The writer and Orientalist received the highest honor of the German Book Trade. He was honored as one of the most important voices of society.
Navid Kermani (Picture of 2014) | © Thomas Frey / dpa
The Booksellers Association honors the German writer and orientalist Navid Kermani with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. He was one of the most important voices in our society, the jury based its decision. His scientific work in which he pursues in particular Islamic questions of mysticism, aesthetics and theodicy, Kermani reported from the authors of engaging with great expertise in the theological and social discourse.
showed His novels and essays, as well as his reports from crisis areas, “how much he is the dignity of the individual and respect for the different cultures and religions bound white”.
The contract awarded since 1950 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is one of the most important awards of the country. Honored is thus a personality out of the country or abroad, which has contributed especially in literature, science and art for the realization of the idea of peace. Awarded the worth 25,000 euro award from the Association of German Book Trade, the umbrella organization of the German Book Trade.
Presented he is always at the end of the Frankfurt Book Fair in St. Paul’s Church, in 1848 convened the important for the democratic development of Germany’s National Assembly in October.
The winners are selected by a board of trustees by simple majority. Proposals may each submit. The Council shall be composed of members of the Börsenverein and personalities from culture and science.
Last year, the American Internet pioneer and critic Jaron Lanier had received the award. Among the most famous winners include Albert Schweitzer (1951), Hermann Hesse (1955), Astrid Lindgren (1978), Siegfried Lenz (1988), Mario Vargas Llosa (1996), Martin Walser (1998), Jürgen Habermas (2001), Orhan Pamuk (2005) and David Grossman (2010).
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