List of the winners and nominees of the German Book Prize
The list of winners and nominees for the German Book Prize includes the award-winning and nominated works since the first award of the German Book Prize in 2005. The jury members of the respective years are also attached.
Award winners and nominations
2005
- Main prize:
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Finalists:
- Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
- Thomas Lehr - 42
- Gert Loschütz - Dark Society
- Gila Lustiger - that's how we are
- Friederike Mayröcker - And I shook a darling
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Bernd Cailloux - The 1968/69 financial year
- Ulrike Draesner - Games
- Franzobel - The festival of stones
- Wilhelm Genazino - The love stupidity
- Egon Gramer - Signed: Franz Klett
- Evelyn Grill - Vanitas or Hofstätters Desires
- Peter Henisch - The pregnant Madonna
- Jochen Missfeldt - cliffs
- Hanns-Josef Ortheil - The secret hours of the night
- Jens Petersen - The housekeeper
- Matthias Politycki - Lord of the Horns
- Marion Poschmann - black and white novel
- Hans-Ulrich Treichel - Human Flight
- Raul Zelik - Berlin Conditions
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Jury 2005:
- Verena Auffermann , author and critic
- Klaus Bittner, bookseller in Cologne
- Volker Hage, cultural editor ( Der Spiegel )
- Wolfgang Herles , writer and culture editor ( aspects )
- Bodo Kirchhoff , writer
- Armin Thurnher , publicist , Vienna
- Juli Zeh , writer
2006
- Main prize:
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Finalists:
- Thomas Hettche - What we are made of
- Ingo Schulze - New Lives
- Saša Stanišić - How the soldier repairs the gramophone
- Ilija Trojanow - The collector of the world
- Martin Walser - fear bloom
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Ludwig Fels - journey to the center of the heart
- Daniel Glattauer - Good against north wind
- Wolf Haas - The weather 15 years ago
- Paulus Hochgatterer - The sweetness of life
- Felicitas Hoppe - Johanna
- Thomas Hürlimann - Forty roses
- Martin Kluger - The Assistant
- Judith Kuckart - Kaiserstrasse
- Sibylle Lewitscharoff - Consummatus
- Steffen Popp - Ohrberg or the way there
- Bernd Schroeder - Hau
- Peter Stamm - On a day like this
- Heinrich Steinfest - A thick skin
- Feridun Zaimoglu - Leyla
- Matthias Zschokke - Maurice with chicken
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Jury 2006:
- John von Düffel , writer and dramaturge
- Volker Hage , cultural editor ( Der Spiegel )
- Elmar Krekeler, literary editor ( The literary world )
- Terézia Mora , writer and translator
- Pia Reinacher, literature lecturer at the Universities of Basel , Friborg and Zurich
- Stephan Samtleben, bookseller in Hamburg
- Denis Scheck , literary critic ( hot off the press )
2007
- Main prize:
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Finalists:
- Thomas Glavinic - That's me
- Michael Köhlmeier - Occident
- Katja Lange-Müller - Bad Sheep
- Martin Mosebach - The moon and the girl
- Thomas von Steinaecker - Wallner begins to fly
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Thommie Bayer - A Brief History of Happiness
- Larissa Boehning - Light fabrics
- Lena Gorelik - Wedding in Jerusalem
- Sabine Gruber - Overnight
- Peter Henisch - a very small woman
- Michael Lentz - Pacific Exile
- Harald Martenstein - way home
- Pierangelo Maset - Laura or the perils of art
- Robert Menasse - Don Juan de la Mancha
- Mathias Nolte - Roula Rouge
- Gregor Sander - absent
- Arnold Stadler - Come on, let's go
- Peter Truschner - The dreamers
- John von Düffel - Best Years
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Jury 2007:
- Christian Döring , editor and critic, Paris
- Karl-Markus Gauß , author and editor
- Felicitas von Lovenberg , features editor ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung )
- Ijoma Mangold , literary editor ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- Rudolf Müller, bookseller, Düsseldorf
- Mathias Schreiber, cultural editor ( Der Spiegel )
- Hajo Steinert, literary editor ( Deutschlandfunk )
2008
- Main prize:
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Finalists:
- Dietmar Dath - The abolition of species
- Sherko Fatah - The Dark Ship
- Iris Hanika - two meet
- Rolf Lappert - Swimming home
- Ingo Schulze - Adam and Evelyn
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Lukas Bärfuss - One Hundred Days
- Marcel Beyer - Kaltenburg
- Karen Duve - Taxi
- Olga Flor - collateral damage
- Norbert Gstrein - The winters in the south
- Peter Handke - The Moravian Night (Handke waived the nomination in favor of the others listed)
- Martin Kluger - The bird that went for a walk
- Judith Kuckart - The Suspect
- Norbert Niemann - Welcome new dreams
- Karl-Heinz Ott - Whether we want it or not
- Hans Pleschinski - Ludwigshöhe
- Uwe Timm - penumbra
- Martin Walser - a loving man
- Feridun Zaimoglu - love brand
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Jury 2008:
- Christoph Bartmann, head of the culture and information department at the headquarters of the Goethe Institute in Munich, literary critic
- Martin Ebel, literary editor in Zurich ( Tages-Anzeiger )
- Meike Feßmann , freelance literary critic
- Jens Jessen, head of the arts section ( Die Zeit )
- Manfred Keiper, bookseller in Rostock
- Rainer Moritz, head of the Literaturhaus Hamburg
- Michael Schmitt, literary critic
2009
On September 16, 2009, the 2009 finalists for the German Book Prize were announced. The jury members selected these from 154 titles proposed by over 70 publishers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The main prize 2009 was announced on October 12, 2009.
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Main prize:
- Kathrin Schmidt - You don't die
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Rainer Merkel - light years away
- Herta Müller - breathing swing
- Norbert Scheuer - Over the noise
- Clemens J. Setz - The frequencies
- Stephan Thome - Crossing the border
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Sibylle Berg - The man is sleeping
- Mirko Bonné - How we disappear
- Thomas Glavinic - The Life of Desires
- Wolf Haas - The Brenner and the good Lord
- Ernst-Wilhelm Händler - a world made of glass
- Anna Katharina Hahn - Shorter Days
- Reinhard Jirgl - The silence
- Brigitte Kronauer - Two black hunters
- Terézia Mora - The only man on the continent
- Angelika Overath - Airport fish
- Peter Stamm - seven years
- Thomas Stangl - What's coming
- David Wagner - Four apples
- Norbert Zähringer - one of many
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Jury 2009:
- Richard Kämmerlings , literary editor ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung )
- Michael Lemling, Lehmkuhl Bookstore Munich
- Martin Lüdke , literary critic
- Lothar Müller, features editor ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- Iris Radisch , literary editor ( Die Zeit )
- Daniela Strigl , literary scholar ( University of Vienna )
- Hubert Winkels , literary editor ( Deutschlandfunk ) and speaker of the jury
2010
On September 8, 2010, the finalists for the German Book Prize were announced. The jury members selected these from 135 titles proposed by 84 publishers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On October 4th, 2010 the winner of the award was announced.
- Main prize:
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Jan Factor - Georg's worries about the past or in the realm of the holy scrotum trumpet of Prague
- Thomas Lehr - September. Mirage
- Doron Rabinovici - Elsewhere
- Peter Wawerzinek - Raven Love
- Judith Zander - Things We Said Today
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Alina Bronsky - The hottest dishes in Tatar cuisine
- Nino Haramicvili - Juja
- Thomas Hettche - The love of the fathers
- Michael Kleeberg - The American Hospital
- Michael Köhlmeier - Madalyn
- Mariana Leky - The men's outfitter
- Nicol Ljubić - calm of the sea
- Kristof Magnusson - I wasn't
- Andreas Maier - The room
- Olga Martynova - Even parrots survive us
- Martin Mosebach - What happened before
- Hans Joachim Schädlich - Kokoschkin's journey
- Andreas Schäfer - The four of us
- Joachim Zelter - The Prime Minister
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Jury 2010:
- Jobst-Ulrich Brand, Literature Editor ( Focus )
- Julia Encke, literary critic ( Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ) and spokesperson for the jury
- Thomas Geiger , Literary Colloquium Berlin
- Ulrich Greiner , literary editor ( Die Zeit )
- Burkhard Müller , literary critic ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- Ulrike Sander, Osiander Buchhandlung Tübingen
- Cornelia Zetzsche, literary editor ( Bayerischer Rundfunk )
2011
- Grand Prize
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Jan Brandt - Against the World
- Michael Buselmeier - Wunsiedel
- Angelika Klüssendorf - The girl
- Sibylle Lewitscharoff - Blumenberg
- Marlene Streeruwitz - The pain maker
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Volker H. Altwasser - Last fishermen
- Alex Capus - Léon and Louise
- Wilhelm Genazino - If we were animals
- Navid Kermani - your name
- Esther Kinsky - Banatsko
- Doris Knecht - Gruber is leaving
- Peter Kurzck - the evening before
- Ludwig Laher - Procedure
- Thomas Melle - Sickster
- Klaus Modick - Sunset
- Astrid Rosenfeld - Adam's legacy
- Judith Schalansky - The neck of the giraffe
- Jens Steiner - Rabbit Life
- Antje Rávic Strubel - Days fall into night
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Jury 2011:
- Maike Albath , literary critic ( Deutschlandfunk , Deutschlandradio Kultur ), speaker of the jury
- Gregor Dotzauer , literary editor ( Tagesspiegel )
- Ulrike Draesner , writer
- Ina Hartwig , freelance literary critic
- Christine Westermann , journalist ( WDR )
- Uwe Wittstock , literary critic ( Focus )
- Clemens-Peter Haase († July 14, 2011), Head of Literature and Translation Funding at the headquarters of the Goethe Institute in Munich
2012
On August 15, 2012, the longlist for the German Book Prize was announced. The jury members selected these from 162 titles published between October 2011 and September 12, 2012. The shortlist of six novels selected by the jury was presented on September 12, 2012. The winner was announced on October 8, 2012.
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Main prize:
- Ursula Krechel - Regional Court
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Ernst Augustin - Robinson's Blue House
- Wolfgang Herrndorf - sand
- Clemens J. Setz - Indigo
- Stephan Thome - centrifugal forces
- Ulf Erdmann Ziegler - Nothing white
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Bernd Cailloux - Credited Losses
- Jenny Erpenbeck - Every day evening
- Milena Michiko Flašar - I called him a tie
- Rainald Goetz - Johann Holtrop
- Olga Grjasnowa - The Russian is someone who loves birch trees
- Bodo Kirchhoff - The rough outline of love
- Germán Kratochwil - Dish of broken fragments
- Dea Loher - Bugatti appears
- Angelika Meier - Secretly, secretly forget me
- Sten Nadolny - Weitling's summer resort
- Christoph Peters - We in Kahlenbeck
- Michael Roes - The Lute
- Patrick Roth - Sunrise
- Frank Schulz - Onno Viets and the lunatic from the Kiez
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Jury 2012:
- Silke Grundmann-Schleicher (Schleichers bookstore, Berlin)
- Andreas Isenschmid , literary critic ( NZZ am Sonntag )
- Oliver Junge, freelance critic (including Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung )
- Dirk Knipphals, literary editor ( the daily newspaper )
- Stephan Lohr, literary editor (head of the literary department at NDR Kultur )
- Jutta Person, freelance critic (including Süddeutsche Zeitung , Literatures , Die Zeit und Philosophie Magazin )
- Christiane Schmidt, freelance editor
2013
On August 14, 2013, the longlist for the German Book Prize was announced. The seven jury members selected these from 201 titles published between October 2012 and September 11, 2013. The shortlist of six novels selected by the jury was presented on September 11, 2013. The winner was announced on October 7, 2013.
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Main prize:
- Terézia Mora - The Monster
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Mirko Bonné - no more night
- Reinhard Jirgl - Nothing of you on earth
- Clemens Meyer - In the stone
- Marion Poschmann - The position of the sun
- Monika Zeiner - The order of the stars over Como
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Ralph Dutli - Soutine's last ride
- Thomas Glavinic - The greater miracle
- Norbert Gstrein - an idea from the beginning
- Daniel Kehlmann - F
- Judith Kuckart - wishes
- Olaf Kühl - The real son
- Dagmar Leupold - Under the hand
- Jonas Lüscher - Spring of the Barbarians
- Joachim Meyerhoff - When will it finally be like it never was again
- Thomas Stangl - rules of dance
- Jens Steiner - Carambole
- Uwe Timm - Vogelweide
- Nellja Veremej - Berlin is in the east
- Urs Widmer - Journey to the Edge of the Universe
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Jury 2013:
- Helmut Böttiger , literary critic ( Süddeutsche Zeitung )
- Katrin Lange, program officer at the Literaturhaus Munich
- Ursula März , columnist ( DIE ZEIT )
- Jörg Plath, literary critic and journalist
- Andreas Platthaus , journalist ( FAZ )
- Klaus Seufer-Wasserthal, bookseller (Rupertus Buchhandlung, Salzburg)
- Claudia Voigt, culture editor ( Spiegel )
2014
On August 13, 2014, the longlist for the German Book Prize was announced. The seven jury members selected these from 176 titles published between October 2013 and September 10, 2014. The shortlist of six novels selected by the jury was presented on September 10, 2014. The winner was announced on October 6, 2014.
- Main prize:
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Thomas Hettche - Peacock Island
- Angelika Klüssendorf - April
- Gertrud Leutenegger - Panic Spring
- Thomas Melle - 3000 euros
- Heinrich Steinfest - The all-researcher
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Lukas Bärfuss - Koala
- Ulrike Draesner - Seven jumps from the edge of the world
- Antonio Fian - The Polykrates Syndrome
- Franz Friedrich - The tits from Uusimaa no longer sing
- Esther Kinsky - At the river
- Michael Köhlmeier - Two gentlemen on the beach
- Martin Lechner - Small cash desk
- Charles Lewinsky - Kastelau
- Matthias Nawrat - entrepreneur
- Christoph Poschenrieder - The grain of sand
- Saša Stanišić - Before the festival
- Marlene Streeruwitz - offspring
- Feridun Zaimoglu - Isabel
- Michael Ziegelwagner - The inflatable emperor
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Jury 2014:
- Jens Bisky , Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Katrin Hillgruber, freelance critic
- Frithjof Klepp, ocelot bookstore, Berlin
- Susanne Link, Stephanus bookstore, Trier
- Manfred Papst , NZZ am Sonntag
- Wiebke Porombka, freelance critic
- Annemarie Stoltenberg , NDR Culture
2015
The longlist was announced on August 19th; it represented a selection from 199 titles. The shortlist was announced on September 16; the award ceremony took place on October 12th.
- Main prize:
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Jenny Erpenbeck - Go, went, went
- Rolf Lappert - About the winter
- Inger-Maria Mahlke - As you want
- Ulrich Peltzer - The better life
- Monique Schwitter - one in the other
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Alina Bronsky - Baba Dunja's last love
- Ralph Dutli - The lovers of Mantua
- Valerie Fritsch - Winter's Garden
- Heinz Helle - Actually we should dance
- Gertraud Klemm - Aberland
- Steffen Kopetzky - Risk
- Peter Richter - 89/90
- Clemens J. Setz - The hour between woman and guitar
- Anke Stelling - Floor-to-ceiling windows
- Ilija Trojanow - Power and Resistance
- Vladimir Vertlib - Lucia Binar and the Russian soul
- Kai Weyand - applause for Bronikowski
- Christine Wunnicke - The Fox and Dr. Shimamura
- Feridun Zaimoglu - seven-tower quarter
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Jury 2015:
- Markus Hinterhäuser , Wiener Festwochen
- Rolf Keussen, Mayersche Droste, Düsseldorf
- Ursula Kloke, Botnang bookstore, Stuttgart
- Claudia Kramatschek, freelance critic
- Ulrike Sárkány, North German Broadcasting Corporation
- Christopher Schmidt , Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Bettina Schulte, Badische Zeitung
2016
The longlist was announced on August 23, 2016, the shortlist was announced on September 20; the award ceremony took place on October 17th.
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Main prize:
- Bodo Kirchhoff - experience
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker - Alien soul, dark forest
- André Kubiczek - Sketch of a Summer
- Thomas Melle - the world behind you
- Eva Schmidt - A long year
- Philipp Winkler - Hool
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Akos Doma - The Way of Desires
- Gerhard Falkner - Apollo Calypse
- Ernst-Wilhelm dealer - Munich
- Michael Kumpfmüller - The upbringing of the man
- Katja Lange-Müller - revolving door
- Dagmar Leupold - The widows
- Sibylle Lewitscharoff - The Whitsun miracle
- Joachim Meyerhoff - Oh, this gap, this terrible gap
- Hans Platzgumer - At the edge
- Arnold Stadler - Intoxication Time
- Peter Stamm - Far across the country
- Michelle Steinbeck - My father was a man on land and a whale in the water
- Thomas von Steinaecker - The defense of paradise
- Anna Weidenholzer - Why the gentlemen wear starfish
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Jury 2016:
- Thomas Andre, Hamburger Abendblatt
- Lena Bopp, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- Berthold Franke, journalist and university lecturer
- Susanne Jäggi, book dealer
- Christoph Schröder , freelance journalist and literary critic
- Sabine Vogel , Berliner Zeitung
- Najem Wali , freelance writer and journalist
2017
The longlist was announced on August 15 and the shortlist on September 12, 2017; the award ceremony took place on October 9, 2017.
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Main prize:
- Robert Menasse - The capital
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Gerhard Falkner - Romeo or Juliet
- Franzobel - The raft of the Medusa
- Thomas Lehr - Sleeping Sun
- Marion Poschmann - The Pine Islands
- Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Beside herself
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Mirko Bonné - lights as the day
- Monika Helfer - Look at me when I talk to you!
- Christoph Höhtker - The Year of Women
- Jonas Lüscher - strength
- Birgit Müller-Wieland - Snow
- Jakob Nolte - Terrible Forces
- Kerstin Preiwuss - After Onkalo
- Robert Prosser - Phantoms
- Sven Regener - Wiener Strasse
- Ingo Schulze - Peter Holtz
- Michael Wildenhain - The singing of the sirens
- Julia Wolf - Walter Nowak remains lying
- Christine Wunnicke - Katie
- Feridun Zaimoglu - Evangelio
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Jury 2017:
- Katja Gasser, jury spokesperson ( ORF )
- Silke Behl, Radio Bremen
- Mara Delius , The World
- Christian Dunker, author bookstore Berlin
- Maria Gazzetti, Casa di Goethe, Rome
- Tobias Lehmkuhl , freelance critic, Berlin
- Lothar Schröder, Rheinische Post
2018
The longlist was published on August 14th and the shortlist on September 11th, 2018. The public announcement of the award-winning novel took place on October 8, 2018. A paperback with excerpts (reading samples) from the selected novels on the longlist is available under the title German Book Prize 2018. The nominees have been available free of charge in many bookshops across Germany since August 20.
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Main prize:
- Inger-Maria Mahlke - Archipelago
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Finalists (shortlist):
- María Cecilia Barbetta - night lights
- Maxim Biller - Six suitcases
- Nino Haramicwili - The cat and the general
- Susanne Röckel - The bird god
- Stephan Thome - god of barbarians
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Longlist (without shortlist):
- Carmen-Francesca Banciu - Farewell Comrades and Beloved Ones!
- Susanne Fritz - How does war get into a child
- Arno Geiger - Under the Dragon Wall
- Franziska Hauser - The thunderstorm swimmer
- Helene Hegemann - Bungalow
- Anja Kampmann - How high the water rises
- Angelika Klüssendorf - years later
- Gert Loschütz - a beautiful couple
- Gianna Molinari - Everything is still possible here
- Adolf Muschg - Return to Fukushima
- Eckhart Nickel - Hysteria
- Josef Oberhollenzer - Sultzrather
- Matthias Senkel - Dark numbers
- Christina Viragh - One of those nights
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Jury 2018:
- Christine Lötscher, jury spokesperson (freelance critic)
- Christoph Bartmann (Goethe Institute Warsaw)
- Luzia Braun , ZDF
- Tanja Graf , Literaturhaus Munich
- Paul Jandl , freelance critic
- Uwe Kalkowski, literary blogger
- Marianne Sax, bookseller
2019
The longlist was announced on August 20th and the shortlist on September 17th, 2019. The award ceremony took place on October 14, 2019 at the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Main prize:
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Finalists (shortlist):
- Raphaela Edelbauer - The liquid land
- Miku Sophie Kühmel - Kintsugi
- Tonio Schachinger - Not like you
- Norbert Scheuer - winter bees
- Jackie Thomae - brothers
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Longlist (without shortlist) :
- Nora Bossong - protection zone
- Jan Peter Bremer - The young PhD student
- Andrea Grill - Cherubino
- Karen Koehler - Miroloi
- Angela Lehner - our father
- Emanuel Maeß - Joints of Light
- Alexander Osang - The Lives of Elena Silver
- Katerina Poladjan - There are lions here
- Lola Randl - The Great Garden
- Eva Schmidt - The untalented liar
- Marlene Streeruwitz - Wall of Flames
- Ulrich Woelk - My mother's summer
- Norbert Zähringer - Where we were
- Tom Zürcher - Bullying Dick
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Jury 2019:
- Petra Hartlieb , bookseller and author
- Hauke Hückstädt , head of the Frankfurt Literature House
- Björn Lauer, Hugendubel bookstore in Frankfurt am Main
- Jörg Magenau , freelance author and literary critic
- Alf Mentzer, editor at Hessischer Rundfunk
- Daniela Strigl , literary scholar and critic
- Margarete von Schwarzkopf , journalist, author and presenter
2020
The submission deadline was March 23, 2020. The longlist was announced on August 18, 2020, and the six shortlisted titles were published on September 15, 2020. The award ceremony took place again at the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 12th in the Kaisersaal des Römer, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic only via live stream .
- Grand Prize
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Finalists (shortlist)
- Bov Bjerg - switchbacks
- Dorothee Elmiger - From the sugar factory
- Thomas Hettche - heart thread
- Deniz Ohde - stray light
- Christine Wunnicke - The lady with the painted hand
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Longlist
- Helena Adler - The Infanta wears the parting on the left
- Birgit Birnbacher - I am by my side
- Arno Camenisch - Golden Years
- Roman Ehrlich - Male
- Valerie Fritsch - Heart valves from Johnson & Johnson
- Charles Lewinsky - The half beard
- Leif Randt - Allegro pastel
- Stephan Roiss - Triceratops
- Robert Seethaler - The last sentence
- Eva Sichelschmidt - Until someone cries again
- Olivia Wenzel - 1000 serpentines fear
- Frank Witzel - Heartbroken shipwreck
- Iris Wolff - The blurring of the world
- Jens Wonneberger - Mission plum tree
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Jury 2020:
- Katharina Borchardt (Literature Editor, SWR2)
- Hanna Engelmeier (Research Associate at the Institute for Cultural Studies in Essen and Author)
- David Hugendick (literary editor, Zeit Online)
- Chris Möller (literary mediator at Kabeljau & Dorsch, Berlin)
- Maria-Christina Piwowarski (ocelot bookstore, Berlin)
- Felix Stephan (literary editor, Süddeutsche Zeitung)
- Denise Zumbrunnen (Never Stop Reading bookstore, Zurich)
2021
The submission deadline was March 26, 2021. Each publisher could propose a maximum of two titles that were or will be published between October 2020 and September 21, 2021 (planned announcement of the shortlist). 125 “German-language publishers” (Germany: 83, Switzerland: 22, Austria: 19, Luxembourg: 1) submitted a total of 197 titles, surpassing the previous year's record by five publishers and ten titles. 20 titles come from the autumn 2020 program, 110 titles from the spring 2021 program and 67 more are to be published in autumn 2021. In addition, a list of recommendations could be used to suggest the jurors titles for the selection process. 112 novels were recommended in this way, 16 more than in the previous year. In later statements, however, there are talk of 230 submitted titles.
The longlist was announced on August 24, 2021. After the shortlist has been published (September 21, 2021), the award ceremony will take place on October 18, 2021.
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Longlist
- Henning Ahrens - dowry
- Shida Bazyar - Three comrades
- Dietmar Dath - Gentzen or: Clean up while drunk
- Franzobel - The Conquest of America
- Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt - The blocked way
- Dana Grigorcea - Who do not die
- Norbert Gstrein - The second Jacob
- Dilek Güngör - father and me
- Monika Helfer - dad
- Felicitas Hoppe - The Nibelungs
- Peter Karoshi - To the elephants
- Christian Kracht - Eurotrash
- Thomas Kunst - Zandschower Klinken
- Gert Loschütz - Viewing a disaster
- Yulia Marfutova - Heaven a hundred years ago
- Sasha Marianna Salzmann - Everything has to be wonderful in people
- Mithu Sanyal - Identitti
- Ferdinand Schmalz - My favorite animal is called winter
- Antje Rávik Strubel - Blue Woman
- Heinz Strunk - It's always so nice to be with you
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Jury 2021:
- Knut Cordsen, spokesman for the jury (culture editor, Bayerischer Rundfunk)
- Bettina Fischer (Head of Literature House Cologne)
- Anja Johannsen (Head of the Literary Center Göttingen)
- Richard Kämmerlings (literary correspondent, Die Welt)
- Sandra Kegel (head of the arts section, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
- Beate Scherzer (bookseller, Proust words + sounds)
- Anne-Catherine Simon (features editor, Die Presse).
Web links
- Archive at deutscher-buchpreis.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Börsenblatt 09/2008
- ↑ See German Book Prize 2009: Jury nominates six novels for the shortlist at deutscher-buchpreis.de, September 16, 2009 (accessed on September 16, 2009)
- ↑ See German Book Prize 2009: Publishers submit 132 novels to deutscher-buchpreis.de, April 16, 2009 (accessed on September 16, 2009)
- ↑ see press release at deutscher-buchpreis.de, April 13, 2010 (accessed on September 8, 2010)
- ↑ Jury nominates 20 novels for the longlist ( memento of August 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-buchpreis.de, August 15, 2012 (accessed on August 16, 2012).
- ↑ Six novels on the shortlist ( memento of October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-buchpreis.de, September 12, 2012 (accessed on September 12, 2012).
- ↑ See The Jury 2012 ( Memento from August 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-buchpreis.de (accessed on August 16, 2012).
- ↑ Jury nominates 20 novels for the German Book Prize 2013 ( Memento from August 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Terézia Mora receives the German Book Prize 2013 for her novel "Das Ungeheuer" ( Memento from October 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ The 2013 Jury ( Memento from August 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ German Book Prize 2014: Jury nominates 20 novels ( Memento from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ German Book Prize 2014: The six finalists ( Memento from September 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The 2014 Jury ( Memento from April 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Longlist 2015. In: Archiv deutscher-buchpreis.de. Retrieved August 24, 2021 .
- ↑ dpa / lhe (October 12, 2015): Frank Witzel receives German Book Prize ( Memento from October 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) hessenschau .de (accessed on December 16, 2015)
- ↑ Longlist 2016
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