{"id":2095,"date":"2009-10-03T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2009-10-03T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2009-10-03T14:00:33","slug":"2009-german-book-prize-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/2009-german-book-prize-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 German Book Prize Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GerBookPr\"<\/a>Via signandsight<\/a> \u2014 who marvelously add links to English-language excerpts for each of the books! \u2014here\u2019s the equivalent of France\u2019s Goncourt (though how equivalent it really is could only be settled by comparing the sales figures of the winners\u2026)<\/p>\n

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The German Book Prize<\/a> is presented to the best German-language novel<\/strong> just before the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair as an annual award from the B\u00f6rsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Stifung \u2013 the Foundation of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association. The Prize is intended to draw attention beyond national borders to authors writing in German, to reading and to the keynote medium of the book.<\/p>\n

The 2009 shortlist<\/strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Rainer Merkel<\/strong>: \u201cLight Years Away\u201d (Lichtjahre Entfernt)<\/p>\n

S. Fischer Verlag<\/p>\n

About the book<\/a>
\nEnglish excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Herta M\u00fcller<\/strong>: \u201cEverything I Own I Carry With Me\u201d (Atemschaukel)<\/p>\n

Suhrkamp Verlag<\/p>\n

About the book<\/a>
\nEnglish excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Norbert Scheuer<\/strong>: \u201cThe Rushing of the Weir\u201d (\u00dcberm Rauschen)<\/p>\n

C.H.Beck Verlag<\/p>\n

About the book<\/a>
\n English excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Katrin Schmidt<\/strong>: You\u2019re Not Going to Die (Du Stirbst Nicht)<\/p>\n

Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag<\/p>\n

About the book<\/a>
\nEnglish excerpt <\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Clemens J. Setz<\/strong>: \u201cFrequencies\u201d (Die Frequenzen)
\nResidenz Verlag<\/p>\n

About the book<\/a>
\n English excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Stephan Thome <\/strong>: \u201cBorder Walk\u201d (Grenzgang)<\/p>\n

Suhrkamp Verlag<\/p>\n

About the book<\/a>
\nEnglish excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n

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The judges<\/strong> for the German Book Prize 2009 are: Richard K\u00e4mmerlings, Michael Lemling, Martin L\u00fcdke, Lothar M\u00fcller, Iris Radisch, Daniela Strigl and Hubert Winkels<\/p>\n

The winner will be announced at the award ceremony on October 12th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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