international booker prize 2024

• On May 21, German author Jenny Erpenbach and translator Michael Hofmann won the International Booker Prize for fiction for "Kairos".

• "Kairos" is the story of an intriguing love affair during the last years of East Germany's existence.

• The prize fund of £50,000 will be divided equally between the author and translator.

• Italian luxury fashion house Maison Valentino sponsored an event at the Tate Modern in London where Erpenbach and Hoffmann were announced as the winners.

• Since the launch of the International Booker Prize in its current form in 2016, Ms. Erpenbach is the first German winner of the prize, and Mr. Hofmann becomes the first male translator winner of the prize.