Literary outreach

2 articles from all sections, newest first.

BACKGROUND

Between the shortlist and the encounter

A shortlist sorts books – and gives them a stage at the same time. At the Austrian Book Prize, various paths lead from a name on the list to an encounter with the text.

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LITERATURE

Another prize for Bazyar: How does literary consensus emerge?

First the German Book Prize, now the Bavarian Book Prize: Shida Bazyar’s “Die Lücken” (The Gaps) has won over different juries. Their procedures and statements show how individual judgements can develop into a literary consensus — and where its limits lie.

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