Leipzig Book Fair Prize


The Leipzig Book Fair Prize is a literary award assigned annually during the Leipzig Book Fair to outstanding newly released literary works in the categories "Fiction", "Non-fiction" and "Translation". It has been called "the second most important German book-prize, after the German Book Prize". The winner in each category is awarded €15,000.
The City of Leipzig also awards the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding which has been given since 1994.

Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding

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2005