Nelly Sachs Prize

Nelly Sachs Prize
Native nameNelly Sachs Preis
Country Germany (Dortmund)
Reward15,000
First award1961
Websitenelly-sachs-preis (in German)

The Nelly Sachs Prize (German: Nelly Sachs Preis) is a literary prize given every two years by the German city of Dortmund. Named after the Jewish poet and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs, the prize includes a cash award of €15,000. It honours authors for outstanding literary contributions to the promotion of understanding between peoples.