Kleist Prize

German literary award

The Kleist Prize is an annual German literature prize. The prize was first awarded in 1912, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Kleist. The Kleist Prize was the most important literary award of the Weimar Republic, but was discontinued in 1933.

In 1985 the prize was awarded for the first time in over fifty years. Between 1994 and 2000 it was awarded biennially. A monetary sum of €20,000 accompanies the award.

Winners

Listings of the Kleist Prize winners are maintained by the Kleist-Archiv Sembdner.[1] and Kleist Gesellschaft[2]

1912–1932

  • 1912 Hermann Burte and Reinhard Sorge
  • 1913 Hermann Essig and Oskar Loerke
  • 1914 Fritz von Unruh and Hermann Essig
  • 1915 Robert Michel and Arnold Zweig
  • 1916 Agnes Miegel and Heinrich Lersch
  • 1917 Walter Hasenclever
  • 1918 Leonhard Frank and Paul Zech
  • 1919 Anton Dietzenschmidt and Kurt Heynicke
  • 1920 Hans Henny Jahnn
  • 1921 Paul Gurk
  • 1922 Bertolt Brecht
  • 1923 Wilhelm Lehmann and Robert Musil
  • 1924 Ernst Barlach
  • 1925 Carl Zuckmayer
  • 1926 Alexander Lernet-Holenia and Alfred Neumann (Rahel Sanzara did not accept her prize), Honorable Mention: Martin Kessel[1]
  • 1927 Gerhard Menzel and Hans Meisel
  • 1928 Anna Seghers
  • 1929 Alfred Brust and Eduard Reinacher
  • 1930 Reinhard Goering
  • 1931 Ödön von Horvath and Erik Reger
  • 1932 Richard Billinger and Else Lasker-Schüler

1933–1984

Discontinued

1985–present

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Die Kleist Preise". Kleist-Archiv Sembdner der Stadt Heilbronn. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Die Kleist-Preisträger seit 1985". Kleist Gesellschaft. Cologne. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ Navid Kermani erhält Kleist-Preis 2012. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Kultur) 21 August 2012, S. B4
  4. ^ Kölnische Rundschau Kultur vom 17. Mai 2013: Auszeichnung: Katja Lange-Müller erhält Kleist-Preis Archived 24 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ Buchmarkt.de vom 12. Mai 2014: Hortensia Völckers verleiht den Kleist-Preis an Marcel Beyer, retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Esther Kinsky erhält Kleist-Preis 2022". Der Spiegel (in German). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  7. ^ Plodroch, Ina (30 March 2023). "Kleist-Preis 2023 geht an Thomas Kunst". WDR (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.

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