Juergen Boos Wins 2022 Vigdís Prize

Juergen Boos, president and CEO of Frankfurt Book Fair, is the 2022 winner of the Vigdís Prize, an international award conferred for outstanding contributions to world languages and cultures. Boos took the helm of Frankfurt Book Fair in 2005 and is also president of LITPROM, or the Society for the Promotion of African, Asian, and Latin American Literature.

The Vigdís Prize is awarded by the Icelandic government, the University of Iceland, and the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Icelandic minister of culture and business affairs, presented the award to Boos during a ceremony in Reykjavík on October 5.

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