TheKleist Prize is an annualGerman literature prize. The prize was first awarded in 1912, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death ofHeinrich von Kleist. The Kleist Prize was the most importantliterary award of theWeimar 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.
Listings of the Kleist Prize winners are maintained by the Kleist-Archiv Sembdner.[1] and Kleist Gesellschaft[2]
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