The jurors: Katrin Hillgruber , Manfred Pope, Susanne Link, Anne Marie Stoltenberg, Dr. Wiebke Porombka, Dr. Jens Bisky and Frithjof Klepp (from left).
had a seven-member jury in the past few months 176 novels from 101 German publishers and tested them initially selected in August 20 books for the longlist. Among them were well-known writers such as name Ulrike Draesner, Lutz Seiler, Feridun Zaimoglu, the Austrians Streeruwitz Marlene and Michael Köhlmeier and the Swiss Lukas Bärfuss. But
Jury approval also found the novel “Before the feast” of the shooting star of the German literary scene, Saša Stanisic, who in March was for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair. For years, are on the longlist alongside prominent authors also debutants to find. They included this time born in 1979, in the Polish Opole Matthias Nawrat (“The entrepreneur”), the 2011 MDR-literary prize won or the author Franz Friedrich (“The tits of Uusimaa sing no more”), who studied at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. ‘ / p>
Organized by the Federation of the German book industry award this year will be ten years old. The winner will receive 25,000 euros, while the remaining five finalists € 2,500. Last year Terézia Mora was “The Beast” Award for the novel
Updated:. September 10, 2014, 13:44 clock
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