MARIANNE KAURIN AWARDED DEUTSCHER JUGENDLITERATURPREIS 2021

We’re thrilled to announce that Marianne Kaurin is awarded one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2021, for her middle grade novel Blue Lagoon Deluxe. From the jury’s statement:

“Marianne Kaurin has written a multi-layered children’s book with interwoven narrative strands. The child’s play is impressively staged as an autonomous space where the children actively can develop themselves and be strengthened for reality. The characters are convincing and in harmony with each other, and so are the adult characters in their finely balanced representation. Franziska Hüther manages to translate the author’s sensitive language perfectly and to effectively place the ambiguous humor.”