Italian author Claudio Magris has received the top award at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair for encouraging European cultural diversity in his writings.
The 70-year-old Magris accepted the Frankfurt Booksellers Peace Prize on Sunday with a speech warning that war has "many faces," from organ smuggling to the treatment of illegal immigrants.
Magris said, "We cradle ourselves in the illusion that we live without war" because Europe's borders are now peaceful and largely open.
Magris has written extensively about Germany, central Europe and Italy. His best known works are "Danube" and "Microcosms."
Previous winners of the euro25,000 ($35,000) award include Orhan Pamuk, Vaclav Havel, Assia Djebar and Susan Sontag.
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