Before the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the foundation of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels awarded the German-language "novel of the year" in the Kaisersaal of the Frankfurter Römers with the German Book Prize.
The winner in 2019 is Sasa Stanisic with " Origin" (Luchterhand, March 2019 - read an author's portrait here).
From year to year changing jurors choose from among the submitted by the publishers and possibly also demanded novels first 20aus, from which then a shortlist with six titles was selected. The prize winner receives 25,000 euros, the other five authors of the shortlist each receive 2,500 euros.
Last year, Inger-Maria Mahlke won the German Book Prize with "Archipel", a family history from Tenerife.