The Academy

Juergen Boos
President of the Frankfurt Book Fair
Biog.

Herbert Hans Grüntker
Vice president of the 1822-Foundation of the Frankfurter Sparkasse
Biog.

Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder
President of the Börsenverein
Biog.

Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
President of the Goethe-Institut
Biog.

Bernd Neumann
Federal government commissioner for culture and the media
Biog.

Jan Paschen
Managing Director of Paschen & Companie
Biog.

Viola Taube
Vice president of the Börsenverein
Biog.

Dr. Joachim Unseld
Chairman, Commercial Publishing Companies Group
Biog.

Dr. Dirk Vaihinger
Verlag Nagel & Kimche
Biog.

Wilfried Weber
Bookshop owner and manager, Bücherstube Felix Jud, Hamburg
Biog.

Hubert Winkels
Winner of the Alfred-Kerr-Prize
Biog.

The members of the Academy

In September 2004, the board of the Börsenverein made its unique appointment of the German Book Prize Academy which is made up of eleven members.

With representatives from the book industry and the arts and co-sponsors of the Prize, the advisory committee’s most important task is the annual selection of the jury. Publisher Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder is president of the German Book Prize Academy.

From left to right: Juergen Boos, Jan Paschen, Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder, Viola Taube, Dr. Dirk Vaihinger, Prof. Dr. Jutta Limbach, Hubert Winkels, Wilfried Weber, Dr. Joachim Unseld. Not shown: Bernd Neumann.