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2023

Acceptance speech by Tonio Schachinger, prize winner 2023
16.10.2023, award ceremony

The six novels on the 2023 shortlist
Deutsche Welle portrait films

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Terézia Mora: „Muna oder Die Hälfte des Lebens“

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Necati Öziri: „Vatermal“

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Anne Rabe: „Die Möglichkeit von Glück“

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Tonio Schachinger: „Echtzeitalter“

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Sylvie Schenk: „Maman“

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Ulrike Sterblich: „Drifter“

2022

Acceptance speech by Kim de l'Horizon
October 17th, 2022 at the Römer in Frankfurt

The six novels on the 2022 shortlist
Deutsche Welle portrait films

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Fatma Aydemir: "Dschinns"

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Kristine Bilkau: "Nebenan"

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Daniela Dröscher: "Lügen über meine Mutter"

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Jan Faktor: "Trottel"

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Kim de l'Horizon: "Blutbuch"

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Eckhart Nickel: "Spitzweg"

2021

Acceptance speech by Antje Rávik Strubel, prize winner 2021
18.10.2021, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2021
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

2020

Acceptance speech by Anne Weber, prize winner 2020
12.10.2020, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2020
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

2019

Acceptance speech by Saša Stanišić, prize winner 2019
14.10.2019, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2019
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

2018

Acceptance speech by Inger-Maria Mahlke, prize winner 2018
08.10.2018, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2018
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

2017

Acceptance speech by Robert Menasse, prize winner 2017
09.10.2017, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2017
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

2016

Acceptance speech by Bodo Kirchhoff, prize winner 2016
17.10.2016, award ceremony

The six shortlisted novels 2016
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

2015

Acceptance speech by Frank Witzel, prize winner 2015
12.10.2015, award ceremony

Awarded for "Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion..."

The six shortlisted novels 2015
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Jenny Erpenbeck, Rolf Lappert, Inger-Maria Mahlke, Ulrich Peltzer, Monique Schwitter, Frank Witzel

2014

Acceptance speech by Lutz Seiler, prize winner 2014
06.10.2014, award ceremony

Awarded for "Kruso"

The six shortlisted novels 2014
Portraits produced by Deutsche Welle

Thomas Hettche, Angelika Klüssendorf, Gertrud Leutenegger, Thomas Melle, Lutz Seiler, Heinrich Steinfest