Jury Walkout Disrupts Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis in Klagenfurt

Four of the seven jurors in the competition for the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis in Klagenfurt have resigned from the jury in protest. The dispute centers on the panel's former and future chair, with the Süddeutsche Zeitung asking whether the objection is personal antipathy or something larger. The walkout leaves the seven-member jury short by four members. The Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis is awarded in Klagenfurt, Austria, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung frames the conflict around the question of whether the prize should be more political. The report names Insa Wilke and Philipp Tingler in connection with the jury chairmanship dispute.