German Book Prize 2024: The Longlist
We are delighted to announce the 20 titles nominated (aka longlisted) by the jury for this year’s German Book Prize 2024.
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Interview with Dracula Park author Dana Grigorcea
/ Sheridan Marshall
Swiss-Romanian author, Dana Grigorcea, speaks to New Books in German about her prize-winning novel, Dracula Park, in Imogen Taylor’s English translation in 2023.
Putting Words First: an interview with Publisher and Translator Stefan Tobler
/ Regan Mies
Stefan Tobler talks with Regan Mies about fifteen years of And Other Stories press, translating Lutz Seiler, and what’s exciting in German lit
After the Wall
/ Shaun Whiteside
Shaun Whiteside looks at how the idea of the German Democratic Republic continues to inspire writers and readers.
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Black Forest Investigations
/ Sarah Hemens
Translator Jamie Bulloch speaks to Sarah Hemens about the Black Forest Investigations series by Oliver Bottini and the joy of translating a good crime novel.
Translator interview: Alexandra Roesch
/ Sarah Wolbach
NBG intern Sarah Wolbach interviews translator Alexandra Roesch about her career in translation, her recent translation of Stefanie vor Schulte's Boy with Black Rooster and what she'd like to translate in the future.
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Celebrating Four Years of Translators Aloud
/ Sarah Hemens
As YouTube channel Translators Aloud celebrates four years of providing a space for translators to read their work, founders Charlie Coombe and Tina Kover spoke to New Books in German about the channel’s success, translator working conditions and the future of both the channel and the profession.
Intern interview: Regan Mies
/ Sarah Hemens
Recent intern Regan Mies reflects on her time with NBG.
Translator interview: Shelley Frisch
/ Sarah Hemens, Shelley Frisch
NBG talks to translator Shelley Frisch about some of her recent translation work, including Kafka, Billy Wilder, and an Auschwitz survivor’s memoir.
Internship interview: Lizzy Kinch
TV documentary worker and translator Lizzy reflects on her recent internship with NBG.
‘Does there come a point when you consist of nothing but facades?’: an interview with Elias Hirschl
/ Eleanor Updegraff
Elias Hirschl spoke to us about the novel, his creative practice and the future of writing.
German Non-Fiction Prize 2024
As the official English-language media partner for the German Non-fiction Prize 2024, we are delighted to announce the winning book below and to provide an overview of all shortlisted books.
