2008 in literature
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Events
Anniversaries
- JANUARY 9: 100th anniversary of the German writer Wilhelm Busch
New Books
- The abolition of the species - Dietmar Dath
- Make does not worry - Jürgen Link
- The demons ( Meissner ) - Tobias O. Meissner
- The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano
- Indignation (novel) - Philip Roth
- Exit Ghost - Philip Roth
- Purgatory ( Roman) - Sofi Oksanen
- Wetlands - Charlotte Roche
- Penumbra - Uwe Timm
- I'll be here in sunshine and in shadow - Christian Kracht
- Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
- The Emperor of China - Tilman Rammstedt
- Children Wedding - Adolf Muschg
- The last Weynfeldt - Martin Suter
- Liebesbrand - Feridun Zaimoglu
- Little Brother (novel) - Cory Doctorow
- Man in the dark - Paul Auster
- Margo's tracks - John Green
- Nowhere else - Christiane Neudecker
- Novel by a field - Katja Behrens
- Scherbenpark - Alina Bronsky
- Spheres - Iain M. Banks
- The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- The tower - Uwe Tellkamp
- The Association of Yiddish Policemen - Michael Chabon
- Delusion (Stephen King) - Stephen King
- The path into the shadows - Brent Weeks
- How to become immortal - Every Minute Counts - Sally Nicholls
- The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell
- The sign of victory - Bernard Cornwell
Literary Awards 2008
German literary prizes
- Adelbert von Chamisso Prize: Sasa Stanisic; Michael Stavarič and Léda Forgó ( Award )
- Berlin Literature Prize: Ulrich Peltzer
- Calw Hermann Hesse Prize: Translation Prize Małgorzata Łukasiewicz
- Carl Zuckmayer Medal: Bodo Kirchhoff
- Clemens Brentano Prize: Ann Cotten, Fremdwörterbuchsonette
- German Book Prize: Uwe Tellkamp
- German Science Fiction Price: Frank W. Haubold: The Shadow of Mars
- Kurd - Laßwitz Price: Andreas Eschbach, Burned
- Friedrich Gundolf Price: Jurko Prochasko
- Georg Büchner Prize: Josef Winkler
- Heinrich Mann Prize: Heinz Floppy
- Hubert Burda Prize for Young Poetry: Valzhyna Mort, Delimir Rešicki and Tadeusz Dabrowski
- Jakob Wassermann Price: Roberto Schopflocher
- Johann Heinrich Voss Prize for Translation: Verena Reichel
- Joseph Breitbach Prize: Marcel Beyer
- Kassel Literary Prize: Peter Rühmkorf ( posthumous, first prize ); Michael Stauffer ( Award )
- Kleist Prize: Max Goldt
- Mainz Town Clerk: Michael Kleeberg
- Mara Cassens Prize: Luke Bärfuss
- Peter Huchel Price: Ulf Stolterfoht
- Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair: Clemens Meyer ( Fiction )
- Irina Liebmann ( nonfiction / essay writing )
- Fritz Vogelgsang ( translation )
International literary awards
- Cervantespreis: Juan Marsé
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award: Andrew Hood, Pardon Our Monsters
- Erich Fried Prize: Alois Hotschnig
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Mary Novik, Conceit
- European Essay Prize Charles Veillon: Peter Sloterdijk
- Finlandia Prize: Sofi Oksanen, Puhdistus
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize: Tilman Rammstedt
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Rawi Hage, As if there were ( De Niro 's Game ) is no tomorrow
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Bahaa Taher, Sunset Oasis
- Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence: Gary Geddes
- Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Aravind Adiga
- Newbery Medal: Laura Amy Schlitz
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Gustave Le Clézio Jean -Marie
- Austrian State Prize for European Literature: Agota Kristof
- Prince of Asturias Award for Literature: Margaret Atwood
- Prix Goncourt: Atiq Rahimi
- Prix Femina Etranger: Sandro Veronesi
- Pulitzer Prize: Junot Díaz, The wondrous life of Oscar Wao letter
- Rauris Literature Prize: Simona Ryser; Margarita Fox ( Award )
- Robert Walser Prize: Marius Daniel Popescu, La symphonie du loup
- Scotiabank Giller Prize: Joseph Boyden Through Black Spruce
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- Peace Prize of the German Book Trade: Anselm Kiefer
- Goethe Medal: John E. Woods