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Leipzig (dpa) - The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more feminine than ever this year.

In the fiction category, the jury put four women on the list of five nominees, as the fair announced on Tuesday.

This has never happened before in the history of the award, which has been awarded since 2005.

Iris Hanika (“Echos Kammern”), Judith Hermann (“At home”), Friederike Mayröcker (“Since I step in the morning and moss green. Step to the window”) and Helga Schubert (“From getting up: A life in stories”) can hope for the award ") do.

The Swiss Christian Kracht completes the shortlist with his novel “Eurotrash”.

The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is awarded in the three categories of fiction, non-fiction / essay writing and translations.

It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros - 15,000 euros go to the respective winners, each 1,000 euros is worth a nomination.

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After the cancellation of the Leipzig Book Fair due to the corona pandemic, a ceremony is planned for the award ceremony on May 28 in the Leipzig Congress Hall.

According to the fair, it is still open whether viewers can be there or it will just be a live stream.

In the non-fiction category, the jury nominated Christoph Möller (“Degrees of Freedom”), Heike Behrend (“Becoming Man”), Dan Diner (“Another War”), Michael Hagner (“Foucault's Pendulum and We”) and Uta Ruge ( «Peasants, Country»).

In the third category, translations from American English (“USA Trilogy”), Canadian French (“The Great Crash”), Hungarian (“Apropos Casanova”, English (“Pippins Tochters Tochters handkerchief”) and Norwegian ( «The birds») selected.

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Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair