Swiss author Kim de l’Horizon is the winner of the German Book Prize 2022 for the novel “Blood Book,” a jury in Frankfurt said on Monday, presenting the award for the year’s best German-language novel. Kim de l’Horizon, a non-binary Swiss writer, addresses themes and issues surrounding gender in their work. “With tremendous creative energy, the non-binary narrator of Kim de l’Horizon’s novel ‘Blutbuch’ (‘Blood Book’) searches for a language of their own. What narratives exist for a body that eludes conventional notions of gender?” the jury said. “Every linguistic attempt, from vivid scenes to …