The Heinrich-Böll-Preis (Heinrich Böll Prize for Literature) is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding achievements – even by still unknown authors – in the field of German-language literature".
Recipients Source:
1980: Hans Mayer 1981: Peter Weiss 1982: Wolfdietrich Schnurre 1983: Uwe Johnson 1984: Helmut Heißenbüttel 1985: Hans Magnus Enzensberger 1986: Elfriede Jelinek 1987: Ludwig Harig 1988: 1989: Brigitte Kronauer 1990: Günter de Bruyn 1991: Rainald Goetz 1992: Hans Joachim Schädlich 1993: Alexander Kluge 1995: Jürgen Becker 1997: W. G. Sebald 1999: Gerhard Meier 2001: Marcel Beyer 2003: Anne Duden 2005: Ralf Rothmann 2007: Christoph Ransmayr 2009: Uwe Timm 2011: Ulrich Peltzer 2013: Eva Menasse 2015: Herta Müller 2017: Ilija Trojanow 2019: Juli Zeh 2021: 2023: Kathrin Röggla 2025: Heike Geißler"Heinrich-Böll-Preis geht an Autorin Heike Geißler". wdr.de, 22 October 2025 (in German). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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