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The Guntram and Irene Rinke Foundation is a German nonprofit organization based in Hamburg that awarded an annual literary prize for nostalgic literature.
| Year | Winner | Work |
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| 2007 | Raoul Schrott and Wend Kässens | Dichter am Ball ("Poets on the Ball") |
| 2008 | Anonymous | Wohin mit Vater? |
| 2009 | Roger Willemsen | Der Knacks ("The Crack") |
| 2010 | Wilhelm Genazino | Das Glück in glücksfernen Zeiten |
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