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Kim de l'Horizon- Blutbuch (Bloodbook)
Kim de l’Horizon has won the German Book Prize 2022 for their novel “Blutbuch” (DuMont).
Statement from the jury:
“With tremendous creative energy, the non-binary narrator of Kim de l’Horizon’s novel ‘Blutbuch’ (‘Blood Book’) searches for a language of their own. What narratives exist for a body that eludes conventional notions of gender? The fixed point of the narrative is Kim’s own grandmother – ‘Großmeer’ (literally ‘great sea’) in Bernese German – in whose ocean Kim risked drowning as a child and which they now swim free of through writing. The form of the novel is in constant motion. Every linguistic attempt, from vivid scenes to passages of essay-like memoir, reveals an urgency and literary innovation that challenged and inspired the jury.”
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Kim de l’Horizon has won the German Book Prize 2022 for their novel “Blutbuch” (DuMont).
Statement from the jury:
“With tremendous creative energy, the non-binary narrator of Kim de l’Horizon’s novel ‘Blutbuch’ (‘Blood Book’) searches for a language of their own. What narratives exist for a body that eludes conventional notions of gender? The fixed point of the narrative is Kim’s own grandmother – ‘Großmeer’ (literally ‘great sea’) in Bernese German – in whose ocean Kim risked drowning as a child and which they now swim free of through writing. The form of the novel is in constant motion. Every linguistic attempt, from vivid scenes to passages of essay-like memoir, reveals an urgency and literary innovation that challenged and inspired the jury.”
Kim de l’Horizon receives the German Book Prize 2022 for “Blutbuch” (“Blood Book”) | Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
Kim de l’Horizon has won the German Book Prize 2022 for their novel “Blutbuch” (DuMont). Statement from the jury: “With tremendous creative energy, the non-binary narrator of Kim de l’Horizon’s novel ‘Blutbuch’ (‘Blood Book’) searches for a language of their own. What narratives exist for a body...
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Kim de l’Horizon Wins 2022 German Book Prize for 'Blutbuch'
As Frankfurter Buchmesse is readied for its opening, the German Book Prize spotlights a daring debut novelist as its 2022 laureate.
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