The most successful writers in the national category are the Swiss author
Peter Zeindler, who won the Award four times between 1986 and 1992 (each time receiving the first place award), and the German author
Friedrich Ani, who won five times between 2002 and 2013 (the 1st place once, and the 2nd place four times). In the international category, the late American writer
Ross Thomas won the prize (each time in 1st place) four times between 1986 and 1996. In the table below, the names of the original or translated English titles are given in brackets. ==References==