Just recently I reported that Marcel Beyer won this year's €20,000 Kleist-Preis; his banner year continues as he's now added the €40,000 Oskar Pastior Preis (scroll down for the announcement), which he gets to pick up 14 September) to his winnings.
As also previously noted, several of Beyer's works have been translated into English; the unsettling Goebbels-novel, The Karnau Tapes remains your best bet, get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk (I still have no idea what the deal is with that cover).
In other German prize news, Rüdiger Safranski will get this year's Thomas Mann-Preis (worth €25,000) -- no word yet at the official site, last I checked, but see, for example, the (German) Boersenblatt report.
Several of his works have been translated into English, and conveniently his Romanticism: A German Affair is due out shortly from Northwestern University Press; see their publicity page, or get your copy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
As also previously noted, several of Beyer's works have been translated into English; the unsettling Goebbels-novel, The Karnau Tapes remains your best bet, get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk (I still have no idea what the deal is with that cover).
In other German prize news, Rüdiger Safranski will get this year's Thomas Mann-Preis (worth €25,000) -- no word yet at the official site, last I checked, but see, for example, the (German) Boersenblatt report.
Several of his works have been translated into English, and conveniently his Romanticism: A German Affair is due out shortly from Northwestern University Press; see their publicity page, or get your copy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.