Rainer-Malkowski-Preis

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Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize is awarded every two years by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Rainer Malkowski Foundation. [1] The Rainer Malkowski Prize, with prize money of 30,000 euros, is one of the most highly endowed German literary prizes. [2] The prize has been founded in 2005 by the Stiftung zur Förderung deutschsprachiger Literatur (Foundation for the Promotion of German-Language Literature), on request of the poet Rainer Malkowski, who died in 2003. [2]

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