Overview
- Bert Natter’s novel was named the winner Monday in a live announcement on the Dutch current‑affairs program Nieuwsuur.
- At a ceremony at Amsterdam’s Felix Meritis, he received €50,000 plus a bronze medallion from jury chair Noraly Beyer.
- The book follows 31 voices over a single day in a fictional Nazi concentration camp set on April 20, 1945.
- The jury called the work a tour de force and praised Natter’s control of many perspectives and the book’s moral focus.
- The novel drew strong sales interest, with translation rights sold in several countries, as critics offered both high praise and sharp reservations.