US EditionFrankfurt Book Fair postpones award for Palestinian author
- The "LiBeraturpreis" award ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which was supposed to honor Palestinian author Adania Shibli, has been cancelled due to the ongoing war in Israel.
- Shibli's novel "Minor Detail" received both high praise and criticism. Some critics saw it as serving antisemitic narratives, while others recognized it as a powerful work of art.
- Despite the controversy, the association for the promotion of literature from Africa, Asia, and Latin America still plans to award the prize to Shibli's novel.
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The “Liberation Prize,” an award for books from the Global South, is to go to Adania Shibli. After criticizing her novel against anti-Semitism, the prize will not be awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair after all.
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