Academy German Book Prize
The Akademie Deutscher Buchpreis was founded on October 1, 2004 by the board of directors of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association. It consists of ten to eleven members who are appointed to this office based on their functions. Its main task is to select and appoint the jury to select the winners of the German Book Prize .
To ensure the greatest possible independence, the academy elects the jury every year.
Members
As of March 14, 2018
- Juergen Boos , Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair
- Andreas Breitenstein , journalist and winner of the Alfred Kerr Prize for literary criticism
- Siv Bublitz , Deputy Chairwoman of the German Book Trade Association
- Sabine Dörlemann , board member of the Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association
- Monika Grütters , Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
- Kristina Hasenpflug , Managing Director of the Deutsche Bank Foundation
- Klaus-Dieter Lehmann , President of the Goethe Institute
- Rudolf Müller, owner of the Müller & Böhm literature store in the Heine Haus, Düsseldorf
- Michael Münch , board member of the Deutsche Bank Foundation
- Heinrich Riethmüller , head of the German Book Trade Association
- Andreas Rötzer , publisher, member of the IG Belletristik und Sachbuch spokesperson
jury
2018
- Christoph Bartmann, Goethe Institute Warsaw
- Luzia Braun , journalist
- Tanja Graf , publisher
- Paul Jandl , journalist
- Uwe Kalkowski, bookseller and blogger
- Christine Lötscher, journalist
- Marianne Sax, bookseller (Frauenfeld)
2017
- Silke Behl, journalist
- Mara Delius, journalist
- Christian Dunker, journalist
- Katja Gasser, journalist
- Maria Gazzetti, journalist, director of the Casa di Goethe in Rome
- Tobias Lehmkuhl , journalist
- Lothar Schröder, journalist
2016
- Thomas Andre, journalist
- Lena Bopp, journalist
- Berthold Franke, journalist
- Susanne Jäggi, bookseller
- Christoph Schröder, journalist and lecturer
- Sabine B. Vogel , journalist
- Najem Wali , writer
2015
- Markus Hinterhäuser , cultural manager
- Rolf Keussen, bookseller
- Ursula Kloke, bookseller
- Claudia Kramatschek, journalist
- Ulrike Sárkány, journalist
- Christopher Schmidt , journalist
- Bettina Schulte, journalist and lecturer
2014
- Jens Bisky , journalist
- Katrin Hillhuber, journalist
- Frithjof Klepp, bookseller
- Susanne Link, bookseller
- Manfred Papst , journalist
- Wiebke Porombka, journalist
- Annemarie Stoltenberg , journalist
2013
- Helmut Böttiger , writer and critic
- Katrin Lange, program officer at the Literaturhaus Munich
- Ursula März , journalist
- Jörg Plath, journalist
- Andreas Platthaus , journalist
- Klaus Seufer-Wasserthal, bookseller
- Claudia Voigt, journalist
2012
- Silke Grundmann-Schleicher, bookseller
- Andreas Isenschmid , journalist
- Oliver Junge, journalist
- Dirk Knipphals, journalist
- Stephan Lohr, journalist
- Jutta Person, journalist
- Christiane Schmidt, publisher's editor
2011
- Maike Albath , journalist
- Gregor Dotzauer , journalist
- Ulrike Draesner , writer
- Clemens-Peter Haase, journalist
- Ina Hartwig , journalist
- Christine Westermann , television journalist
- Uwe Wittstock , journalist and editor
2010
- Jobst-Ulrich Brand, journalist
- Julia Encke , journalist
- Thomas Geiger, cultural manager
- Ulrich Greiner , journalist
- Burkhard Mueller
- Ulrike Sander , bookseller
- Cornelia Zetzsche , journalist
2009
- Richard Kämmerlings , journalist
- Michael Lemling, bookseller
- Martin Lüdke , literary scholar and journalist
- Lothar Müller , journalist
- Iris Radisch , journalist
- Daniela Strigl , literary scholar
- Hubert Winkels , journalist
2008
- Christoph Bartmann, journalist
- Martin Ebel, journalist
- Meike Feßmann , journalist
- Jens Jessen , journalist
- Manfred Keiper, bookseller
- Rainer Moritz , writer
- Michael Schmitt, journalist
2007
- Christian Döring , editor of the publishing house
- Karl-Markus Gauß , writer
- Ijoma Mangold , journalist
- Rudolf Müller, bookseller
- Mathias Schreiber , journalist
- Hajo Steinert , journalist and writer
- Felicitas von Lovenberg , journalist
2006
- Volker Hage , journalist
- Elmar Krekeler, journalist
- Terézia Mora , writer
- Pia Reinacher, journalist and lecturer
- Stephan Samtleben, bookseller
- Denis Scheck , journalist and translator
- John von Düffel , dramaturge and writer
2005
- Verena Auffermann , publicist and lecturer
- Klaus Bittner, bookseller
- Volker Hage, journalist
- Wolfgang Herles , journalist and writer
- Bodo Kirchhoff , writer
- Armin Thurnher journalist and publicist
- Juli Zeh , writer
Web links
- German Book Prize. In: Homepage of the book award. Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Stiftung, accessed on March 14, 2018 .
- Exchange Association of the German Book Trade. Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels eV, accessed on March 14, 2018 .
- dbp archive of all award winners, jury members and nomination lists. Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Stiftung, accessed on March 14, 2018 .