Book price for Lutz Seiler – Tagesspiegel

20:37 clock Gerrit Bartels

In the East much good: for his poetic and sensual Hiddensee-outs and men friendship novel “kruso” Lutz Seiler has received the German Book Prize in 2014.

the end, everything turned out really well and and beautiful. ., Not only for Lutz Seiler Lutz Seiler, who has been awarded the ausgelobten for the 10th time German Book Prize Römer in Frankfurt on Monday evening for his novel “kruso”, quite rightly, and anything but surprising “kruso” is one of the novels of the year; this novel actually convinced “by his completely independent poetic language, his sensual intensity and worldliness,” as stated in the explanatory memorandum (at most at the “worldliness” might sacrificing make). Seiler, however, had not made the impression in advance, as would he lurking on this price with a vengeance. Therefore was his Hiddensee-dropout-turn-and male friendship novel was universally been too well received, which has itself reflected in the sales figures and on the bestseller lists.

No, also for the jury should, in retrospect, all constitute relax again, after it had been heavily criticized for their strange, questionable longlist and also for the shortlist. Many possibilities they had not left by their choice, with the okayen, but not outstanding Spring novels by Gertrud Leutenegger, Angelika and Heinrich Klüssendorf stone hard standing alone on the shortlist three candidates secure string.

The book prices at Seiler is also a triumph for the Suhrkamp Verlag

Basically, Lutz Seiler had only Thomas Hettche can whisk away with “Peacock Island” the book price; with a novel that is not only a historic, early 19th century contemplative, but his real subject, the passing of time, aufzäumt at all the time and her being narratively smart and beautiful.

Unlucky for Hettche that he is once again left empty-handed after 2006, when he was one of the book price-favorites with “Where we once Walked”. The third in the league, Thomas Melle with “Euro 3000″ had at best an outside chance. Melle once came from below targeted acquiring Gegenwartsfuror against the conscious literariness issued by Seiler and Hettche just not with his society.
Lutz Seiler is now by Uwe Tellkamp Eugen Ruge and the third coming from the GDR writer to win the book prize with a special GDR and (pre) -Wenderoman. The Federal Republic seems not quite as interesting as literary place to be (and last year’s winner Terézia Mora had indeed won with a sort of Eastern European road movie). And despite its non-lurking, his reticence Seiler must have been very aware of the favorites position. Anyway, he read out on Monday a well-formulated, lyrical anmmutende Thanksgiving especially to the “128 heater” the Suhrkamp publishing house and its director Ulla Unseld-Berkéwicz – not least this book price gain is also a triumph for the crisis-ridden traditional publisher

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