A German literary prize named after the dramatist Heinrich von Kleist and aimed at encouraging young German writers. It was awarded between 1912 and 1932 to Loerke (1913), Arnold Zweig (1915), Jahnn (1920), Brecht (1922), Musil (1923), Barlach (1924), Zuckmayer (1925), Neumann and Lernet-Holenia (1926), Anna Seghers (1928), Horváth (1931), and Else Lasker-Schüler (1932). In 1985 it was revived by the H-von-K Gesellschaft, going to A Kluge, and thereafter each year (apart from 1995, when it was not awarded) to Diana Kempff, T Brasch, Ulrich Horstmann, E Augustin, Heiner Müller, G Salvatore, M Maron, E Jandl, Herta Müller, H J Schädlich, and in 1997 to M von Mayenburg.