Stephan Thome on the Shortlist for German Book Prize 2018

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13.08.2018
We are excited to announce that Stephan Thome is on the shortlist for the German Book Prize 2018 with his novel Gott der Barbaren.

The German Book Prize is presented to the best German-language novel just before the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair as an annual award from the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Stiftung – the Foundation of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association. The Prize is intended to draw attention beyond national borders to authors writing in German, to reading and to the keynote medium of the book. The award is worth a total of 37.500 Euros. The winner receives 25.000 Euros, the other five shortlisted authors receive 2.500 Euros each. The Prize will be awarded on October 8th in Frankfurt.

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Stephan Thome, born in Biedenkopf in 1972, studied philosophy and sinology at the Free University of Berlin and at other universities in China, Taiwan and Japan. He worked in East Asia for ten years and has also lived in Lisbon. His novels Grenzgang (2009) and Fliehkräfte (2012) were both shortlisted for the German Book Prize. His work has won several prizes. Stephan Thome lives in Taipei.

Stephan Thome, born in Biedenkopf in 1972, studied philosophy and sinology at the Free University of Berlin and at other universities in China,...


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