International Booker Prize 2024
- Award Name
- International Booker Prize 2024
- Details
Awarded to Jenny Erpenbeck (author) and Michael Hofmann (translator) for the novel Kairos, a story of a tumultuous love affair in 1980s East Berlin. Erpenbeck became the first German writer to win the prize; Hofmann became the first male translator to win. Prize announced 21 May 2024.
- Category
- Literary Award
- Year
- 2024
- Recipient
- Jenny Erpenbeck (tr. Michael Hofmann)
- Field/Category
- Fiction (translated)