Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding

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The Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding is an annually awarded German literary prize .

Since 1994, this prize has been given to authors who have made a name for themselves in communication in Europe, especially in East Central Europe . The prize, which is endowed with 20,000 euros (as of 2019; 10,000 euros main prize and 5,000 euros recognition prize until 2005), is sponsored by the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art and the City of Leipzig . The Board of Trustees also includes the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and Leipziger Messe GmbH.
Traditionally, the prize is awarded every year in March at the opening of the Leipzig Book Fair in the Leipzig Gewandhaus .

Award winners

Åsne Seierstad receives the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding 2018 from the hands of Michael Kretschmer , Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony.

(H = main prize, A = recognition prize, F = sponsorship prize)

literature

  • The Exchange Association of the German Book Trade 1825–2000. A historical outline . Edited on behalf of the Historical Commission by Stephan Füssel , Georg Jäger and Hermann Staub in conjunction with Monika Estermann. Booksellers Association, Frankfurt am Main 2000.

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