European Union Prize for Literature

European Union Prize for Literature (established in 2009) is a European Union literary award. The award is funded and founded by the Culture Programme of the European Union, and is coordinated by a Consortium, selected by a Commission.[1] The Consortium is composed of the European Booksellers Federation, the European Writers' Council and the Federation of European Publishers.[1] The Consortium sets up the national juries and organizes the awards.

Not to be confused with the European Prize for Literature.

European Union Prize for Literature
Country European Union
Presented byEUPL Consortium: European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), European Writers' Council (EWC), Federation of European Publishers (FEP)
First awarded2009 (2009)
Websitewww.euprizeliterature.eu

Each year 11 or 12 countries are selected to be part of the award, national juries are selected for each country, and each country's jury then selects a winner.[1] After three years of rotation, all countries will have been included. Countries eligible for inclusion include:[1]

  • The 28 Member States of the European Union (as of 2013)
  • The 3 EEA countries: Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
  • The candidate countries for accession to the EU: Albania, Turkey, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia
  • Potential candidate country for accession to the EU: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Each winner receives €5,000 and their books are given support for translation funding, as well as promotion.[1]

Winners

2009

Winners for 2009 were announced November 2009.[1]

2010

Winners for 2010 were announced 18 November 2010.[1][2]

2011

Winners for 2011 were announced 11 October 2011.[3][4]

2012

The awards ceremony was in Brussels on 22 October 2012.[5]

2013

The winners were announced on 26 September 2013. The ceremony was in Brussels on 26 November 2013.[6][7]

2014

The winners were announced on 8 October 2014 at the Frankfurt Book Fair.[8]

2015

The winners were announced in April 2015, at the opening ceremony of the London Book Fair by Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.[9]

2016

The winners were announced in April 2016 at the European Commission.[10]

2017

The winners were announced 21 April 2017.[11]

2019

The winners were announced 24 May 2019.[25]

2020

The winners were announced 19 May 2020.[26]

  •  Belgium: Nathalie Skowronek, La carte des regrets (The map of regrets)
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Lana Bastašić, Uhvati zeca (Catch the rabbit)
  •  Croatia: Maša Kolanović, Poštovani kukci i druge jezive priče (Dear insects and other scary stories)
  •  Cyprus: Σταύρος Χριστοδούλου (Stavros Christodoulou), Τη μέρα που πάγωσε ο ποταμός (The day the river froze)
  •  Denmark: Asta Olivia Nordenhof, 'Penge på lommen' (Money in your pocket)
  •  Estonia: Mudlum (Made Luiga), Poola poisid (Polish boys)
  •  Germany: Matthias Nawrat, Der traurige Gast (The Sad Guest)
  •  Kosovo: Shpëtim Selmani, Libërthi i dashurisë (The Booklet of Love)
  •  Luxembourg: Francis Kirps, Die Mutationen (The Mutations)
  •  Montenegro: Stefan Bošković, Ministar (Minister)
  •  North Macedonia: Петар Андоновски (Petar Andonovski), Страв од варвари (Fear of barbarians)
  •  Norway: Maria Navarro Skaranger, Bok om sorg (Book of grief)
  •  Spain: Irene Solà, Canto jo i la muntanya balla (I sing and the mountain dances)

Translations

The European Union promotes the transnational circulation of literature and its diversity in Europe and beyond.[27] The list below shows some translations available in English language:

References
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  7. Staff writer (26 September 2013). "Winners of 2013 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Göteborg Book Fair". EU Reporter Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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  13. "Winning Authors 2017: Ina Vultchanova". ec.europa.eu. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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  20. "Winning Authors 2017: Aleksandar Bečanović". ec.europa.eu. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  21. "Winning Authors 2017: Jamal Ouariachi". ec.europa.eu. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  22. "Winning Authors 2017: Darko Tuševljaković". ec.europa.eu. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  23. "Winning Authors 2017: Sine Ergün". ec.europa.eu. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  24. "Winning Authors 2017: Sunjeev Sahota". ec.europa.eu. 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  25. "Winners of the 2019 EU Prize for Literature announced". PenNews. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  26. "European Union Prize For Literature announces 2020 laureates". Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  27. "Creative Europe | EU Prize for Literature". www.euprizeliterature.eu.
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