German Book Prize 2022 - The Longlist
The twenty novels longlisted for the German Book Prize 2022 have been announced and we're happy to see so many B&G titles among them! The shortlist will be revealed on September 20, the winner awarded during the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 17.
Information about each novel can be found via New Books in German.
- Fatma Aydemir: Dschinns (Djinss) - Carl Hanser
- Daniela Dröscher: Lügen über meine Mutter (Lies About My Mother) - Kiepenheuer & Witsch
- Theresia Enzensberger: Auf See (At See) - Carl Hanser
- Jan Faktor: Trottel (Simpleton) - Kiepenheuer & Witsch
- Marie Gamillscheg: Aufruhr der Meerestiere (An Uprising of Sea Creatures) - Luchterhand Literaturverlag
- Kim de l’Horizon: Blutbuch (Bloodbook) - DuMont
- Yael Inokai: Ein simpler Eingriff (A Simple Procedure) - Hanser Berlin
- Anna Kim: Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child) - Suhrkamp
- Esther Kinsky: Rombo (Rombo) - Suhrkamp. Italian rights sold to Iperborea.
- Dagmar Leupold: Dagegen die Elefanten! (Learning from the Elephants!) - Jung und Jung
- Eckhart Nickel: Spitzweg (Spitzweg) - Piper
- Gabriele Riedle: In Dschungeln. In Wüsten. Im Krieg. (In Jungles. In Deserts. In War.) - Die Andere Bibliothek
- Andreas Stichmann: Eine Liebe in Pjöngjang (A Love Affair in Pyongyang) - Rowohlt
- Heinz Strunk: Ein Sommer in Niendorf (A Summer in Niendorf) Rowohlt
