After three corona-related failures, the book price of the Leipzig Book Fair is back.
15 titles are on the shortlist.
The nominations for the shortlist are almost a month before the Leipzig Book Prize is awarded.
15 titles in the categories of fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translation were selected.
The list is considered balanced, according to Thorsten Arend, head of the Literaturhaus Leipzig.
It was surprising that Clemens J. Setz, who had previously won the prize, was nominated again.
This is rather unusual, but shows that Setz's new novel has something more to offer.
Antje Rávik Strubel, who won the German Book Prize in Frankfurt as an author in 2021, is on the list of female translators.
These titles promise variety.
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The Leipzig Book Fair 2023 will take place from April 27th to 30th.
- 15 titles were nominated for the Leipzig Book Prize.
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Leipzig Book Prize Nominations 2023: Fiction
Ulrike Draesner: "The Transformed" (Penguin Verlag, February 2023)
Joshua Groß: "Extreme Prana" (publisher Matthes & Seitz Berlin, August 2022)
Dinçer Güçyeter: "Our German fairy tale" (publisher mikrotext, November 2022)
Clemens J. Setz: "Moons before landing" (advertising link - Suhrkamp Verlag, February 2023)
Angela Steidele: “Enlightenment.
A novel" (Insel Verlag, September 2022)
This year we were fascinated by the different forms of expression across the divisions, with which on the one hand history becomes a mirror of current questions and on the other hand the immediate present becomes questionable and visible in its ambivalences and complex conflict situations.
Jury chairwoman Insa Wilke
Nominations Leipzig Book Prize 2023: non-fiction / essay writing
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Carolin Amlinger and Oliver Nachtwey: “Injured Freedom.
Aspects of Libertarian Authoritarianism” (Suhrkamp Verlag, October 2022)
Jan Philipp Reemtsma: “Christoph Martin Wieland.
The invention of modern German literature” (Verlag CH Beck, March 2023)
Regina Scheer: "Bitter fountains.
Hertha Gordon-Walcher and the dream of revolution” (Penguin Verlag, April 2023)
Simone Schlindwein: “The Green War.
How nature is protected in Africa at the expense of people - and what the West has to do with it" (advertising link - Ch. Links Verlag, April 2023)
Birgit Weyhe: "Rude Girl" (avant-verlag, March 2022)
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Nominations Leipzig Book Prize 2023: Translations
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Nicole Nau, translated from Latvian: “The bed with the golden leg.
Legend of a Family” by Zigmunds Skujiņš (mareverlag, September 2022)
Brigitte Oleschinski and Osman Yousufi, translated from Arabic: "Shroud of Butterflies" by Lina Atfah (Pendragon, September 2022)
Antje Rávik Strubel, translated from Swedish: "Who killed Bambi?" (promotional link) by Monika Fagerholm (Residenz Verlag, September 2022)
Johanna Schwering, translated from Argentine Spanish: "The Cousins" by Aurora Venturini (dtv Verlag, September 2022)
Katharina Triebner-Cabald, translated from French: "Confidentialities" by Max Lobe (akono Verlag, August 2022)
The Leipzig Book Fair Prize will be awarded on April 27th.
According to the fair, 161 publishers submitted a total of 465 works this time.
The prize is awarded in the categories of fiction, translation and non-fiction/essay writing.
It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros – the winner receives 15,000 euros each.
In addition, each nomination is worth 1000 euros.
The award ceremony takes place in the glass hall of the Leipzig exhibition center.
A live stream is also offered.
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