The novel's earlier English translation garnered nominations for the National Book Award in 2020 and the International Booker Prize in 2021.
The ceremony was designed to celebrate Adania Shibli's novel for winning the 2023 LiBeraturpreis, a German literature prize presented annually to an author from Africa, Asia, Latin America, or the Arab world at the Frankfurt Book Fair. / Photo: Der Speigel
The cancellation was attributed to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, according to Litprom, the German literary association responsible for organising the prestigious award. The ceremony was designed to celebrate Shibli's novel for winning the 2023 LiBeraturpreis, a German literature prize presented annually to an author from Africa, Asia, Latin America, or the Arab world at the Frankfurt Book Fair.Controversy surrounding the novel ignited in Germany earlier this year when a member of the Litprom jury, Ulrich Noller, resigned in protest of the decision to award the literature prize to Shibli's work.
The Israel-Hamas conflict has amplified existing divisions within Germany's cultural institutions regarding support for Israel.
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