Heinrich-Böll-Preis

Heinrich Böll Prize for Literature
German: Heinrich-Böll-Preis
Award ceremony in 2017, Ilija Trojanow
Awarded foroutstanding achievements in the field of German literature
Country Germany
Presented byCity of Cologne
Reward30,000
First award1980
Websitewww.friedenspreis-des-deutschen-buchhandels.de (in German and English)

The Heinrich-Böll-Preis (Heinrich Böll Prize for Literature) is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding achievements – even by still unknown authors – in the field of German-language literature".