Swiss-born non-binary author Kim de l’Horizon shaved her head on phase right after winning the prestigious German Reserve Prize on Monday, in a display of solidarity with females protesting in Iran. “This prize is not just for me“, declared the creator all through the presentation of the German Reserve Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis) in Frankfurt, in advance of the Frankfurt Ebook Reasonable, the greatest in the globe, scheduled for Wednesday to Sunday.

“Non-Binary Narrator”

«I imagine the jury chose this textual content also to send a signal towards loathe, for enjoy and for the battle of all these individuals who are repressed because of their bodiesclaimed the moustachioed author, award-winning for her to start with novel, Blutbuch (pound of blood). After singing a song, she pulled out an electric razor and shaved her head on phase.

The jury stated,impressed» by the novel, that includes, «with terrific artistic power“, a “non-binary narrator“. The German E-book Prize benefits the most effective German-language novel of the year and is endowed with a prize of 25,000 euros.

Iran has been rocked by a wave of protests given that the demise a month ago of Mahsa Amini, 22, after her arrest by vice squad. Many artists have revealed themselves, in particular on social networks, cutting a lock of hair in solidarity with the battle of Iranian ladies.