German writer Jenny Erpenbeck along with translator Michael Hofmann were on Tuesday named winners of the International Booker Prize for the novel Kairos.
Jenny Erpenbeck is the first German writer and Michael Hofmann is the first male translator to win the International Booker Prize since it began in 2016.
Writer Georgi Gospodinov won the 2023 International Booker Prize for his book, Time Shelter. The Physics of Sorrow, an earlier novel, now has an English translation by Angela Rodel.
Writer Georgi Gospodinov won the 2023 International Booker Prize for his book Time Shelter. The Physics of Sorrow, an earlier novel, now has an English translation by Angela Rodel.
Jenny Erpenbeck's novel, translated by Michael Hofmann, follows a couple in 1980s East Berlin and their tumultuous relationship, while Germany undergoes its own political transformation.