Kleist Prize winners

German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)

Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)

German writer (1900–1983)

Jewish German poet (1869–1945)

German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer (1870–1938)

Austro-Hungarian writer (1901–1938)

German writer (1887-1968)

German writer and playwright (1896-1977)

German-language novelist (born 1975)

German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (1932–2026)

Austrian poet, dramatic and writer (1925–2000)

German writer, poet, and theatre director (1929–1995)

German poet and playwright (1890–1940)

German writer (1882–1961)

fascist German writer and poet (1879-1964)

German writer

Austrian writer (born 1954)

German writer

German writer (1943–2018)

German author (1954–2023)

German writer

German writer (1885-1970)

Austrian writer (1897–1976)

Turkish-German writer (born 1946)

German writer

German Expressionist playwright and writer (1894–1959)

German writer (1895-1952)

German writer

Austrian writer (1946–2009)

Swiss writer, translator (born 1946)

German writer (1884-1941)

German poet (1892-1916)

German author and artist

German author, poet and film director (1945-2001)

German screenwriter (1894–1966)

German author (1881–1946)

German musician and writer

German writer and academic