The German Academy for Language and Literature has awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, which includes a € 50.000 grant, to writer Sibylle Lewitscharoff. The prize will be presented on October 26, 2013, in Darmstadt.
From the jury statement: »In her novels, Sybille Lewitscharoff interrogates and questions the constraints that we take for granted in our daily existence, and she does so with an indefatigable energy for observation, fantastical narration, and a talent for linguistic invention. Her works deepen and widen our perception of the contemporary German moment through satire, mythos, and the fantastic. Lewitscharoff poses fundamental philosophical and religious questions about our existence, in keeping with great literary tradition, and subtly plays them off one another with a refreshing and unceremonious humor. A ›conversation with the dead,‹ which she has stated is a goal of her writing, has never been as lively and life-affirming as it is in her artful and entertaining stories.«
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