Ripper Award
The European Prize for Crime Fiction ( Ripper Award ), int. Name: European Crime Fiction Star Award , is another European prize for crime fiction after the French Prix du polar européen , which has been awarded since 2003 . It has been awarded every two years in autumn by the Hellweg cultural region since 2008 as part of the “ Mord am Hellweg ” crime festival . The prize money is donated in particular by the Sparkasse Unna, the broadcaster WDR 5 supports the voting with a postcard campaign for voting. The idea and concept of the Ripper Award come from Jürgen Alberts (book author, Bremen), Herbert Knorr ( Westphalian Literature Office in Unna ) and Sigrun Krauß (Unna cultural operations).
As stated in the announcement, a living contemporary author should be honored whose "work for the genre 'crime fiction / thriller ' 'has achieved European rank or a significant reception in the European context." Overall work or an outstanding individual work can be the decision-making basis for the jurors. The prize is endowed with 11,111 euros and is intended to strengthen the literary significance of the crime genre in Europe.
According to their own statement, the organizers opted for the prize sum of 11,111 euros, because the number eleven is a dazzling number that u. a. is related to the topics of guilt, crime and atonement relevant in the crime genre. For example, in Schiller's "Wallenstein" there is a quote: "Eilf! A bad number." (...) "Eilf is sin." At the same time, the number eleven is associated with the restoration of law and order, in ancient Athens the so-called eleven men were people who were responsible for the criminal justice system. In addition, the eleven is considered the "master number" in numerology.
The naming "Ripper Award" caused discussions in some crime blogs and forums when the award was introduced.
Selection process
Up to a deadline set by the organizer, publishers, literary institutions, editors, agencies, crime journalists and literary brokers can propose a candidate with justification. A preliminary jury puts together eleven names from all the suggestions received in a so-called "shortlist". An international main jury selects authors who are nominated for the award (in 2008 and 2010 five authors were nominated, in 2012 three). In the final analysis, the award is an audience award: the final winner is finally determined by the audience voting (by post or on the festival website). The respective winners will receive the award at a public award ceremony in Unna.
In 2018, two winners were chosen for the first time.
Prize winner
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Remarks
- ↑ Details can be found in the article version dated August 12, 2008
- ↑ Europ. Krimipreis to Simon Beckett and Arne Dahl , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on December 5, 2018