Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of
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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
* 2008:
Adolf Endler
Adolf Endler (20 September 1930 – 2 August 2009) was a lyric poet, essayist and prose author who played a central role in subcultural activities that attacked and challenged an outdated model of socialist realism in the German Democratic Repu ...
und
Kurt Drawert
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In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
(equal parts)
* 2010:
Angela Krauß
* 2012:
Christoph Meckel
Christoph Meckel (12 June 1935 – 29 January 2020) was a German author and graphic artist. He received awards for his works which connect illustrations with the written text, sometimes texts by others.
Life
Born in Berlin, Meckel spent his yo ...
und
Lutz Seiler
Lutz Seiler (born 8 June 1963 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German poet and novelist.
Life and work
Lutz Seiler grew up in the Langenberg district of Gera, Thuringia (former East Germany). After training as a skilled building construction worker, h ...
(equal parts)
* 2014:
Daniela Danz und
Mirko Bonné
Mirko Bonné (born 9 June 1965) is a German writer and translator.
Bonné was born in Tegernsee, Bavaria. In 1975 his family moved to Hamburg, where he attended the Hansa Gymnasium. He graduated from the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Geesthacht in 198 ...
(equal parts)
* 2016:
Klaus Merz
Klaus Merz, (born 3 October 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer.
Life
As a teacher (secondary school), Merz has worked in adult education. He has won several prices, e.g. the famous Hermann Hesse Prize for Literature in 1997, th ...
(main prize);
Efrat Gal-Ed (scholarship)
* 2018:
Ror Wolf
Ror Wolf (born Richard Georg Wolf; 29 June 1932 – 17 February 2020) was a German writer, poet, and artist who also published under the pseudonym Raoul Tranchirer. He wrote audio plays, novels, and poems and made collages.
Life
Richard Georg ...
(main prize);
Sylvia Geist (scholarship)
* 2020:
Anja Kampmann und
Norbert Hummelt
Norbert Hummelt (born 30 December 1962 in Neuss) is a German poet, essayist and translator."No ...
(equal parts)
References
External links
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German literary awards
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