online magazine
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. It was founded and is being published by Anja Seeliger and Thierry Chervel and has been available since March 15, 2000.
The magazine styles itself as a culture magazine, with its main focus on
German culture
The culture of Germany has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and secular. Historically, Germany has been called ''Das Land der Dichter und Denker'' (the country of poets and thinkers). German cult ...
and
feuilleton
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and a daily overview of
book reviews
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A book review may be a primary source, opinion piece, summary review or scholarly revie ...
that have been published in a range of main German newspapers. With more than 500.000 visits per month Perlentaucher claims to be the biggest culture magazine in Germany.
In 2003, Perlentaucher was awarded the prestigious
Grimme Award
The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Anja Seeliger, Thierry Chervel: Signandsight.com sagt Goodbye '. From: perlentaucher.de. 28 March 2012. Accessed on 29 March 2012.
The Perlentaucher magazine also cooperates with the website Salon run by the Slovak organisation Project Forum.