Andrea Winkler is honored with the Veza Canetti Prize 2025!

Andrea Winkler is honored with the Veza Canetti Prize 2025!

Wien, Österreich - The Austrian author Andrea Winkler was awarded the Veza Canetti Prize of the City of Vienna in 2025. The price endowed with 10,000 euros is awarded by an independent jury of experts, to which Andrea Fredriksson-Zederbauer, Angelika Reitzer and Peter Zimmermann belong. They praise Winkler's ability to establish an autonomous poetic voice in their prose that treats everyday events and peripheral moments. Your texts treat existential issues with linguistic precision and lightness. The City Councilor Veronica Kaup-Hasler emphasized that Winkler's prose serves as an invitation to decelerate.

Andrea Winkler, born in 1972 in Freistadt, Upper Austria, lives in Vienna today. She studied German studies and theater studies and worked in adult education and youth work. In addition to the Veza Canetti Prize, she received numerous awards, including the Hermann Lenz scholarship in 2005 and the Austrian Funding Prize for Literature in 2008.

Winkler's literary work

Winkler is known for her multi -layered publications, which are characterized by lyrical impressions and profound questions. Her best known works include:

• "poor fools. Hediculous conversation" (2006)
• "Hanna and I. Prosa." (2008)
• "King, Court Narrow and People. Implementation novel" (2013)
• "The woman on my shoulder" (2018)
• "Three, four tones, no more. Eleven calls." (2010)
• "in the middle of the day" (2025)

Your latest band "In the middle of the day" contains narrative essays that raise questions about the nature of everyday life. These works show Winkler's talent to communicate complex emotional and social issues in an understandable and appealing manner.

background of the Veza Canetti Prize

The Veza Canetti Prize was launched in 2014 to honor the literary work of Austrian writers. The award is reminiscent of the systematic exclusion of Austrian literary from literary canon formation. Former winners such as Karin Peschka (2024), Anna Kim (2023), Lisa Spalt (2022) and Olga Flor (2014) also received the price.

In Austria there are many significant literary prices that promote talented authors. The high season of book prices falls into autumn when, among other things, the Austrian, German and Swiss Book Prize is awarded. These prices are not only important for the writers, but also contribute to the visibility of literature. Critics argue that the nominations and awards benefit the sales figures of the works, whereby libraries and readers also benefit from reporting. An overview of significant literature prices in Austria provides further insights into the diversity and the challenges of the literary scene.

The official website of the Veza-Canetti-Prize provides further information, even if the content is currently not available municipal law.gv.at. Despite some controversy about the importance of literary prices, it is clear that they play an important role in promoting and recognizing literary work. The we read articles illuminate the effects of such awards on the book industry and the literary landscape in Austria.