Berlin Literature Prize awarded to novelist Felicitas Hoppe
German writer and novelist Felicitas Hoppe will be awarded the Berlin Literature Prize, the city announced on Monday. The prize, which carries a €20,000 ($21,600) award along with a 10-month and €10,000 fellowship to fund further study and work, is intended to promote contemporary German-language literature in fiction, drama and poetry. The prize has been awarded since 2005. Hoppe, whose most recent novel is "The Nibelungen: A German Silent Film ("Die Nibelungen. Ein deutscher Stummfilm"), was p
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