The Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur -- the Festival of German Language Literature -- has started.
The centerpiece is, of course, the Bachmann Preis -- where authors read their entries aloud and are immediately criticized by the judges -- though disappointingly the entries won't be available in translation this this year, as they have in recent years (as explained here (sort of)), but there are also quite a few other events and prizes, including the awarding of the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation.
The centerpiece is, of course, the Bachmann Preis -- where authors read their entries aloud and are immediately criticized by the judges -- though disappointingly the entries won't be available in translation this this year, as they have in recent years (as explained here (sort of)), but there are also quite a few other events and prizes, including the awarding of the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation.