Rauris Literature Days 2025
at the 4* Hotel Alpina
In March 2025, the Rauris Literature Days will once again transform into a center of the Austrian literary scene.
From March 19 to 23, authors, literature enthusiasts, and critics will gather in the picturesque Rauris Valley to discuss language, stories, and thought worlds amidst the impressive mountain landscape of the Hohe Tauern National Park.
The Rauris Literature Days are considered one of the country’s most significant literary events and offer a diverse program: readings by renowned writers, exciting debates, and the awarding of the prestigious Rauris Literature Prize.
In the inspiring silence of the mountains, space is created for in-depth conversations and new perspectives – a celebration for all who love the power of words.
✨📖 Literature Days Special at our Hotel Alpina 📖✨
Rauris Literature Days 2025 – Culture & Comfort at Hotel Alpina
Immerse yourself in the world of literature and experience inspiring readings, exciting conversations, and unique encounters with authors.
To make your stay as relaxing as it is inspiring, we have the perfect offer for you:
Overnight Stay Breakfast at Hotel Alpina
✨ Double room for 2 people: € 85.00 per night
✨ Double room for single occupancy: € 99.00 per night
Enjoy the cozy atmosphere of our hotel, start your day with a rich breakfast, and be in the midst of the Rauris Literature Days events within minutes.
📅 Secure your room now and experience literary enjoyment in the Alps!
LITERATURE PRIZES 2025
Main Prizes
The Rauris Literature Prize is awarded by the Salzburg State Government and is designated for the best first-time prose publication in German from the previous year. The prize, endowed with € 10,000, is awarded at the opening of the Rauris Literature Days.
The prize is decided by an independent, annually changing jury with one vote each for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The prize is not awarded through submissions.
For many authors, the Rauris Literature Prize is the springboard into the literary public: The list of previous prize winners includes names such as Franz Innerhofer, Ruth Klüger, and Michael Köhlmeier, as well as Herta Müller (Nobel Prize in Literature 2009) and Felicitas Hoppe (Georg Büchner Prize 2012).
Promotional Prizes
The Rauris Promotional Prize is awarded by the Salzburg State Government and the market town of Rauris and is endowed with € 5,000. It is open for an unpublished manuscript on a topic that is announced each June. The texts are evaluated anonymously (without disclosing names) by an annually changing independent jury.
To the list of previous prize winners of the Rauris Literature Days.
Readings
Since their founding in 1971, the Rauris Literature Festival has annually presented authors
from the entire German-speaking world and introduced them along with their books.
Since the mid-1990s, each time a theme has been at the center, which in contemporary literature
is particularly frequently and diversely addressed.
The main events of the Literature Festival take place in the evenings:
Readings and discussions about current books that relate to the central theme.
Some of these readings are organized as collaborations with Salzburg literary event organizers:
with the Literaturhaus Salzburg, with the literature forum “Leselampe” and with the literary association “prolit”.
Since 1992, guests from foreign languages, countries, and cultures have also been regularly invited to the Literature Festival:
Authors who came to Salzburg from the Basque Country, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Bosnia, Albania, the Maghreb,
Israel and Korea, Mongolia and Malawi, presenting their texts.
19 March 19:00
Lilli Polansky
Reading as part of the opening event at the Mesnerhaus. Laudatory speech: Katharina Teutsch
Also available via live stream on our websiteto the event
20 March 14:00
Anna Neata
Reading at the Mesnerhaus. Laudatory speech: Claudia Lehner
Also available via live stream on our websiteto the event
We would be delighted to welcome you to the Rauris Literature Days here at Hotel Alpina
and pamper you. We look forward to receiving your booking or inquiry!
