The Heinrich-Böll-Preis 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.^[1] The prize is awarded "for outstanding achievements – even by still unknown authors – in the field of German-language literature".^[1][2]

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