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Kleist Prize


 

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.

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German literature - Heinrich von Kleist - Weimar Republic - 1933

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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.

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1994 - 2000

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