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In one of his first in-person appearances since he was attacked in 2022, Salman Rushdie is to speak at Frankfurt Book Fair's Literature Gala.

Ohde, the daughter of a chemical worker and a Turkish mother, has the first-person narrator return to her father’s house for a short visit in the opening of what is clearly a semi-autobiographical novel.

French author Annie Ernaux has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots,

The Julius Campe Award this year recognizes the 74-year-old Frankfurter Buchmesse for its work in literature and 'genuine spirit.'

'Combining social and political contemporary history with a family portrait,’ Stephan Malinowski wins the German Nonfiction Prize.

 All told, the German Nonfiction Prize awards a total €42,500 to its winner and to the remaining seven shortlistees.

First wave of pandemic novels hits Frankfurt fair

FRANKFURT, Oct 21 — This week’s Frankfurt book fair, the world’s oldest and largest, brings with it the first wave of pandemic novels. But are readers ready to relive coronavirus and lockdown life through fictional characters? Some of the best-known authors have pandemic tales on the way,...

This year's Frankfurt Book Fair sees a host of pandemic novels by well-known authors such as Jodi Picoult, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers and John Grisham.

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