German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis)
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2022) Winner
Kim de l'Horizon
キム・ド・ル・オリゾン
Kim de l'Horizon
Aliases:
Dominik Holzer
Pen Names:
Kim de l'Horizon（Pen name, an anagram of legal name Dominik Holzer）
Profile
- Gender
- non-binary
- Born
- 1992-05-09 （Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland）
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Languages
- German, Bernese German, Swiss German
- Residence History
- Ostermundigen, Bern → Canton of Zürich, Winterthur → Zürich
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, playwright, thespian
- Active Years
- 2014-2024
- Affiliations
- Delirium (literary magazine editor), E0b0ff collective, Bern Theatre (2021–2022 resident author)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Zurich | — | German studies, film studies, theater studies | — | — | Switzerland |
| University of Bern | — | German studies, film studies, theater studies | — | — | Switzerland |
| Swiss Literary Institute | — | literary writing | — | — | Switzerland |
| Zurich University of the Arts | — | transdisciplinary studies | 修士課程（修了中） | 2022年修了中 | Switzerland |
University of Zurich
German studies, film studies, theater studies
Country:
Switzerland
Studied German studies, film studies, and theater studies
University of Bern
German studies, film studies, theater studies
Country:
Switzerland
Swiss Literary Institute
literary writing
Country:
Switzerland
In Biel/Bienne
Zurich University of the Arts
transdisciplinary studies
Degree:
修士課程（修了中）
Period:
2022年修了中
Year of Graduation:
2022
Country:
Switzerland
Completing a master's degree in 2022
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | German Book Prize | Blutbuch | — | Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Swiss Book Prize | Blutbuch | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Literature Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation | Blutbuch | — | Jürgen Ponto Foundation | 受賞 |
German Book Prize
2022
Work:
Blutbuch
Organization:
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
Result:
受賞
Swiss Book Prize
2022
Work:
Blutbuch
Result:
受賞
Literature Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation
2022
Work:
Blutbuch
Organization:
Jürgen Ponto Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Swiss Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
Blutbuch
2022 autofictionAn autofictional novel about secrets and silences within a family that took ten years to write. The non-binary narrator resides in Zürich after escaping from a small conservative village in Switzerland. Once the narrator's grandmother starts to suffer from dementia, the narrator begins to open up.
family secretsgender identitydementiaconservative village life
Hänsel & Greta & The Big Bad Witch
2022 posthumanist theaterPremiere at Bern Theatre in September 2022, the first in a planned series of posthumanist theater plays.
posthumanism
Dann mach Limonade, Bitch
2021 playPlay from 2021.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- urgency and literary innovative powerautofictional style
- Recurring Motifs
- genderfluidwitchcraftclass shame
Legacy
Swiss non-binary writer who won the German Book Prize and Swiss Book Prize in 2022 for debut novel Blutbuch, becoming the first non-binary winner of the German prize. Gained attention for shaving head at award ceremony in solidarity with women in Iran.
Trivia
- First non-binary winner of the German Book Prize
- Sang Kavinsky's Nightcall and shaved their head at the award ceremony in solidarity with women in Iran, receiving a standing ovation
- Pen name is an anagram of birth name Dominik Holzer
- Considers Kim de l'Horizon a fictional author character studying witchcraft with Starhawk