Frankfurt am Main (ots) - Martina Hefter has won the 20th German Book Prize with her novel “Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?” (Klett-Cotta). Statement from the jury: “The protagonist in Martina Hefter’s ‘Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?’ (‘Hey Good Morning, How Are You?’) is in her mid-50s, ...
Frankfurt am Main/Hamburg (ots) - The winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2024 is Christina Morina, for her work "Tausend Aufbrüche. Die Deutschen und ihre Demokratie seit den 1980er Jahren" ("A Thousand New Beginnings. Germans and Their Democracy Since the 1980s") (Siedler Verlag). Statement from the jury: "There is a broad consensus that democracies around the ...
Frankfurt am Main (Fra) - Tonio Schachinger has won the German Book Prize for his novel “Echtzeitalter” (“Realtimes”) (Rowohlt Verlag). Statement from the jury: “At first glance, Tonio Schachinger’s ‘Echtzeitalter’ is a school story. At second glance, it is much more than that: a social novel that describes its hero Till’s coming-of-age at an elite ...
Frankfurt am Main/Hamburg (ots) - The winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2023 is Ewald Frie for his book "Ein Hof und elf Geschwister. Der stille Abschied vom bäuerlichen Leben in Deutschland" ("A Farm and Eleven Siblings. The Quiet Farewell to Rural Life in Germany") (Publishers C.H.Beck). Statement from the ...
