2023-08-22 11:01:54
Literary Longlist
These 20 novels compete for the German Book Prize
Status: 22.08.2023 | Reading time: 3 minutes
Source: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa
Almost 200 new publications were submitted, 20 made it onto the longlist for the German Book Prize. These include seven novel debuts, but also well-known names such as Terézia Mora or Clemens J. Setz. The jury celebrates a selection “full of surprises”.
Eleven female and nine female authors are represented with their novels on the long list for this year’s German Book Prize. Well-known names such as Terézia Mora, Clemens J. Setz, Angelika Klüssendorf, Teresa Präauer and Kathrin Röggla made it into the preselection. At the same time, there are also seven novel debuts on the list, as the German book trade association announced on Tuesday in Frankfurt.
“This year, our selection is once again proof that contemporary German-language literature is full of surprises,” explained the spokeswoman for the jury, Katharina Teutsch, who works as a freelance critic. “Newcomers stand confidently next to established authors; small publishers alternate with large publishers; Stories of tragic seriousness stand alongside capers of the imagination.”
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This year, a total of 196 novels from 113 German-language publishers were in the running. From the long list of 20 titles, the short list with the six best novels will then be formed in the coming weeks. The seven-member jury wants to publish this on September 19th. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony on October 16, at the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
20 out of almost 200: The long list for the book prize is set
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The German Book Prize is one of the most important awards in the industry and has been awarded since 2005. It is endowed with a total of 37,500 euros: the winner receives 25,000 euros, the other authors on the shortlist each receive 2,500 euros. The book prize is awarded by the Book Culture and Reading Promotion Foundation of the German Book Trade Association. Last year, 124 publishers submitted 202 works. The award then went to Kim de l’Horizon for the novel Blood Book.
A paperback with reading samples is available free of charge in many bookstores starting this week.
The nominees in alphabetical order:
Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus: Birobidschan (Verlag Voland & Quist, February 2023) Raphaela Edelbauer: The Incommensurables (Klett-Cotta, January 2023) Sherko Fatah: The Great Wish (Luchterhand Literaturverlag, August 2023) Elena Fischer: Paradise Garden (Diogenes Verlag, August 2023) Charlotte Gneuss: Gittersee (S. Fischer Verlag, August 2023) Luca Kieser: Because there was something in the water (Picus Verlag, August 2023) Angelika Klüssendorf: Cracks (Piper Verlag, August 2023) Sepp Mall: A dog came in the kitchen (Leykam Verlag, August 2023) Terézia Mora: Muna or Half of Life (Luchterhand Literaturverlag, August 2023) Thomas Oláh: Doppler (Müry Salzmann Verlag, February 2023) Angelika Overath: Blurs of Love (Luchterhand Literaturverlag, April 2023) Necati Öziri: Father’s Mark (claassen, July 2023) Teresa Präauer: Cooking in the Wrong Century (Wallstein Verlag, February 2023) Anne Rabe: The Possibility of Happiness (Klett-Cotta, March 2023) Kathrin Röggla: Ongoing proceedings (S. Fischer Verlag, July 2023) Tonio Schachinger: Realtime Age (Rowohlt Verlag, March 2023) Sylvie Schenk: Maman (Carl Hanser Verlag, February 2023) Clemens J. Setz: Monde vor der Landing (Suhrkamp Verlag, February 2023) Tim Staffel: Südstern (Kanon Verlag Berlin , September 2023) Ulrike Sterblich: Drifter (Rowohlt Verlag Hundert Augen, July 2023)
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