gábor Csordás (Hungary) • 2005: Slavenka Drakulić (Croatia) • 2006: Yurii Andrukhovych (Ukraine) • 2007: Gerd Koenen (Germany) • 2007: Michail Ryklin (Russia) • 2008: Geert Mak (Netherlands) • 2009: Karl Schlögel (Germany) • 2010: György Dalos (Hungary) • 2011: Martin Pollack (Austria) • 2012: Ian Kershaw (United Kingdom) • 2012: Timothy D. Snyder (United States) • 2013: Klaus-Michael Bogdal (Germany) • 2014: Pankaj Mishra (India) • 2015: Mircea Cărtărescu (Romania) • 2016: Heinrich August Winkler (Germany) • 2017: Mathias Énard (France) • 2018: Åsne Seierstad (Norway) • 2019: Masha Gessen (United States/Russia) • 2020: László F. Földényi (Hungary) • 2021: Johnny Pitts (United Kingdom/United States) • 2022: Karl-Markus Gauß (Austria) • 2023: Maria Stepanova (Russia) • 2024: Omri Boehm (Germany/Israel) • 2025: Alhierd Bacharevič (Belarus) • 2026: Miljenko Jergović (Croatia/Bosnia)
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- 1.City of Leipzig. Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding.
- 2.Kulturpreise.de : Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung. Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards.
- 3.Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung. Stadt Leipzig.
- 4.Leipziger Buchpreis. Literaturpreis Gewinner. 28 July 2011.
- 5.Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geht an Mircea Cartarescu. LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung. 5 December 2014.
- 6.Masha Gessen erhält Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung. Zeit Online.
- 7.Fitzek. Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geht an László Földényi. buchreport. 5 December 2019.
- 8.Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung für Johny Pitts. mdr.de. 8 December 2020.
- 9.Johny Pitts erhält Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung – Kultur. Der Spiegel. 8 December 2020.
- 10.Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung: Karl-Markus Gauß wird ausgezeichnet. Der Spiegel. 6 December 2021.
- 11.Leipzig: Maria Stepanova erhält Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung 2023. MDR.DE. 7 December 2022.
- 12.Omri Boehm wird mit Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geehrt. Der Spiegel. 18 December 2023.
- 13."Bisherige Preisträger". boersenverein-sasathue.de (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- 14."Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung geht an Miljenko Jergović". deutschlandfunkkultur.de, 8 December 2025 (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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