Biography Dr. Jochen Jung

Jochen Jung was born in 1942 in Frankfurt and studied art history and German studies there. In 1975 he started working as an editor at the Residenz publishing company. In 1983 he became its managing director. Since the middle of the nineties, he regularly writes reviews and glosses for the weekly paper DIE ZEIT and the Börsenblatt, the biggest branch magazine for the German book trade. In october 2000, he founded the Jung und Jung publishing company. Since 2008, he also is co-organiser of the annual Salzburg Literary Festival.

The members of the Academy

In September 2004, the board of the Börsenverein made its unique appointment of the German Book Prize Academy which is made up of eleven members.

With representatives from the book industry and the arts and co-sponsors of the Prize, the advisory committee’s most important task is the annual selection of the jury. Publisher Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder is president of the German Book Prize Academy.

Contact

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Susanne Hilf
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Philippe Genêt
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E-Mail: genet@boev.de