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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 Hannelore Greve Literature Prize honors outstanding achievements in the field of German-language literature. [1] The Hamburg Authors' Association has been awarding the Hannelore Greve Literature Prize every two years since 2004, alternating annually with the Walter Kempowski Literature Prize. [2]
The Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt (German: Goethe-Preis der Stadt Frankfurt am Main) is an award for achievement "worthy of honour in memory of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" made by the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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.
International Literature Award (German: Internationaler Literaturpreis – Haus der Kulturen der Welt) is a German literary award for international prose translated into German for the first time. [1] The prize has been awarded annually by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the foundation “Elementarteilchen” since 2009. [1]
It was refounded in 1995 as the Deutsche Schillerstiftung von 1859 (1859 German Schiller Foundation). It presents several awards and prizes for literary achievement and also since its foundation has assisted writers in financial emergencies or who are in need of support.