Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of
Germany
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. The prize is awarded every two years by the
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Rainer Malkowski Foundation.
The Rainer Malkowski Prize, with prize money of 30,000 euros, is one of the most highly endowed German literary prizes.
The prize has been founded in 2005 by the (Foundation for the Promotion of German-Language Literature), on request of the poet Rainer Malkowski, who died in 2003.
Recipients
* 2006:
Manfred Peter Hein
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* 2008:
Adolf Endler und
Kurt Drawert (equal parts)
* 2010:
Angela Krauß
* 2012:
Christoph Meckel
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Life
Born in Berlin, Meckel spent his you ...
und
Lutz Seiler (equal parts)
* 2014:
Daniela Danz und
Mirko Bonné (equal parts)
* 2016:
Klaus Merz (main prize);
Efrat Gal-Ed
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(scholarship)
* 2018:
Ror Wolf
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Life
Richard Georg ...
(main prize);
Sylvia Geist
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(scholarship)
* 2020:
Anja Kampmann und
Norbert Hummelt
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References
External links
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German literary awards
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