Overview

• Hoffmann und Campe announced the honor for the 33-year-old actor for his contribution to literary mediation through film and television, with publishing director Tim Jung praising his creation of a “second resonance space” for books.
• The award ceremony is scheduled for 17 October during the Frankfurter Buchmesse.
• Author Caroline Wahl will deliver the laudation at the presentation.
• The prize includes 99 bottles of fine wine and a facsimile edition of Heinrich Heine’s “Französische Zustände.”
• Niewöhner broke through with the “Rubinrot/Saphirblau/Smaragdgrün” trilogy and has starred in adaptations such as “Die Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull,” “Je suis Karl,” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” and he currently appears in Mia Maariel Meyer’s “22 Bahnen.”