Kleist Prize

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The Kleist Prize is a prestigious German literary award honoring outstanding achievements in contemporary German-language literature.

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Kleist Prize canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German literary award
literary award
awardedFor individual outstanding work
overall literary oeuvre
awardedIn Germany
awardFor outstanding achievements in German-language literature
country Germany
discontinued 1933
eligibility authors writing in German
field contemporary German-language literature
fieldOfRecognition literary innovation
follows Grimmelshausen-Preis
frequency annual
genre literature
hasAwardedFor drama
essay
poetry
prose
hasCulturalSignificance promotes innovative forms in German literature
recognizes influential contemporary authors
hasMediaCoverage German national press
literary journals
inception 1912
languageOfWorkOrName German
monetaryValue cash prize
namedAfter Heinrich von Kleist
namedForBirthPlaceOfEponym Frankfurt (Oder)
surface form: Frankfurt an der Oder
namedForOccupationOfEponym German playwright
notableRecipient Anna Seghers
Bertolt Brecht
Botho Strauß
Christa Wolf
Daniel Kehlmann
Elfriede Jelinek
Ferdinand von Schirach
Heinrich Böll
Peter Handke
Robert Musil
Sibylle Lewitscharoff
organizer Kleist-Gesellschaft
presentedIn Germany
re-established 1985
reasonForDiscontinuation Nazi cultural policy
selectionProcess jury decision
status one of the most prestigious literary awards in the German-speaking world
typicalAwardCeremonyLocation Berlin

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