Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair
The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is a literary prize that has been awarded since 2005 as part of the Leipzig Book Fair by the Leipziger Messe with the support of the City of Leipzig and the Free State of Saxony and in cooperation with the Berlin Literary Colloquium .
The award, presented for the first time on March 17, 2005, is the successor to the German Book Prize , which was awarded at the same point with the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels from 2002 to 2004. The award is given to new publications in the three categories “ Fiction ”, “ Non-fiction and essay writing ” and “ Translation ” and is endowed with 20,000 euros in each category (as of 2019). One German-language work is submitted and awarded; its authors and, if applicable, its translators are consequently indirectly praised.
Unlike the former German Book Prize, the award does not honor already successful books, but rather new publications from the last one-year period before the respective trade fair. The award ceremony takes place on the first day of the fair in the glass hall of the Leipzig exhibition center. The jury consists of seven literary critics and experts. After the book fair was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic , the winners were announced live on the radio in 2020.
In 2021, due to the pandemic, the prize will be awarded on May 28 in the Congress Hall at Leipzig Zoo . The nominations were announced on April 13th.
Award winners
Fiction
year | Prize winner | title | publishing company |
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2005 | Terézia Mora | All days | Luchterhand |
2006 | Ilija Trojanow | The world collector | Hanser |
2007 | Ingo Schulze | Mobile. Thirteen stories the old way | Berlin publishing house |
2008 | Clemens Meyer | The night, the lights | S. Fischer |
2009 | Sibylle Lewitscharoff | Apostoloff | Suhrkamp |
2010 | Georg Klein | Novel of our childhood | Rowohlt |
2011 | Clemens J. Setz | Love at the time of the Mahlstadt child | Suhrkamp |
2012 | Wolfgang Herrndorf | sand | Rowohlt |
2013 | David Wagner | Life | Rowohlt |
2014 | Saša Stanišić | Before the party | Luchterhand |
2015 | Jan Wagner | Rain barrel variations. Poems | Hanser |
2016 | Guntram Vesper | Frohburg | Schöffling & Co. |
2017 | Natascha Wodin | She came from Mariupol | Rowohlt |
2018 | Esther Kinsky | Grove. Terrain novel | Suhrkamp |
2019 | Anke Stelling | Sheep in the dry | Criminal Publishing House |
2020 | Lutz Seiler | Star 111 | Suhrkamp |
2021 | Iris Hanika | Echoes chambers | Droschl |
Non-fiction / essay writing
year | Prize winner | title | publishing company |
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2005 | Rüdiger Safranski | Schiller or The Invention of German Idealism | Hanser |
2006 | Franz Schuh | Serious allegations, dirty laundry | Zsolnay |
2007 | Saul Friedländer | The years of annihilation. The Third Reich and the Jews 1939–1945 | CH Beck |
2008 | Irina Liebmann | Would it be nice It would be nice. My father Rudolf Herrnstadt | Berlin publishing house |
2009 | Herfried Münkler | The Germans and their myths | Rowohlt |
2010 | Ulrich Raulff | Circle without a master. Stefan George's afterlife. An abysmal story | CH Beck |
2011 | Henning Ritter | Notebooks | Berlin publishing house |
2012 | Jörg Baberowski | Burned earth. Stalin's rule of violence | CH Beck |
2013 | Helmut Böttiger | The group 47. When German literature made history | German publishing company |
2014 | Helmut Lethen | The photographer's shadow | Rowohlt |
2015 | Philipp Ther | The new order on the old continent. A history of neoliberal Europe | Suhrkamp |
2016 | Jürgen Goldstein | Georg Forster. Between freedom and the force of nature | Matthes & Seitz |
2017 | Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger | Maria Theresa. The empress in her time | CH Beck |
2018 | Karl Schlögel | The Soviet Century. Archeology of a Lost World | Edition of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation, CH Beck |
2019 | Harald Jähner | Wolf time. Germany and the Germans 1945-1955 | Rowohlt Berlin |
2020 | Bettina Hitzer | Feeling Cancer - A 20th Century Emotional Story | Velcro cotta |
2021 | Heike Behrend | Incarnation of a monkey | Matthes & Seitz |
translation
year | Prize winner | Translated work (author) | language | publishing company |
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2005 | Thomas Eichhorn | Fredy Neptune ( Les Murray ) | English | Ammann |
2006 | Ragni Maria Gschwend | Awakening ( Antonio Moresco ) | Italian | Ammann |
2007 | Svetlana Vulture | A green boy ( Fyodor Dostoyevsky ) | Russian | Ammann |
2008 | Fritz Vogelgsang | Novel of the White Knight Tirant lo Blanc ( Joanot Martorell ) | Old Catalan | S. Fischer |
2009 | Eike Schönfeld | Humboldt's Legacy ( Saul Bellow ) | English | Kiepenheuer & Witsch |
2010 | Ulrich Blumenbach | Infinite Fun ( David Foster Wallace ) | English | Kiepenheuer & Witsch |
2011 | Barbara Conrad | War and Peace ( Lev Tolstoy ) | Russian | Hanser |
2012 | Christina Viragh | Parallel stories ( Péter Nádas ) | Hungarian | Rowohlt |
2013 | Eva Hesse | The Cantos ( Ezra Pound ) | English | Ark Literature Publishing House |
2014 | Robin Detje | Europe Central ( William T. Vollmann ) | English | Suhrkamp |
2015 | Mirjam Pressler | Judas ( Amos Oz ) | Hebrew | Suhrkamp |
2016 | Brigitte Döbert | The tutors ( Bora Ćosić ) | Serbian | Schöffling & Co. |
2017 | Eva Lüdi Kong | The Journey to the West (Anonymous) | Chinese | Reclam |
2018 |
Sabine Stöhr Juri Durkot |
Boarding School ( Serhij Schadan ) | Ukrainian | Suhrkamp |
2019 | Eva Ruth Wemme | Lost Morning ( Gabriela Adameşteanu ) | Romanian | The other library |
2020 | Pieke Biermann | Oreo ( Fran Ross ) | English | dtv |
2021 | Timea Tankó | Speaking of Casanova. The Breviary of St. Orpheus ( Miklós Szentkuthy ) | Hungarian | The other library |
jury
A seven-member jury made up of literary critics, journalists and literary scholars decides on the winners each year. The jury chair changes every three years. In the past, the regular jury members have never been appointed for more than three years in a row. So far, the literary critic Kristina Maidt-Zinke (jury member 2008–2010, jury chair 2016–2018) has been appointed to the jury most frequently .
year | Chair of the jury | Other jury members |
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2005– 2006 |
Martin Lüdke ( SWR ) |
Franziska Augstein ( SZ ) |
Richard Kämmerlings ( FAZ ) | ||
Andrea Köhler ( NZZ ) | ||
Sigrid Löffler ( literatures ) | ||
Norbert Miller ( TU Berlin ) | ||
Klaus Reichelt ( MDR ) | ||
2007 | Martin Lüdke (SWR) |
Franziska Augstein (SZ) |
Ulrich Greiner ( The Time ) | ||
Michael Hametner (MDR) | ||
Richard Kämmerlings (FAZ) | ||
Sigrid Löffler (literatures) | ||
Uwe Justus Wenzel (NZZ) | ||
2008- 2009 |
Ulrich Greiner (The Time) |
Michael Hametner (MDR) |
Ina Hartwig ( FR ) | ||
Elmar Krekeler ( The World ) | ||
Kristina Maidt-Zinke (SZ) | ||
Volker Weidermann ( FAS ) | ||
Uwe Justus Wenzel (NZZ) | ||
2010 |
Verena Auffermann (freelance literary critic) |
Jens Bisky (SZ) |
Ina Hartwig (FR) | ||
Elmar Krekeler (The World) | ||
Kristina Maidt-Zinke (SZ) | ||
Adam Soboczynski (The Time) | ||
Volker Weidermann (FAS) | ||
2011– 2012 |
Verena Auffermann (freelance literary critic) |
Johanna Adorján (FAZ) |
Jens Bisky (SZ) | ||
Martin Ebel ( TA , Zurich) | ||
Eberhard Falcke (freelance literary critic) | ||
Ingeborg Harms (freelance literary critic) | ||
Adam Soboczynski (The Time) | ||
2013 |
Hubert Winkels ( DLF / Die Zeit) |
René Aguigah (DLR Culture) |
Martin Ebel (TA, Zurich) | ||
Eberhard Falcke (freelance literary critic) | ||
Ursula März (freelance literary critic) | ||
Lothar Müller (SZ) | ||
Daniela Strigl ( University of Vienna ) | ||
2014 | Hubert Winkels (DLF, Die Zeit) |
René Aguigah ( DLR Culture ) |
Sandra Kegel (FAZ) | ||
Dirk Knipphals ( taz ) | ||
Ursula März (freelance literary critic) | ||
Lothar Müller (SZ) | ||
Daniela Strigl (University of Vienna) | ||
2015 | Hubert Winkels (DLF, Die Zeit) |
René Aguigah (DLR Culture) |
Meike Feßmann (SZ, Der Tagesspiegel , DLR Culture / DLF) | ||
Sandra Kegel (FAZ) | ||
Dirk Knipphals (taz) | ||
Lothar Müller (SZ) | ||
Daniela Strigl (University of Vienna) | ||
2016 |
Kristina Maidt-Zinke (SZ, Die Zeit) |
Maike Albath (DLF / DLR Culture, NZZ, Der Tagesspiegel, FR , SZ) |
Alexander Camann (Die Zeit) | ||
Meike Feßmann (SZ, Der Tagesspiegel, DLR Culture / DLF) | ||
Sandra Kegel (FAZ) | ||
Dirk Knipphals (taz) | ||
Burkhard Müller (FAZ, BLZ , SZ) | ||
2017 | Kristina Maidt-Zinke (SZ, Die Zeit) |
Maike Albath (DLF / DLR Culture, NZZ, Der Tagesspiegel, FR, SZ) |
Alexander Camann (Die Zeit) | ||
Gregor Dotzauer (Der Tagesspiegel) | ||
Meike Feßmann (SZ, Der Tagesspiegel, DLR Culture / DLF) | ||
Burkhard Müller (FAZ, BLZ, SZ) | ||
Jutta Person ( Philosophy Magazine ) | ||
2018 | Kristina Maidt-Zinke (SZ, Die Zeit) |
Maike Albath (DLF / DLR Culture, NZZ, Der Tagesspiegel, FR, SZ) |
Alexander Camann (Die Zeit) | ||
Gregor Dotzauer (Der Tagesspiegel) | ||
Burkhard Müller (FAZ, BLZ, SZ) | ||
Jutta Person (Philosophy Magazine) | ||
Wiebke Porombka (FAZ, Zeit) | ||
2019 |
Jens Bisky (Süddeutsche Zeitung) |
Gregor Dotzauer (Der Tagesspiegel) |
Tobias Lehmkuhl (freelance literary critic) | ||
Wiebke Porombka (freelance literary critic) | ||
Marc Reichwein (FAZ, BLZ, SZ) | ||
Elke Schmitter (The Mirror) | ||
Katrin Schumacher (MDR, 3Sat) | ||
2020 | Jens Bisky (Süddeutsche Zeitung) |
Katharina Herrmann (author and blogger) |
Tobias Lehmkuhl (freelance literary critic) | ||
Wiebke Porombka (Germany radio ) | ||
Marc Reichwein (Literary World) | ||
Katrin Schumacher (MDR, 3Sat) | ||
Katharina Teutsch (freelance literary critic) | ||
2021 | Jens Bisky (journalist) |
Anne-Dore Krohn ( rbbKultur ) |
Tobias Lehmkuhl (freelance literary critic) | ||
Andreas Platthaus (FAZ) | ||
Marc Reichwein (Literary World) | ||
Katrin Schumacher (MDR, 3Sat) | ||
Katharina Teutsch (freelance literary critic) |
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2005 - "No frills". MDR.de (about the award ceremony of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Conditions of participation (excerpt) : "Works in German can be submitted."
- ↑ see conditions of participation
- ^ Scheduled announcement of the winners of the Leipzig Book Fair 2020 prize. In: preis-der-leipziger-buchmesse.de, March 6, 2020; accessed on March 12, 2020.
- ↑ These are the nominees for 2021. In: preis-der-leipziger-buchmesse.de. April 13, 2021, accessed April 13, 2021 .