Three stages-authors with their novels in the race for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
The jury nominated in the category Fiction known as a comedian Heinz Strunk ( “Golden Glove”) and the two theatrical authors Nis-Momme Stockmann ( “The Fox”) and Roland Schimmelpfennig ( “On a clear, cold January morning Frohburg “Guntram Vesper”).
in addition, with is “a monumental Germany novel on the shortlist published on Thursday. As the only woman Marion Poschmann was nominated with her poetry collection “Borrowed Landscapes”.
The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is awarded fiction, non-fiction / essays, and translation into the three categories. It is endowed with a total of EUR 60 000. The winners will be on 17 March, the first day of the Leipzig Book Fair, voted. The publishers had submitted more than 400 applications.
The jury have time to make some detective work, said the chairman Kristina Maidt Prong dpa. “At first glance, the choice seemed a little disappointing in fiction. The submissions of publishers do not always coincide with what we deem worthy of an award “The critics have therefore worked with Nachnominierungen and yet made more exciting discoveries at the end
The nonfiction list is thematically diverse..: Christoph Ribbat ( “restaurant. A story from the belly of the Modern Age”) has the take-away food believed dedicated Ulrich Raulff ( “the last century of the horse. A history of separation”) is the partner horse. In addition, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber’s climate works were “self-immolation. The fatal triangle between climate, human and carbon “and two biographical track Search (Werner Busch:” Adolph Menzel Looking for reality. “, And Jürgen Goldstein:” Georg Forster Between Freedom and Nature “.) Nominated
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Among the translators were Claudia Hamm (from the French: “the kingdom of God” by Emmanuel Carrère), Frank Heibert (from the English: “Frank” by Richard Ford), Ursula Keller (from Russian: “A road in Moscow “by Mikhail Ossorgin), Brigitte Döbert (from Serbian”: selected volatile shine “by Joan Sales)
The tutors” of Bora Cosic) and Kirsten Brandt (from Catalan “.
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