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Thursday evening was the opening ceremony of the Walfer Bicherdeeg and the presentation of the Lëtzebuerger Buchpräis 2021. In a warm atmosphere, accompanied by jazz music, the following were honoured:

In the category “Literatur” :

Bluttsëffer
Jemp Schuster, Editions Imprimerie Centrale

Déi eng schreiwen alles op, Dag fir Dag, Heftervoll, leeën déi Hefter op d’Säit a paken se ni méiun. Déi aner hunn all Erënnerungen am Kapp. Déi kann een zu all Zäit unzapen, wéi e vollt Faass. Mee kann een deenen Extrakter trauen? Wat ass wouer a wat ass erfonnt? A Bluttsëffer stinn d‘Famillje Gerber, Maltes a Birnbaum vu Grozeg am Mëttelpunkt.

In the category “Kanner a Jugendbicher” :
Waking the Mountain
Marina Fonseca & Lisa Junius, Zoom Editions

Nature is suffering, and so is Zura’s friend Milo. Naturally, this makes Zura angry. Soon, she knows she’ll have to turn her anger into action if she wants to save both. Waking the Mountain is a relevant and hopeful story about friendship and working together towards a better future and healthier.

In the category “Design” :
Stories from the Inside
40 Years Valentiny Architects : Point Nemo Publishing

In the category “Sachbicher” :
#LuxUKLinks
John Marshall, Maison Moderne

Did you know that Radio Luxembourg was the first radion station to play an album by British rock band The Beatles? A book assembling 150 stories connecting the United Kingdom and Luxembourg, told by Ambassador John Marshall.

In the category  “Coup de cœur du public” :
12 Nei Gutt-Nuecht Geschichten
Sonja Bintner, Editions Phi

Et gëtt näischt méi Schéines, wéi matKanner op d‘Rees ze goen, an dWelt vun der Fantasie, wou et den Zauber nach gëtt a wou alles nach méiglech ass.Hei fannt dir 12 nei Geschichten, fir klengen a manner klenge Kanner virzeliesen an ëmmer erëm ze liesen

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