Leipzig is Lit

2018-10-11

And the Winner of the German Book Prize 2018 is... Archipel by Inger-Maria Mahlke!

Because I’m at the book fair in Frankfurt and haven’t yet had time to finish reading the book in question (review forthcoming), you’ll have to be satisfied with a short notice. For the first time in five years the winner of the German Book Prize is a woman! Inger-Maria Mahlke, who was already on the s…

2018-09-22

Feminine, Foreign and Historic - This Year’s German Book Prize Short List

Initially conceived as an analog to the Man Booker Prize, the German Book Prize has been around for over ten years now and has produced many illustrious winners and highly lauded books on the short lists. However, despite increased awareness for gender disparities among literary prizes, this year’s s…