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German Book Prize Names Its 2021 Jury, Opens Submissions
The leading prize in German-language fiction opens its new year of competition with the appointment of seven new jurors and €25,000 for the winner in October.
The German Book Prize’s 2021 jurors are, top row from left, Knut Cordsen (image: Julia Müller); Bettina Fischer (image: Claus Daniel Herrmann); Anja Johannsen (image: Andreas Greiner-Napp); and Richard Kämmerlings. On the lower row, from left are Sandra Kegel (image: Helmut Fricke); Beate Scherzer (image Peter Kolling); and Anne-Catherine Simon (image: Clemens Fabry)
Winner Named Just Before Frankfurter Buchmesse
Not to be confused with the much newer German Nonfiction Prize, the German Book Prize is awarded by the Stiftung Buchkultur und Leseförderung des Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, which is the foundation of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Germany’s publishers and booksellers association.