Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft is a literary prize of Germany. It was established in 1951. From 2009 to 2016 the prize was awarded in the prose, poetry, drama and translation categories. Since 2017 the award was renamed to Literaturpreis "Text & Sprache". The prize is endowed with €20,000. Winners 1953–2006 1953 Heinrich Böll 1955 Ingeborg Bachmann 1957 Paul Celan 1958 Günter Grass 1967 Thomas Bernhard 1971 Elias Canetti 1986 Christoph Ransmayr 1998 Daniel Kehlmann 2007–2016 Since 2017 References External links German literary awards