Photo: DPACanadian author Margaret Atwood, famous for works such as The Handmaid's Tale, as well as Oryx and Crake, is to receive the 2017 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association announced on Tuesday that Atwood will be awarded the peace prize at the end of the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 15th in a televised ceremony at the Church of St. Paul, according to the prize's website. It has been awarded since 1950, and previous winners include German journalist Carolin Emcke, and German-born Swiss author Hermann Hesse. The news was shared on Tuesday by the head of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Heinrich Riethmüller. Volker Schlöndorff’s film adaptation of the novel made Atwood known to an even wider audience.

Source: The Local June 15, 2017 13:41 UTC