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The Grand Austrian State Prize is the highest award given by the Republic of Austria to an artist for a life’s work that is particularly outstanding in artistic terms. Each year, the Austrian Arts Senate, which consists of 21 members, nominates an artistic personality from the fields of architecture, visual arts, literature or music for the State Prize without a fixed rotation principle. The prize has been awarded since 1950 and is currently endowed with 30.000 EUR.
The Austrian Book Prize is organized by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sports, in cooperation with the Main Association of Austrian Book Trade and the Arbeitskammer Wien (Vienna Chamber of Labor). The aim of the competition is to honor the quality and independence of Austrian literature. The prize includes various awards. Firstly, the best German-language bellestristic, essayistic, lyrical or dramatic work by an Austrian author is chosen, followed by the best debuts and shortlisted works. The prize is endowed with a total of 45,000 EUR.
The literary competition in Klagenfurt was launched in the mid-1970s and is modeled on the discussions of the “Gruppe 47”. The main prize was named after the Klagenfurt author Ingeborg Bachmann
