Photos from the Award Ceremony

The Lettre Ulysses Trophy




Frank Berberich, Foundation Lettre International Award


Prof. Klaus Pohle, Aventis Foundation (Board of Trustees) and sanofi-aventis (Board of Directors)


Prof. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann,  President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and Vice President of the Goethe-Institut


Sven Lindqvist (Sweden), Keynote Speaker


Breyten Breytenbach, Master of Ceremonies


Ricardo Uceda (Peru), Finalist


Carolin Emcke (Germany), Finalist


Suketu Mehta (India), Finalist


William Langewiesche (USA), Finalist


Catheryn Kilgarriff, Marion Boyars Publishers, British publisher of Baghdad Burning by Riverbend (Iraq), Winner of the Third Prize


Abdellah Hammoudi (Morocco), Winner of the Second Prize


Alexandra Fuller (Great Britain), Winner of the First Prize, © Peg Bonner


Georgia Patrikios (representing Alexandra Fuller, who could not attend the ceremony), Isabel Hilton (Speaker of the Jury), Frank Berberich, Esther Gallodoro (Foundation Lettre International Award), Ilija Trojanow (Jury Member)






Dulcie Smart, actress, reading from the nominated texts


Shaun Lawton, actor, reading from the nominated texts


Mahmoud Fadl & Friends ...


... featuring Salwa Abou Greisha




Press Conference, 16 October, Literaturhaus Fasanenstraße


Frank Berberich (Foundation Lettre International Award), Anne Nivat (Jury Member), Sven Lindqvist (Keynote Speaker), Gamal Al Ghitany (Jury Member)


Copyright by Foundation Lettre International Award.
All photography by Hans Scherhaufer & Matthias Horn (except Alexandra Fuller, © Peg Bonner).

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