Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in München (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) is an association of renowned personalities in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

. It was founded by the Free State of Bavaria in 1948, continuinf a tradition established in 1808 by the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich.

The academy organizes panel discussions, exhibitions, readings, lectures and concerts. Until 1968, the academy had its headquarters at Prinz-Carl-Palais

Prinz-Carl-Palais

The Prinz Carl Palais in Munich is a mansion built in the style of early Neoclassicism in 1804-1806. It was also known as the Palais Salabert and the Palais Royal, after its former owners....

, after which they received a temporary quarters at the Caroline court. Since 1972 it has had its headquarters in the Königsbau (King's tract) of the Munich Residenz.

Prizes

The academy has awarded several prizes, some called Ehrung (honour), Ehrenring (ring of honour, Ehrengabe (gift of honour):

• Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
  Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
  Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste is a Bavarian literary prize.- Winners :*1950 Friedrich Georg Jünger*1951 Günter Eich*1953 Marieluise Fleißer*1955 Gerd Gaiser und Martha Saalfeld*1957 Alfred Döblin*1959 Agnes Miegel...
  
  
  • 1950–85 Literaturpreis (literature prize)
  • 1986–2007 Großer Literaturpreis (great literature prize)
  • since 2008 Thomas Mann-Literaturpreis (Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann
    Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
    
     literature prize)
• Literarische Ehrengabe
  • 1952–85
  • since 1985 Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Ehrung
• Friedrich-Ludwig-von-Sckell-Ehrenring (since 1967; for landscaping architecture)
• Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis (since 1974; in collaboration with the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, for music)
• Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis (1985–2005; in collaboration with the Robert Bosch Stiftung
  Robert Bosch Stiftung
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  ; for literature)
• Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Ehrung for inter-cultural "Vermittlung" (since 1986)
• Karl-Rössing-Reisestipendium (travel scholarship, since 1986)
• Friedrich-Baur-Preis
  Friedrich-Baur-Preis
  Friedrich-Baur-Preis is a literary prize of Germany....
  
   (since 1990; in collaboration with the foundation Friedrich-Baur-Stiftung; for artists in the regions Franken
  Franken
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  , Oberpfalz and Niederbayern)
• Auftragskomposition der Akademie (commissioned composition of the academy, since 1990)
• Horst-Bienek-Preis für Lyrik
  Horst-Bienek-Preis für Lyrik
  Horst-Bienek-Preis für Lyrik is a literary prize of Germany....
  
   (since 1991, for lyric poetry)
• Gerda-und-Günter-Bialas-Preis (since 1998; in collaboration with the GEMA
  GEMA
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  -Stiftung; for music)
• Rainer-Malkowski-Preis
  Rainer-Malkowski-Preis
  Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of Germany....
  
  (since 2006; in collaboration with the foundation Rainer-Malkowski-Stiftung; for literature)
• Preis Neues Hören (New Listening, since 2006; in collaboration with the foundation Neue Musik im Dialog, Köln; for presentation of contemporary music)
• Kunststipendium (art scholarship)