title: Roswitha Prize
text: # Roswitha Prize
  
  The Roswitha Prize (German: Roswitha-Preis) is the oldest German language prize for literature that is given solely to women.
  
  The Roswitha-Medal has been given almost yearly since 1973 by the city of Bad Gandersheim. In 1998 it received its modern designation along with an endowment of €5,500. It is named for Roswitha of Gandersheim, a 10th-century Benedictine nun who is considered the first female German playwright and author.
  
  ## List of Recipients
  
  * 1973 Marie-Luise Kaschnitz
  * 1974 Hilde Domin
  * 1975 Ilse Aichinger
  * 1976 Elisabeth Borchers
  * 1977 Dagmar Nick
  * 1978 Elfriede Jelinek
  * 1979 Luise Rinser
  * 1980 Rose Ausländer
  * 1981 Hilde Spiel
  * 1982 Friederike Mayröcker
  * 1983 Sarah Kirsch
  * 1984 Greta Schoon
  * 1985 Irmtraud Morgner
  * 1986 Ulla Hahn
  * 1987 Irina Korschunow
  * 1988 Gerlind Reinshagen
  * 1989 Helga M. Novak
  * 1990 Herta Müller
  * 1991 No Award
  * 1992 Helga Königsdorf
  * 1993 Christa Reinig
  * 1994 Monika Maron
  * 1995 Libuse Monikova
  * 1996 Gisela von Wysocki
  * 1997 No Award
  * 1998 Carola Stern
  * 1999 Birgit Vanderbeke
  * 2000 Silvia Bovenschen
  * 2001 Erika Fuchs
  * 2002 Katja Lange-Müller
  * 2003 Antje Rávic Strubel
  * 2004 Angelika Klüssendorf
  * 2005 Julia Franck
  * 2006 Ruth Klüger
  * 2007 Felicitas Hoppe
  * 2008 Cornelia Funke
  * 2009 No Award
  * 2010 Anna Katharina Hahn
  * 2011 Olga Martynova
  * 2012 Elke Erb
  * 2013 Ulrike Draesner
  * 2014 Gertrud Leutenegger
  * 2015 Gabriele Goettle [de]
  * 2016 Nora Bossong
  * 2017 Petra Morsbach
  * 2018 Terézia Mora
  * 2019 Monika Rinck
  * 2020 Ulrike Almut Sandig
  * 2021 Emine Sevgi Özdamar
  * 2022 Annegret Held [de]
  