Live Breaking News & Updates on Humboldt Forum Foundation
Stay updated with breaking news from Humboldt forum foundation. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Jürgen Kaube Receives Inaugural German Nonfiction Prize publishingperspectives.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publishingperspectives.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A palace in Berlin raises questions Allegations of harassment But that s not all. In the second week of June 2021, the courtyard with restaurants and shops were set to open. However, visitor service workers who will be vital to the operation have made some serious accusations against the management team recently. The weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, in a collaboration with the TV magazine Frontal 21, reported that many employees feel they had been treated poorly in an atmosphere marked by deliberate humiliation and surveillance. Of 75 people hired in November last year to work at the 44,000-square-meter complex, 28 have since left the company. While several were dismissed, others said they left of their own accord because they could no longer stand the pressure. ....
German Nonfiction Prize Names Its First Round of Finalists Eight titles now are in contention for the €25,000 honor, in the delayed first award cycle of the German Nonfiction Prize. Winner Announcement: June 14 in Berlin Because of the circumstances of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the German Nonfiction Prize has become one of the longest awaited events in the dense forest of world publishing’s many awards programs. Created in May 2019 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels,Germany’s publishers and booksellers association, its expected first year was scuttled by the timing of the contagion. So it is that only today (April 6), this two-year-old €42,500 (US$50,227) prize program is issuing its first list of finalists. And not unlike the issue-driven Aspen Words Literary Prize, a criterion of this honor is that the winning title is not only to be a work of nonfiction written in German but also one that “inspires social debate.” ....
Publishers in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany have submitted more than 200 nonfiction titles for the 2021 German Nonfiction Prize the program’s COVID-delayed first edition. A skier on December 29 at Schladming in Austria – one of the three markets sending titles to the German Nonfiction Prize jury for the competition. Image – iStockphoto: Dietmar Rauscher Publishers Submit 220 Titles As Publishing Perspectives readers will remember, the German Nonfiction Prize was created in May 2019 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Germany’s publishers and booksellers association but has yet to be awarded. It has been warmly awaited, however, not least because a criterion of its honor is that the winning title is not only to be a work of nonfiction written in German but one that “inspires social debate.” ....
Humboldt Forum, Berlin, unites science and culture under one roof 23 Dec 2020 Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer The Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany, opened digitally on December 16. It is the name of a platform for museums and event rooms in the historic centre of Berlin. Described as the German equivalent of the British Museum and with its ethnological and cultural history collections and art, the site is intended to expand the museums on Museum Island, Berlin. Museum Island is a building ensemble consisting of five museums in the northern part of the Spree Island, Berlin, and is one of the most important museum complexes in Europe. ....