Philipp Weiss receives the 2018 Literary Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation
News26.07.2018
This year, the Jürgen Ponto Foundation’s Literary Prize for the Support of Young Artists, endowed with 15.000 Euros, goes to Philipp Weiss for his debut novel Am Weltenrand sitzen die Menschen und lachen.
»Employing five different genres, from diary-writing to audio transcription to the graphic novel, and taking place between Europe und Japan between the 19th and 21st centuries, with his cycle of novels Am Weltenrand sitzen die Menschen und lachen Philipp Weiss follows modern man’s search for meaning and belonging in a rapidly changing world. This expansive narrative project is a literary adventure. … Readers who take the plunge are rewarded with an impressive wealth of language, imagination, and knowledge. A true promise of the future from an author who, without any doubt, has a sense of mission.«
The Jürgen Ponto Foundation awards its Literary Prize to young authors who are working on their first comprehensive book manuscript and who display particular literary talent. In 2017, the Prize had been awared to Sasha Marianna Salzmann for her debut novel Außer sich, translated into 14 languages.
For more information please visit the author's Foreign Rights Website or contact the respective Rights Manager.
»Employing five different genres, from diary-writing to audio transcription to the graphic novel, and taking place between Europe und Japan between the 19th and 21st centuries, with his cycle of novels Am Weltenrand sitzen die Menschen und lachen Philipp Weiss follows modern man’s search for meaning and belonging in a rapidly changing world. This expansive narrative project is a literary adventure. … Readers who take the plunge are rewarded with an impressive wealth of language, imagination, and knowledge. A true promise of the future from an author who, without any doubt, has a sense of mission.«
The Jürgen Ponto Foundation awards its Literary Prize to young authors who are working on their first comprehensive book manuscript and who display particular literary talent. In 2017, the Prize had been awared to Sasha Marianna Salzmann for her debut novel Außer sich, translated into 14 languages.
For more information please visit the author's Foreign Rights Website or contact the respective Rights Manager.