The large Glückert House, seat of the German Academy for Language and Literature
The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt.[1][2] It is seated in Darmstadt, since 1971 in the Glückert House at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony.[3] It is a society of writers and scholars on matters pertaining to German language and literature in the Deutsche sprachraum, or Germanosphere.
Conferences
Spring conference at changing locations in Germany and abroad
Autumn conference in Darmstadt
Literary awards
Since 1951 it has awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most important literary prize in the German language (awarded at autumn conference).
That same year, the annual Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis was instituted for the promotion of German culture in foreign countries, in memory of Friedrich Gundolf (awarded at spring conference).[3]
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