The 2018 jury for Germany’s top literary prize includes literary critics, authors, a bookseller, and a former publisher. The winner will be announced on October 8.
€25,000 German Book Prize Shortlist Is Out: Award Coincides With Frankfurt
Beginning September 27, you can read English translations of excerpts from the six shortlisted German Book Prize titles at the ‘New Books in German’ site.
‘Bigger, Broader’: The German Book Prize Releases Its 2017 Longlist
‘Traditional as well as language-focused and risk-taking narratives’ are on the longlist for this year’s German Book Prize, says jury chair Katja Gasser.
German Book Prize Names 2017 Jury: Nominations Are Ongoing
The jury for this year’s German Book Prize comprises seven jurors who will soon start reading. Deadline for applications: March 29.
Bodo Kirchhoff Wins the German Book Prize 2016
The jury has decided: Bodo Kirchhoff wins the 2016 German Book Prize for his novel ‘Encounter’ (‘Widerfahrnis’) about two travelers in Italy.
2016 German Book Prize Shortlist Highlights Six New Novels
Out of 156 original submissions, the seven-member jury led by Christoph Schröder chose six novels for the prestigious German Book Prize shortlist.
German Book Prize Announces a 20-Title Longlist
Of an initial 156 books, the jury in the 25,000-euro German Book Prize has selected 20 titles ‘linguistically diverse’ titles for the longlist.
Frank Witzel Wins the German Book Prize 2015
With his novel, The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic Depressive Teenager in the Summer of 1969, Frank Witzel has won the 2015 German Book Prize.
Get to Know the 2015 German Book Prize Shortlist
The winner of the German Book Prize, Germany’s most prestigious literature award, will be chosen from these six shortlisted novels just before the Frankfurt Book Fair.
German Book Prize 2015: Let The Reading Begin!
167 titles have been submitted in for this year’s selection process of the German Book Prize 2015. The jury will announce the shortlist in August 2015.