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Christoph Rieger as new member of Deutschlandfunk´s »The Best 7« jury

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Christoph Rieger, since 2011 head of the International Children´s and Young Adult Literature section of the international literature festival berlin, has become a member of the jury for Deutschlandfunk’s monthly best-of list »The Best 7« since March 2023. The award is drawing attention to remarkable children´s and youth literature since 1994. From 2016 to 2018, Rieger was already a member of the DIE ZEIT’s and Radio Bremen’s jury »Lynx of the Month« and a special prize juror for the German Children´s Literature Award in 2022.

Other members of the jury for »The Best 7« are Dr. Claudia Blei-Hoch, Kathrin Buchmann, Dr. Roswitha Budeus-Budde, Ines Dettmann, Prof. Dr. Ute Dettmar, Jan Drees, Elisabeth Eggenberger, Robert Elstner, Karin Hahn, Karin Haller, Dr. Stefan Hauck, Dr. Stephanie Jentgens, Dr. Andre Kagelmann, Franz Lettner, Heidi Lexe, Thomas Linden, Dr. Maria Linsmann, Dr. Christine Lötscher, Sylvia Mucke, Ursula Nowak, Dr. Christiane Raabe, Prof. Dr. Caroline Roeder, Dr. Michael Schmitt, Dr. Sylvia Schwab, Ralf Schweikart, Siggi Seuß, Dr. Tilman Spreckelsen, Dr. Anna Stemmann and Susanna Wengeler.