The actor and writer Edgar Selge has won a literary prize – and is passing it on to young authors. A conversation about the happiness of sharing, the struggles with his second book and the appointments of our public language.
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Antje Weber
who knows Edgar Selge not? The 75-year-old has been celebrated as an actor for decades, and the writer has recently become famous. Selge received the Fulda Literature Prize, worth 10,000 euros, for his bestseller “Have you finally found us” – and now wants to pass the money on to four young authors.