Literary star Martina Hefter: Rain of awards for her worldwide success!

Literary star Martina Hefter: Rain of awards for her worldwide success!

The brilliant career of the German author Martina Hefter continues! On December 6, 2024, her acclaimed work “Hey, good morning, how are you?” awarded the prestigious Prix Grand Continent. This award, for which her publisher Klett-Cotta is now on everyone's lips, supports translations of important European novels with 100,000 euros. The literary success fits seamlessly into an impressive list of honors, including the German Book Prize and the Literature Prize of the state capital Wiesbaden, as the APA news agency reports.

Love wishes and European longings united

What makes Martina's work so special? According to the jury, it impresses with its masterful combination of two central desires: the pursuit of love and the urge for a unified European identity, both of which represent the two sides of an almost magical, 'untranslatable' concept - longing. In a literary style that cleverly explores the boundaries between the virtual and real world, the book captivates readers.

The response to the novel has been overwhelming: 150,000 copies of the German original have already been sold, and translation rights have been granted for a total of eleven languages, including English, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. These successes demonstrate not only the popularity of the work, but also the relevance of Hefter's themes in an increasingly globalized and complex world. While the prices continue to bubble up, Martina Hefter's literary achievement remains undisputed and worthy of note!