Press Release

German Non-Fiction Prize 2024: Experience the award ceremony live from the Elbphilharmonie concert hall

The moment of truth will come on 11 June 2024: the jury will announce the winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2024 in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg. The award ceremony will be broadcast live from 6 pm. Cultural journalist and literary critic Katja Gasser will moderate the event. Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, director of the Börsenverein, will offer words of welcome to open the award ceremony. This is the fourth time that the Stiftung Buchkultur und Leseförderung des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels (Foundation for Book Culture and the Promotion of Reading of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association) is awarding the prize to an original German-language edition of an outstanding non-fiction book that inspires social debate.

Book lovers can follow the award ceremony on various channels: the event will be broadcast live on www.deutscher-sachbuchpreis.de and, at the same time, streamed by the radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur on www.deutschlandradio.de/debatten.

The books nominated for the prize are:

• Jens Beckert, Verkaufte Zukunft. Warum der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu scheitern droht (Suhrkamp, March 2024)
• Sebastian Conrad, Die Königin. Nofretetes globale Karriere (Propyläen, February 2024)
• Ruth Hoffmann, Das deutsche Alibi. Mythos „Stauffenberg-Attentat“ – wie der 20. Juli 1944 verklärt und politisch instrumentalisiert wird (Goldmann, April 2024)
• Roman Köster, Müll. Eine schmutzige Geschichte der Menschheit (C.H.Beck, October 2023)
• Christina Morina, Tausend Aufbrüche. Die Deutschen und ihre Demokratie seit den 1980er Jahren (Siedler, September 2023)
• Frauke Rostalski, Die vulnerable Gesellschaft. Die neue Verletzlichkeit als Herausforderung der Freiheit (C.H.Beck, March 2024)
• Marcus Willaschek, Kant. Die Revolution des Denkens (C.H.Beck, August 2023)
• Moshe Zimmermann, Niemals Frieden? Israel am Scheideweg (Propyläen, February 2024)

Short films presenting the nominated titles are available at www.youtube.com/@deutschersachbuchpreis.

Deutsche Bank Stiftung (Deutsche Bank Foundation) is the main supporter of the prize, which is also backed by the city of Hamburg and Frankfurter Buchmesse. Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth is patron of the prize.

Note to representatives of the media:

We will be happy to provide you with videos about the nominated titles, press photos, and audio and video material from the award ceremony. Please feel free to contact us. We will gladly assist you with any questions you may have and in planning your coverage.

Frankfurt am Main, 4 June 2024

Media contacts:

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.
Thomas Koch, Head of Press and Public Relations
Tel. +49 (0) 69 1306-293, e-mail: t.koch@boev.de
Robin Jung, Junior PR Manager
Tel. +49 (0) 69 1306-426, e-mail: jungNO SPAM SPAN!@boev.de 

Birgit Politycki, Politycki & Partner
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