Rainer Malkowski Prize
The Rainer Malkowski Prize has been awarded by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts on behalf of the Rainer Malkowski Foundation since 2006 . The aim of this literature prize is to “promote German-language literature (...) in general”. The award is endowed with 30,000 euros, making it one of the most highly endowed German literary prizes. An additional scholarship is endowed with 10,000 euros.
Award winners
- 2006: Manfred Peter Hein
- 2008: Adolf Endler and Kurt Drawert (in equal parts)
- 2010: Angela Krauss
- 2012: Christoph Meckel and Lutz Seiler (in equal parts)
- 2014: Daniela Danz and Mirko Bonné (in equal parts)
- 2016: Klaus Merz (main prize); Efrat Gal-Ed (scholarship)
- 2018: Ror Wolf (main prize); Sylvia Geist (scholarship)