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The 45th Days of German-Language Literature will have two new members on the jury.
Mara Delius, director of the “Literary World” and co-director of the WELT feuilleton, and the writer Vea Kaiser join the seven-member jury of the event founded in 1977 by Marcel Reich-Ranicki.
The previous chairman of the jury, Hubert Winkels, is leaving, Nora Gomringer is no longer there.
The critic Insa Wilke takes over the jury chairmanship.
The features editor of the weekly magazine “Die Furche”, Brigitte Schwens-Harrant, completes the female quartet in the jury.
Also present - as before - the Germanist and director of the Graz literary house Klaus Kastberger, the writer, publicist and critic Philipp Tingler and the critic Michael Wiederstein.
Details on all jurors can be found on the homepage bachmannpreis.ORF.at.
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The 45th Days of German-Language Literature, during which 14 authors read their texts over three days, will take place from June 16 to 20, 2021.
It is currently unclear whether the “competition” can take place in the usual analogue form in Klagenfurt, whether it will be a digital one - like in 2020 - or a hybrid one.
This decision should be made in the short term.
In any case, the literary competition will be broadcast live on the Internet and on the 3sat TV channel.