Tag: Booker
Jenny Erpenbeck on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize – Culture
Jenny Erpenbeck’s “Kairos” is on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize. People here haven’t really noticed that she is considered the most important German writer in Great Britain and…
Paul Lynch wins the Booker Prize for “Prophet Song” – Culture
With a political dystopia, the Irish author Paul Lynch has won the most important prize for English-language literature, the Booker Prize 2023. His novel “Prophet Song” tells of an Ireland…
The Booker Prize awarded to Irishman Paul Lynch for his novel “Prophet Song”
Paul Lynch is at the top of his game. The prestigious British literary prize Booker Prize, with a reward of 50,000 books (around 57,000 euros), was awarded to this Irish…
Rolex and Bucherer: That means the deal for the luxury watch market – economy
How close the relationship between the watch manufacturer Rolex and the jeweler Bucherer already is can be seen in their showroom in Munich. In the boutique’s most exquisite spot –…
Rolex buys jeweler Bucherer – economy
The Geneva-based luxury watch manufacturer Rolex takes over the watch and jewelery retailer Bucherer. He takes over more than 100 jewelry stores worldwide. Jörg Bucherer decided to sell his company…
Booker Prize: An Encounter with Georgi Gospodinov – Culture
When Georgi Gospodinov was just awarded the Booker Prize for his novel “Time Refuge”, he wrote Guardians, it is “almost uncanny” how aptly this book sums up our epoch. That’s…
International Booker Prize for Georgi Gospodinov – Culture
What if you could beam yourself back to a decade in which your family, your own nation, was doing much better than it is today? Escape the horror of the…
Award: Author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Literature Prize
Award Author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Literature Prize British Queen Consort Camilla presents the Booker Trophy for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida to winner Shehan Karunatilaka. photo © Toby…
Booker Prize 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka wins – Culture
Writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his supernatural satire entitled The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, set in the midst of a murderous civil war in…
Booker Prize author: British novelist Mantel dies
Status: 09/23/2022 1:16 p.m The British writer Hilary Mantel is dead. She became world famous with historical novels. She received the highest British literary prize for her bestsellers “Wolves” and…