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Literature Special

October 22, 2021

The book world returns to Frankfurt, without the crowds, but with Indigenous authors from Canada, an award for an activist and writer from Zimbabwe, and the German Book Prize 2021.

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Vorschau-Pressekonferenz zur Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021
Image: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture alliance
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021
Image: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture alliance

Re:connect

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's most important meeting place for the book industry. It’s once again taking place in the real world after last year's event was held online due to the pandemic. But can organizers and visitors go back to normal?

 

Pressematerial CanadaFBM I Autorin Tanya Tagaq
Image: Rebecca Wood

Canada’s Indigenous Storytellers

With the motto "singular plurality," Canada is amplifying Indigenous voices in Frankfurt. First Nations, Inuit and Métis people have long been excluded from the cultural landscape, but now their stories are taking center stage.

 

 

Frankfurt | Verleihung Deutscher Buchpreis 2021 | Bücher von Antje Ravik Strubel
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The German Book Prize Shortlist

Six candidates made it onto the shortlist for the coveted literary award. Their novels explore toxic masculinity, family, empowerment and identity. Who wrote the novel of the year?

 

 

Tsitsi Dangarembga Autorin Simbabwe
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Honoring Tsitsi Dangarembga

Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has been active in the feminist movement for many years, advocating for political change in her homeland. She’s now been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

 

 

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