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Biography Juergen Boos

After training as a publishing manager, Juergen Boos studied business management in Mannheim. He worked for several years as a sales director with Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, Literarischer Verlag, Carl Hanser Verlag and at Springer Verlag in Berlin where he went on to become director of international sales. In 1997, he moved to Verlag Wiley-VCH as executive director of marketing/sales/distribution. He has been president of the Frankfurt Book Fair since April 2005.

The members of the academy

Wilfried Weber, Joachim Unseld, Jutta Limbach, Gottfried Honnefelder, Christina Weiss, Matthias Schmolz, Juergen Boos. Not shown: Men Haupt, Florian Langenscheidt. Copyright: Harald Schröder

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.

Interview with Dr. Florian Langenscheidt

Wanted: German Book Prize. Sponsor Dr. Florian Langenscheidt talks about an award that will be uncompromising (Börsenblatt, January 27th 2005). Copyright: Börsenblatt / Sabine Cronau.

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