Purpose/Activities:

 

Promotion of contemporary German literature.

 

Activities in detail:

supporting qualified German-speaking (writing) authors and translators

supporting nation-wide literary initiatives and pilot projects to encourage reading and to strengthen public interest in and recognition of literature. Support is granted on informal request in the form of working scholarships of up to  2,000 € per month for one year.

Every year, the Deutscher Literaturfonds endows the 'Literature Award of the Crane with the Stone' (ca. 5.000 €) to a former fellow; one grant for a ten-week stay at New York University's German House, and the Paul Celan Award (15,000 €) for outstanding translations of French literature.

 

Periodical Publications:

information brochure (six-monthly)