From the well-established author Feridun Zaimoglu up to the novel debutante Kenah Cusanit: five of These ten books have made it on the nominated list.

the nominees for The prize of the Leipzig book fair. As the organizers announced on Thursday, comes in the category of “fiction”, among other things, the author Feridun Zaimoglu in the race. Beside him in the category of Anke Stelling, Matthias Nawrat and Kenah Cusanit are nominated. With Jaroslaw Rudis (“winter hill last journey”) was a author from the fair-guest country of the Czech Republic to the list.

the winner is at 21. Awarded in March at the Leipzig exhibition grounds. The winners will be honored in the categories of non-fiction/essays and Translation. The award is endowed with a total of 60 000 euros.

The nominees at a Glance:

fiction:

Kenah Cusanit: “Babel” (Carl Hanser Verlag), Jaroslaw Rudiš: “winter mountain last journey” (Luchterhand literature publishing house), Matthias Nawrat: “The sorrowful guest” (Rowohlt Verlag), Anke Stelling: “ducks in a row” (verbrecher Verlag) Feridun Zaimoglu: “the story of The woman” (Kiepenhauer & Witsch) the

property, plant and book/Essay:

Kia Vahland: “Leonardo da Vinci and the women. A biography of the Artist” (Insel Verlag) Frank Biess, “Republic of fear. A history of the Federal Republic” (Rowohlt Verlag), Harald Jähner: “time of the wolf. Germany and the Germans, 1945-1955” (Rowohlt Berlin) Marko Martin: “The house in Habana. A Rapport” (Wehrhahn Verlag) And Lothar Müller: “Freud’s Things. The DiWan, the Apollo candle & the soul in the technological age” (The Other library)

Translation:

Susanne for a Long time: “Gringo Champ” Aura Xilonen, translated from the Spanish(Carl Hanser Verlag), Georg Aescht: “the forest of The hanged” by Liviu Rebreanu, Dragomán translated from the Romanian (Paul Zsolnay Verlag) Timea Tankó: “lions choir” from György, translated from the Hungarian (Suhrkamp Verlag) Karin Uttendörfer: “The animal Kingdom” by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated from the French (publishing house Matthes & Seitz Berlin), Eva Ruth Wemme: “Wasted Morning” by Gabriela Adameşteanu, translated from Romanian (The Other library)