The Frankfurt International Book Fair opens on Tuesday (Tuesday) and will take place throughout the weekend.
The fair - the largest commercial event in the world of books - arouses anticipation and hope in the industry, having last year been held in zoom format only, without the traditional physical encounter between publishers, agents, editors and writers.
Along with the excitement and anticipation, a storm accompanied the first two days of the fair, after German writer Jasmine Konka announced that she was canceling her appearance at the fair due to the presence of the ultra-right-wing publishing house "Jungeuropa" near her event stage.
Konka was particularly reluctant to admit the publisher - right-wing activist Philip Stein.
The author, a member of an immigrant family, was invited to the fair to launch her book "Black Heart".
She tweeted on her Twitter account that the presence of Young Europe Publishing and publisher Stein alongside her at the fair "endangers her life."
Stein, who is also the leader of the ultra-right-wing organization "One Percent for Our Country", has previously called for the expulsion of Konka from Germany, and other elements associated with the organization have even issued an inciting statement calling for "slaughter in it".
Konka's address was also released - a fact that caused her to change her place of residence.
"Therefore," Konka wrote in a tweet, "it can be expected that in addition to the publishing house and its authors, other right-wing extremists will also be in charge of the publishing stand, which for me is an obvious danger."
Conka has made it clear that she does not seek to censor anyone, but it is a matter of personal security.
Konka's statement resonated with the German literary and cultural world, and at least four other writers said they were boycotting the fair this year, which was joined by artists from other fields.
Other organizations, such as the Anne Frank Institute, also expressed solidarity with the statement.
The Frankfurt Book Fair, which hosts tens of thousands of participants each year, including hundreds of publishers around the world, was satisfied with a laconic response that: "The fair is committed to promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the press around the world. They do not agree with their views. "
