Whoever has, will receive: After winning the German Book Prize for the best German-language novel of the year in October, Kim de l'Horizon has now also been awarded the Swiss Book Prize, worth the equivalent of 34,000 euros, for "Blutbuch".
At the presentation of the Swiss Book Prize at the Buch Basel literature festival on Sunday, the jury honored Kim de l'Horizon, who claims to have been born in 2666, but was in fact probably born a little earlier, for the autobiographical, non-binary narrative character , who goes back to her own childhood and follows her family history: "Kim de l'Horizon transforms experience into literature."
“What happens when societal norms are broken?
When violence isn't talked about?” the jury continues to ask.
Kim de l'Horizon tries different languages, voices and registers - without giving an answer.
The debut work is already at the top of the Swiss bestseller list.