Frank Witzel wins prestigious German Book Prize
Posted by Lena, on 15 October 2015. Comments: 0
The German-language book of the year is Frank Witzel's "The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic-Depressive Teenager in the Summer of 1969."
The 817-page book is about a thirteen-year old teenager who's trying to understand the confusing world and in particular the political situation in West Germany in 1969. The young adult escapes more and more into his fantasy, until he finally collapses and is admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
"The German Book Prize honors a brilliant linguistic work of art that is a vast quarry of words and ideas - a hybrid compendium of pop, politics and paranoia," announced the independent jury, which spent the past five months reviewing 199 submissions.
The author, illustrator and musician Frank Witzel lives in Offenbach. He has worked on the award-winning novel for 15 years.
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