The writer Clemens Meyer was very upset because the German Book Prize did not go to him. A plea for more charity when buying books.
October 19, 2024, 12:44 p.m
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Clemens Meyer loses the German Book Prize to Martina Hefter and reacts angrily, complaining about financial hardships and tax debts. However, his mammoth work “The Projectors” rises in the Amazon ranking, while Hefter falls to tenth place. Bestselling author Caroline Wahl also complains about not being nominated. Meyer is hoping for a successful sale in order to pay off debts.
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The writer Clemens Meyer, here before the German Book Prize was awarded on October 14th © Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images
There is no need to accuse Clemens Meyer of a media strategy, but his case is undoubtedly a prime example of how wonderfully simple the public mechanisms, which have been well practiced for a long time, work. On Monday the German Book Prize went to Martina Hefter’s short and beautifully quiet, award-worthy novel Hey good morning, how are you? gone, and not, as many had expected, to Clemens Meyers The projectors. He then angrily left the awards ceremony in Frankfurt’s Römer, shouting that it was a disgrace for literature. It’s shit, it’s an outrage. And he also shouted: “The damn wankers!”, which probably meant the jury.
