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2012
The 2012 Swiss Book Prize was awarded to Peter von Matt for his book Das Kalb vor der Gotthardpost (Hanser Verlag)
The shortlisted titles for 2012 were:
2011
The 2011 Swiss Book Prize was awarded to Catalin Dorian Florescu for his novel Jacob beschliesst zu lieben. NBG reviewed Florescu's previous novel, Zaira.
The shortlist for the 2011 Swiss Book Prize was:
- Monica Cantieni, Grünschnabel (Schöffling & Co.)
- Catalin Dorian Florescu, Jacob beschliesst zu lieben (C.H. Beck)
- Felix Philipp Ingold, Alias (Matthes & Seitz Berlin)
- Charles Lewinsky, Gerron (Nagel & Kimche)
- Peter Stamm, Seerücken (S. Fischer)
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Awarded every year in March. The winner of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is David Wagner. Shortlist: - Ralph Dohrmann, Kronhardt (Ullstein)
- Lisa Kränzler, Im Nachhinein (Verbrecher Verlag)
- Birk Meinhardt, Brüder und Schwerstern (Hanser Verlag)
- David Wagner, Leben (Rowohlt)
- Anna Weidenholzer, Der Winter tut den Fischen gut (Residenz Verlag)
The winner of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is Wolfgang Herrndorf. Excerpts of the shortlisted novels can be heard (in German) here. The winner of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is Clemens J. Setz. Shortlist: Anna Katharina Fröhlich, Kream Korner (Berlin Verlag) Arno Geiger, Der alte König in seinem Exil (Hanser) Wolfgang Herrndorf, Tschick (Rowohlt Berlin) Clemens J. Setz, Die Liebe zur Zeit des Mahlstädter Kindes (Suhrkamp) Peter Stamm, Seerücken (Fischer)
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These three novels, all translated from German and featured in previous issues of NBG, have been longlisted for the prestigious Independent Foreign Fiction prize.
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Daniel Kehlmann, Fame,
tr. Carol Brown Janeway (Quercus) |
Juli Zeh, Dark Matter,
tr. Christine Lo (Harvill Secker) |
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Jenny Erpenbeck, Visitation,
tr. Susan Bernofsky (Portobello) |
| Susan Bernofsky’s translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s Visitation (Portobello) was part-funded by the Goethe-Institut. The novel received glowing reviews in the British press and has been longlisted for the prestigious Wingate Prize alongside Howard Jacobson, David Grossman and Edmund de Waal. It has also been longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Visitation is out in paperback in July.
‘Younger German writers can often negotiate the grandest themes with a light and delicate touch.’
– Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
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This year saw the 35th Festival of German-Language Literature, which takes place annually in Klagenfurt, Austria and involves several days of readings and intense discussion. All of the competing extracts can be read in English translation at bachmannpreis.eu/en.
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Maja Haderlap, winner of the
Bachmann Prize 2011 |
This year, Austrian author Maja Haderlap was awarded the Bachmann Prize for an extract from her novel Engel des Vergessens (Wallstein, 2011). The shortlist included Michel Božikovic, Antonia Baum and Linus Reichlin, all reviewed in issue 30.
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- Marjana Gaponenko
- Michael Stavaric
- Jean Krier
- Terézia Mora
- Artur Becker
- Saša Stanišic
- Magdalena Sadlon
- Zsuzsanna Gahse
- Feridun Zaimoglu
- Asfa-Wossen Asserate
- Ilma Rakusa
- Said
- Zehra Çirek
- Ilija Trojanow
- Emine Sevgi Özdamar
- Natascha Wodin
- Güney Dal
- Yoko Tawada
- György Dalos
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