"Blutbuch": Kim de l'Horizon gewinnt auch Schweizer Buchpreis

"Blutbuch": Kim de l'Horizon gewinnt auch Schweizer Buchpreis

Für das Werk "Blutbuch" hat Kim de l'Horizon nun auch den Schweizer Buchpreis erhalten. Der Roman betrete erzählerisches Neuland, hieß es von der Jury.

Swiss Book Prize 2022 - Kim de l'Horizon wins the Swiss Book Prize

Double victory: The German is now also followed by the Swiss Book Prize for “Blood Book.”

Swiss Book Prize 2022 for Kim de l'Horizon

For the second time after Melinda Nadj Abonji, a novel from Switzerland has received both the German and Swiss Book Prize.

Kim de l'Horizon also wins Swiss Book Prize

After the German Book Prize, the highest literary award in the home country of Switzerland also honors the debut.

Kim de l'Horizon receives Swiss Book Prize

The book also asks the question of what happens when social norms are broken or violence is not discussed. “Kim de l'Horizon transforms experience into literature — her own experience and the experience of mother, grandmother and the women before that,” said the jury. “In this search, Kim de l'Horizon tries out different languages, voices and registers.” The book doesn't provide any answers, but asks the questions again and again. “With this nov…

Kim de l'Horizon receives Swiss Book Prize

The 15th Swiss Book Prize goes to Kim de l'Horizon for “Blood Book.” The award was presented on Sunday as part of the Basel Book Literature Festival and is endowed with 30,000 francs (around 30,400 euros). Kim de l'Horizon, who has already won the German Book Prize this year, impressed the jury with a non-binary narrative figure “who goes back to her own childhood and explores her family history,” the reasons stated.