Kia Vahland is nominated for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2019

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13.02.2019

Leonardo da Vinci und die Frauen. Eine Künstlerbiographie by Kia Vahland is nominated for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2019 in the category non-fiction.

The jury states: »This biography presents a refreshingly feminine view on the polymath and the Renaissance‘s conception of morality.«

The award includes a prize money of 60.000 euros and honors outstanding new publications in the categories fiction, non-fiction and translation.

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Kia Vahland

Art historian and art critic Dr. Kia Vahland is an expert on the Renaissance and editor for culture and humanities at Süddeutsche Zeitung. She has authored books on Sebastiano del Piombo, Michelangelo, Raphael as well as numerous essays on art history and is an expert on Leonardo da Vinci. Kia Vahland teaches at the Institute for Art History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at the German School of Journalism. Her works have received numerous accolades including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’s Michael Althen Prize (2016). The Da Vinci Women. The Untold Feminist Power of Leonardo’s Art was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2019.

Kia Vahland

Art historian and art critic Dr. Kia Vahland is an expert on the Renaissance and editor for culture and humanities at Süddeutsche...

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