German Book Prize 2007 – Long List Thommie Bayer: Eine kurze Geschichte vom Glück (Piper, August 2007) Larissa Boehning: Lichte Stoffe (Eichborn Berlin, August 2007) Julia Franck: Die Mittagsfrau (S. Fischer, September 2007 - read sample translation) Thomas Glavinic: Das bin doch ich (Hanser, August 2007) Lena Gorelik: Hochzeit in Jerusalem (SchirmerGraf, March 2007) Sabine Gruber: Über Nacht (C.H. Beck, January 2007) Peter Henisch: Eine sehr kleine Frau (Deuticke, August 2007) Michael Köhlmeier: Abendland (Hanser, August 2007) Katja Lange-Müller: Böse Schafe (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, August 2007) Michael Lentz: Pazifik Exil (S. Fischer, August 2007) Harald Martenstein: Heimweg (C. Bertelsmann, February 2007) Pierangelo Maset: Laura oder die Tücken der Kunst (kookbooks, September 2007) Robert Menasse: Don Juan de la Mancha (Suhrkamp, August 2007) Martin Mosebach: Der Mond und das Mädchen (Hanser, August 2007) Mathias Nolte: Roula Rouge (Deuticke, March 2007) Gregor Sander: abwesend (Wallstein, March 2007) Arnold Stadler: Komm, gehen wir (S. Fischer, May 2007) Peter Truschner: Die Träumer (Zsolnay, March 2007) John von Düffel: Beste Jahre (DuMont, August 2007) Thomas von Steinaecker: Wallner beginnt zu fliegen (FVA, February 2007 - read sample translation) Launched in 2005 as the German equivalent of the Booker, its brief is to select ‘The Best Novel of the Year in German’. The winner will be announced on 8 October 2007 at a presentation ceremony in Frankfurt two days prior to the opening of the Book Fair.’. Georg Büchner Prize The winner of this year’s Georg Büchner Prize is Martin Mosebach. This annual prize is regarded as the highest accolade for an author’s contribution to German literature. Martin Mosebach is published by Carl Hanser Verlag Prizes of the Leipzig Book Fair 2007 Winner of the fiction category: Ingo Schulze: Handy – Dreizehn Geschichten in alter Manier (Berlin Verlag, 2007) Winner of the non-fiction category: Saul Friedländer: Die Jahre der Vernichtung. Das Dritte Reich und die Juden 1939-1945 (C.H. Beck, 2007) Winner of the translation category: Swetlana Geier for her translation of Ein grüner Junge by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Ammann, 2007) The Prizes of the Leipzig Book Fair are awarded annually to outstanding new works in the three categories. This year’s prizes were awarded at a public ceremony held at the Book Fair on 22 March 2007. Peace Prize The winner of this year’s Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is Saul Friedländer. He shall receive the prize on Sunday, October 14th in Frankfurt’s Church of St. Paul. Established in 1950, the Peace Prize promotes international tolerance by acknowledging individuals who have contributed to peace, humanity and understanding among all peoples and nations of the world through their exceptional activities, especially in the fields of literature, science and art.