Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft
The Literature of the Cultural Committee of German economy and the playwright price of the Cultural Committee of the German economy are awarded annually by the Cultural Committee of German Economy to writers and are worth a total of € 40,000.
The Literature Prize is awarded annually in the areas of prose (20,000 € ) and poetry or translation (10,000 € ), the poetry prize is awarded alternately with the Translation Prize. An application is not possible, the candidates are proposed and selected by the members of the board literature, comprised of members of the Cultural Committee of German Business and consultants. With the price of a literary work as a whole is excellent. The aim of the award is to encourage authors financially and make them known. Precursor of the price was since 1953 the honorary award of the Cultural Committee of German Business within the BDI, the renamed Hans -Erich Nossack price in 1989 and 2008 for the Literature Prize of the Cultural Committee of German economy was.