13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: A woman leafs through a book at a book table in a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: A woman leafs through a book at a book table in a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Stacks of books lie on the book tables of a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa - ATTENTION: Use only in full format

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Stacks of books lie on the book tables of a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa - ATTENTION: Use only in full format

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Stacks of books lie on the book tables of a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa - ATTENTION: Use only in full format

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Stacks of books lie on the book tables of a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa - ATTENTION: Use only in full format

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Stacks of books lie on the book tables of a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa - ATTENTION: Use only in full format

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: The books "Vom Aufstehen: A Life in Stories" (Helga Schubert, top to bottom) "da ich morgens und moosgrun. Ans Fenster trete" (Friederike Mayr?cker) and "Eurotrash" (Christian Kracht) are in a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 April 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: The books "Vom Aufstehen: A Life in Stories" (Helga Schubert, l-r) "da ich morgens und moosgrun. Ans Fenster trete" (Friederike Mayr?cker) and "Eurotrash" (Christian Kracht) are in a Leipzig bookshop. The selection for the Leipzig Book Fair prize is more "female" than ever this year. The authors Hanika, Hermann, Mayr?cker and Schubert have hopes of winning the award. The Swiss Kracht completes the shortlist. The Leipzig Book Fair prize is awarded in three categories: fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translations. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa