The Ingeborg-Bachmann-Prize is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the German-speaking literary field. It is awarded during the festival “Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur” in Klagenfurt, Austria. The prize money – 25,000€ – is as high as the endowment of the German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) and the Peace […] Read more

We congratulate Jackie Kay, who was just named Scotland’s new Makar, i.e. national poet. And apparently we’re not the only ones to think this was a great choice: For more information, see e.g. the Guardian’s piece about the appointment: link Read more