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A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. This is a list of notable literary awards awarded in Germany.
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The Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony is a German literary award. It was founded in 1993 by the Government of the Free State of Saxony and is awarded every two years. It consists of a main prize, which honours outstanding achievements in the spirit of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , especially in the field of literature, literary criticism ...
The Heinrich Mann Prize (German: Heinrich-Mann-Preis) is an essay prize that has been awarded since 1953, first by the East German Academy of Arts, then by the Academy of Arts, Berlin. The prize, which comes with a €10,000 purse, is given annually on 27 March, Heinrich Mann's day of birth. The laureate is selected by an independent three ...
The prize was created in 2005, as a successor to the Deutscher Bücherpreis, to heighten awareness for authors writing in German. It is based on the same idea as literary prizes such as the Man Booker Prize or the Prix Goncourt.
The Alfred Döblin Prize (German: Alfred-Döblin-Preis) is a German literary award.Named after Alfred Döblin, it was endowed by Günter Grass in 1979. [1] The prize is awarded every two years jointly by the Academy of Arts, Berlin and the Literary Colloquium Berlin for substantial unpublished literary works in progress.
Albatros Literaturpreis (or Internationaler Literaturpreis Albatros) was an international literary award given every two years by the Günter Grass Foundation based in Bremen, Germany. It was awarded only five times. The award was for contemporary authors in prose, poetry or essay writing including translated works.
The Italo Svevo Prize honours "literary varieties of aesthetic obstinacy", according to the prize donor. The prize promotes and honours the work of a German-language author, which has become visible in at least three independent publications and which, in the opinion of the juror, still lacks due public recognition and broad attention.