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Frankfurt Book Fair to award Peace Prize to Russian historian Schlögel

Editorial TeamOctober 19, 202501 mins

Historian and publicist Karl Schloegel attends an event at St. Paul's Church. The award, presented annually since 1950, is traditionally given at the close of the book fair. Photo: Hannes P. Albert/dpa pool/dpa

FRANKFURT (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Historian Karl Schlögel, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is set to receive the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Sunday.

The 77-year-old Russia expert has “consistently set new standards in vivid and vibrant historical writing,” the jury said.

The Peace Prize has been awarded since 1950 by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association.

“We might have understood many things sooner if we had read Karl Schlögel earlier and more often,” the association’s chairwoman said at the fair on Friday.

The award, endowed with €250,000 ($292,000), will be presented in St Paul’s Church in Frankfurt.

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