Erpenbeck's novel "Kairos" depicts a turbulent love story in the final years of communist East Germany. Translator Michael Hofmann has also been honored.
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The International Booker Prize is awarded every year. It is run alongside the Booker Prize for English-language fiction, which will be handed out in the fall.
German writer Jenny Erpenbeck along with translator Michael Hofmann were on Tuesday named winners of the International Booker Prize for the novel Kairos.