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Chapter 36 - Literary Prizes

from Part IV - Reception and Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2023

By
Uwe Schütte
Edited by
Uwe Schütte
Uwe Schütte
Affiliation:
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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This essay analyses the reception of W.G. Sebald during his lifetime based on his track record of literary prizes awarded to him inside and outside Germany. His increasing recognition, both in Germany and in the anglophone world, is reflected in the literary prizes he received. Likewise, the literary prizes reveal significant differences in Sebald’s domestic and foreign reception, which result from the fact that in Germany his aggressive critical essays, attacking major literary figures, resulted in reservations of many juries awarding prizes and other recognitions.

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Literary prizesNobel prizeBüchner prizeHeine prizeBöll prizeJewish Quarterly-Wingate PrizeBreitbach prizeNational Book Critics Circle AwardWill Self
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W. G. Sebald in Context , pp. 322 - 330
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Literary Prizes
  • Edited by Uwe Schütte, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
  • Book: W. G. Sebald in Context
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052313.037
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  • Literary Prizes
  • Edited by Uwe Schütte, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
  • Book: W. G. Sebald in Context
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052313.037
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  • Literary Prizes
  • Edited by Uwe Schütte, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
  • Book: W. G. Sebald in Context
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052313.037
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