Toucan Prize (Tukan-Preis)
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Edition 18 (1994) Winner
Maxim Biller
マクシム・ビラー
Makushimu Birā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-08-25 （Prague）
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Hamburg → Munich → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- writer, columnist
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Influenced By
- Bruno Schulz
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Toucan Prize | — | — | City of Munich | won |
| 1996 | Preis des Europäischen Feuilletons | — | — | — | won |
| 1996 | Otto Stoessl Prize | — | — | — | won |
| 1999 | Theodor Wolff Prize | — | — | — | won |
| 2008 | Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship | — | — | University of Kassel | won |
| 2012 | Würth-Literaturpreis | — | — | — | won |
Toucan Prize
1994
Organization:
City of Munich
Result:
won
Preis des Europäischen Feuilletons
1996
Result:
won
Otto Stoessl Prize
1996
Result:
won
Theodor Wolff Prize
1999
Result:
won
Brothers Grimm Poetics Professorship
2008
Organization:
University of Kassel
Result:
won
Würth-Literaturpreis
2012
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Esra
2003 novelA novel whose sale was prohibited by court shortly after release due to claims of reflecting real people.
Jewish identityGerman society
Harlem Holocaust
1998 short novelShort novel including stories set in Harlem.
immigrationHolocaust
Love Today
2007 short storiesCollection translated to English, some published in The New Yorker.
lovemodern life
Translations
- English (trans. Anthea Bell)
Bibliography
- Someday when I'm rich and dead: Narratives
- Die Tempojahre: Essays und Reportagen
- Land der Väter und Verräter: Erzählungen
- Harlem Holocaust
- Die Tochter
- Esra
- Der gebrauchte Jude
- Biografie: Roman
- Mama Odessa: Roman
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- sharp satireeveryday life depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish identityGerman-Jewish relations
Legacy
German writer of Jewish descent, frequently writing on Jewish-German relations. Strong Zionist.
Trivia
- His novel Esra was temporarily banned from sale by court.
- A 2025 column in Die Zeit titled 'Morbus Israel' sparked controversy and was removed.