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Paulskirche in Frankfurt Ceremony in 2009. Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels is an international peace prize awarded annually by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (English: German Publishers and Booksellers Association), [1] which runs the Frankfurt Book Fair. The award ceremony is held in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. The prize ...
The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, abbr. FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. The five-day annual event in mid-October is held at the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The first three days are restricted exclusively to ...
The Börsenverein organises the annual Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair). Beginning in 1950, the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels has been issued at the Paulskirche as part of the fair. It supports (as ideeller Träger) the Leipziger Buchmesse, where it awards the annual Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding.
In 2009 when China was the 'guest country' of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Boos ran into controversy. After a protest of the official Chinese delegation, Boos excluded two Chinese dissident writers from a symposium. Boos later reversed his decision, prompting another Chinese protest.
In 2023, the LiBeraturpreis had been awarded to Palestinian author Adania Shibli for her novel Minor Detail (German: Eine Nebensache), a literary text based on the rape and murder of a Palestinian girl in 1949 by Israeli soldiers. [16] Originally, the award ceremony of this LiBeraturpreis at the Frankfurt Book Fair had been announced for 20 ...
The assembly is composed of two representatives of the publishers association from each country; each is allowed a vote in assembly decisions. The assembly meets at least once a year, usually at the Frankfurt Book Fair. [87] The President is elected by the General Assembly with a term of two years.
Although the award was created by The Bookseller, the idea of an award celebrating books with odd titles was proposed by Bruce Robinson and Trevor Bounford of the Diagram Group in order to provide entertainment during the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1978. [10]
The Frankfurt Book Fair. German literature (German: Deutschsprachige Literatur) comprises those literary texts written in the German language.This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora.