'Blutbuch' author Kim de l'Horizon received a standing ovation at the ceremony in Frankfurt.
When nonbinary author Kim de l’Horizon was announced the winner of the German Book Prize on Monday, they got up and hugged their friends, walked onstage, took a breath and said, “Wow.”
De l’Horizon, who was awarded for their debut novel, “Blutbuch” , got choked up while thanking family and friends at the ceremony in Frankfurt.“But this award is not just for me,” the author said, pulling out an electric razor. “I think the jury also chose this text to make a statement against hate, for love, for the struggle of all people who are oppressed because of their bodies.”
The audience began clapping as de l’Horizon shaved their hair. The prize is also “obviously for the women in Iran,” they said, prompting the suited-up crowd to give the author a standing ovation.against the government, defying the conservative clerical establishment to protest years of repression and economic neglect.The demonstrations began after a young woman died while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” in the capital, Tehran.
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