literature
Graphic novel nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize
Graphic novels, audio books and translated poems – this year there is a wide variety of formats in the nominations for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
The award will be presented on the first day of the Leipzig Book Fair on March 21st. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros and is awarded in the three categories fiction, non-fiction/essay and translation. This year, 177 publishers submitted 486 works.
An audio book is also nominated
In the non-fiction/essay category, the jury chaired by literary critic Insa Wilke also nominated an audio book for the first time. “Voices of the Century 1945-2000” brings together original recordings from German history. Also selected were Christina Morina (“A thousand departures. The Germans and their democracy since the 1980s”), Tom Holert (“approx. 1972″ Violence – Environment – Identity – Method”), Jens Beckert (“Sold Future. Why the fight against climate change threatens to fail”) and Christina Clemm (“Against misogyny”).
In the translation section, Ki-Hyang Lee (“The Curse of the Rabbit”), Klaus Detlef Olof (“18 Kilometers to Ljubljana”), Lisa Palmes (“Bitternis”), Jennie Seitz (“Take my pain. Stories from the War”) and Ron Winkler (“Beginning with San Francisco. Poems”) were selected.