Emine Sevgi Özdamar awarded Bayerischer Buchpreis 2021
News11.11.2021
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We are delighted to announce that Eminge Sevgi Özdamar has been awarded the Bayerischer Buchpreis 2021 in the Fiction category for A Space Bounded by Shadows.
Sonja Zekri for the jury states:
»A young actress packs her suitcase, leaves Turkey and travels to a divided Berlin. Theatre, European culture and, yes, eventually even Germany become her new home. Emine Sevgi Özdamar's book is a cultural history of the continent like there has never been before – written from the perspective of an outsider who is in the midst of it all.«
The Bayerischer Buchpreis, endowed with 10,000€ in the fiction category, honours the best new publications of fiction and non-fiction of the year. The jury announces its decision live, in front of an audience and the nominated authors.
For more information, please visit the author's Foreign Rights Website or contact the respective Rights Manager.
Sonja Zekri for the jury states:
»A young actress packs her suitcase, leaves Turkey and travels to a divided Berlin. Theatre, European culture and, yes, eventually even Germany become her new home. Emine Sevgi Özdamar's book is a cultural history of the continent like there has never been before – written from the perspective of an outsider who is in the midst of it all.«
The Bayerischer Buchpreis, endowed with 10,000€ in the fiction category, honours the best new publications of fiction and non-fiction of the year. The jury announces its decision live, in front of an audience and the nominated authors.
For more information, please visit the author's Foreign Rights Website or contact the respective Rights Manager.