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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

German Book Prize (2009)

from German Book Office accessed 100509, Winner announced 101309

The German Book Prize is supported by Paschen & Companie and the 1822-Stiftung der Frankfurter Sparkasse. Its other partners are the Frankfurt Book Fair and Frankfurt City.

Shortlist: The nominated novels (in alphabetical order):

* Rainer Merkel: Lichtjahre entfernt (S. Fischer, March 2009) -- nothing in English 1009
* Herta Müller: Atemschaukel (Hanser, August 2009) -- nothing in English 1009
* Norbert Scheuer: Überm Rauschen (C. H. Beck, June 2009) -- nothing in English 1009
* Kathrin Schmidt: Du stirbst nicht (February 2009) -- nothing in English 1009 -- Winner!
* Clemens J. Setz: Die Frequenzen (Residenz, February 2009) -- nothing in English 1009
* Stephan Thome: Grenzgang (Suhrkamp, August 2009) -- nothing in English 1009

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