Dorothee Elmiger still in the running for the German Book Prize
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With her novel Die Holländerinnen (the Dutch Women in English), the Zurich author has made it to the final of the German Book Prize along with five other nominees. Swiss author Jonas Lüscher, on the other hand, didn’t make it onto the shortlist.
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September 16, 2025 – 11:15
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Dorothee Elmiger is an observer of society. Her book Die Holländerinnen is about a documentary theatre group that gets lost in the tropical jungle on the trail of two missing Dutch women.
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