DARMSTADT (Germany), Oct. 25 -- Author Christine Wunnicke has been awarded the 2026 Georg Buchner Prize, one of the most prestigious literary honours in the country, at a ceremony in Darmstadt, in western Germany, reported German Press Agency (dpa).

"Thank you very much for the wonderful Buchner Prize.

"I'm still stunned," Wunnicke said at the city's State Theatre on Saturday evening.

Established in 1951, the prize carries €50,000 (US$56,000, RM229,000) in prize money.

"What I enjoy doing most when writing, and what I'm best at, is cutting," Wunnicke said in her acceptance speech, explaining why her books had become increasingly short.

She said she had even cut her acceptance speech down to a single sentence.

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