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Pehnt awarded the German Literature Fund Prize
The author Annette Pehnt in March 2014 in Cologne. photo
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The author Annette Pehnt receives the German Literature Fund Prize for her entire work – one of the most richly endowed literary prizes in the country.
The writer Annette Pehnt has been awarded the Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund. According to the Literary Fund, the prize, which was awarded for the fourth time, was awarded on Monday evening at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. The award is endowed with 50,000 euros.
According to the information, the jury appreciated this The author’s complete works and “with special respect” the novel “The Dirty Woman”, published in 2023. In this latest work, she made the literary work itself the subject in an original way. The author lives in Freiburg im Breisgau and Hildesheim.
In a statement, Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) spoke of “due respect” for Pehnt’s “impressive oeuvre”. “When you first read it, her language often seems downright laconic. As it progresses, however, it always proves to be evidence of Annette Pehnt’s precise powers of observation and her ability to describe interpersonal scenes in family life, friendships or everyday work.”
According to the information, the award is one of the most valuable literary prizes in Germany. The German Literature Fund, based in Darmstadt, promotes German-language contemporary literature “nationally, independently of the market and beyond political guidelines”.