Premiums & Awards
- 1960:
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Literary Award of the City of Berlin for the Young Generation
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- 1961:
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Deutscher Kinderbuchpreis (German Children’s Book Award) for Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver)
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Hans-Christian-Andersen-Award, honorary list for Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver)
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- 1962:
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Deutscher Kinderbuchpreis (German Children’s Book Award), short list Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 (Jim Button and the Wild 13)
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- 1967:
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Hugo-Jacobi-Award
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- 1974:
- 1976:
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Nakamori-Award, Japan
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- 1979:
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Book of the Month of December for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Buxtehuder Bulle for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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- 1980:
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Preis der Leseratten des ZDF (ZDF’s Bookworm Award) forDie unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Wilhelm-Hauff-Preis zur Förderung von Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Wilhelm-Hauff-Award for the Support of Literature for Children and Young People) for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis (German Literary Award for Books for Young People), Short list for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Main Prize of the German Academy for Children’s and Young People’s Literature), Volkach
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- 1981:
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Europäischer Jugendbuchpreis (European Literary Award for Books for Young People) for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Janusz-Korczak-Preis for the complete work
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Deutscher Kinder- und Jugendschallplattenpreis (German Record Award for Children and Young People)
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Die schönsten Bücher der Bundesrepublik (Most Beautiful Books of West Germany), awarded by the Stiftung Buchkunst (Foundation for the Art of Bookmaking) for The Lindworm and the Butterfly
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- 1982:
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Japanese Book Award for the Best Translation of Contemporary Literature for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Bronzi di Riace, Kiwanis Literature Award, Reggio, for the complete work
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Lorenzo il Magnifico-Award for the complete work
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Author of the year
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- 1983:
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Silver Pencil of Rotterdam for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Children’s book of the year, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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- 1985:
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Sympathy Award of the City of Rome, Italy
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- 1986:
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Poetentaler der Stadt München (Poet’s Coin of the City of Munich) for The Goggolori
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- 1987:
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Der Deutsche Fantasy-Preis (German Fantasy Award)
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- 1988:
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Kulturpreis der bayerischen Raiffeisen-Banken (Culture Award of the Bavarian Raiffeisen-Banken) for the complete work
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Saarländischer Rundfunk: Die Kinder- und Jugendbuchliste (Short List for Children’s and Young People’s Books by the Saarlaendischer Rundfunk) for Ophelia's Shadow Theatre
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IBBY honorary list for the best translation into Italian for Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver)
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IBBY honorary list for the best translation into Iranian for Momo
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IBBY honorary list for the best translation into Polish for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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- 1989:
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Züricher Kinderbuchpreis (Zurich Children’s Book Award) La vache qui lit for The Night of Wishes
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Special Award for the 10 years anniversary of the Preis der Leseratten des ZDF (ZDF Bookworm Award) for The Night of Wishes
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Golden record for Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)
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Katholischer Kinderbuchpreis (Catholic Children’s Book Award), short list, for Ophelia's Shadow Theatre
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Rattenfängerpreis der Stadt Hameln (Pied Piper Award of the City of Hamelin), short list, for The Night of Wishes
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Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany/Cross)
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- 1993:
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Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis (German Literary Award for Books for Young People), short list for The Long Way to Santa Cruz
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Curt Laßwitz-Award for the best short story of the year for The Long Way to Santa Cruz
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- 1996:
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Bad Wildbader Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis (Children’s and Young People’s Book Award of Bad Wildbad)
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