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The jury's decision has been made: from 486 book titles submitted, they selected 15 works in the categories of fiction, non-fiction/essay and translation.
Between March 21st and 24th everything in Leipzig will once again revolve around books.
The Leipzig Book Fair opens its doors.
There is a lot to offer the reading public and there are some innovations on the program.
The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is being awarded for the 20th time this year.
The jury selected 15 titles from almost 500 book titles submitted.
Included for the very first time: the graphic novel “Comrade Cuckoo”, which has a good chance of winning the award.
We introduce you to the titles.
Leipzig Book Fair Prize: The nominees
On March 21, 2024, the Leipzig Book Fair prize will be awarded in the areas of fiction, non-fiction and translation.
We present the nominated titles.
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The nominated authors and translators are now hoping for the award until the 20th award ceremony of the Leipzig Book Fair takes place in the glass hall on the exhibition grounds on March 21st at 4 p.m.
Insa Wilke, chairwoman of the jury, noted that in all three categories there was an increased engagement with questions of political and historical consciousness.
While this is not surprising, it is remarkable how these topics are addressed in sometimes very subtle forms, material and access, which is also encouraging for readers, the press release says.
In the fiction category, Dinçer Güçyeter won the Leipzig Book Fair prize last year.
Leipzig Book Fair 2024 Prize: Fiction
Anke Feuchtenberger
: “Comrade Cuckoo” (reproduct, September 4th, 2023)
Wolf Haas
: “Property” (Hanser Verlag, September 4th, 2023)
Inga Machel
: “On the tracks” (Rowohlt Buchverlag, January 30, 2024)
Barbi Marković
: “Minihorror” (Residenz Verlag, October 6th, 2023)
Dana Vowinckel
: “Water in a Ziplock” (Suhrkamp Verlag, August 20, 2023)
Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2024: non-fiction/essay writing
Jens Beckert
: “Sold future.
Why the fight against climate change threatens to fail” (Suhrkamp Verlag, March 11, 2024)
Christina Clemm
: “Against misogyny” (Hanser Berlin, September 4th, 2023)
Tom Holert
: “approx.
1972 “Violence – Environment – Identity – Method” (Spector Books, March 4, 2024)
Christina Morina
: “A thousand departures.
The Germans and their democracy since the 1980s” (Siedler Verlag, September 27, 2023)
Christiane Collorio (ed.);
Ines Geipel (ed.);
Ulrich Herbert (ed.);
Michael Krüger (ed.);
Hans Sarkowicz (ed.)
: “Voices of the century 1945-2000 – German history in over 400 original recordings.
Voices of the Century II” (Der Hörverlag, September 27, 2023)
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Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2024: Translation
Ki-Hyang Lee
translated from Korean: “The Curse of the Rabbit” by Bora Chung (CulturBooks, September 18, 2023)
Klaus Detlef Olof
translated “18 Kilometers to Ljubljana” by Goran Vojnović from Slovenian (Folio Verlag, August 15, 2023)
Lisa Palmes
translated from Polish: “Bitternis” by Joanna Bator (Suhrkamp Verlag, October 29, 2023)
Jennie Seitz
translated from Russian: “Take my pain.
Stories from the War” by Katerina Gordeeva (Droemer HC, October 2nd, 2023)
Ron Winkler
translated from English: “Starting with San Francisco.
Poems” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Schöffling & Co., August 28, 2023)
The nominees at the Leipzig Book Fair
On March 21st, the opening day of the Leipzig Book Fair, the jury will present the nominees in the fiction category from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the nominees in the non-fiction/essay category from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the #buchbar in Hall 4, E101.
The nominated translators will also be presented on the same day from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Forum International + Translation Center in Hall 4, C403.
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The nominees for 2024 were selected by jury members Insa Wilke, Maryam Aras, Moritz Baßler, Cornelia Geisler, Shirin Sojitrawalla and the new members David Hugendick and Marie Schmidt.
The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is endowed with a total amount of 60,000 euros.
The prize is supported by the Free State of Saxony and the city of Leipzig, in partnership with the Literary Colloquium Berlin.
Media partners are the customer magazine buchjournal, Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Welt am Sonntag.