European Union Prize for Literature explained

European Union Prize for Literature
Presenter:EUPL Consortium: European Writers' Council (EWC), Federation of European Publishers (FEP), European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF)
Website:www.euprizeliterature.eu

The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature amongst European countries, and to highlight the continent's creativity and diversity.[1]

About the Award

The EUPL is funded by the "Creative Europe" programme, the European Commission framework programme for support to the culture and audiovisual sectors. The prize is run by a group of associations made up of the European Writers' Council, the Federation of European Publishers, and the European and International Booksellers Federation, with support from the European Commission. The EUPL Consortium is responsible for the setting up of national juries and the practical organisation of the EUPL award ceremony. They support the laureates in their promotion across Europe and beyond, online and at bookshops and book fairs' events.

Initial format

Each year, national juries consisting of experts in fields of literature, publishing and bookselling are set up in a rotating third of the participating countries to the Creative Europe programme. After deciding on a shortlist of 2 to 5 books from their country's most promising writers, each jury selects its national winner. All participating countries are thus represented across cycles of three years, with the Prize awarding one winning book/author per country. The current list of participating countries include:[2]

Revised format

In 2022, the European Commission announced several changes in the prize's structure, indicating that from now, national organisations would make an initial selection of books, nominating one book each, and that a second round of selection conducted by a seven-member European jury would select one winner and five special mentions for the award.[3]

In response to these changes, the European Writers' Council announced that they would withdraw participation in the prize, stating that the new format "does not promote multilingualism."[4]

Prize

Each laureate of the EUPL receives €5,000, and their awarded book is given support for translation, as well as promotion. An EUPL anthology is also published every year, with excerpts from all laureates' awarded books both in the original language and in an English or French translation.[2]

Winners

2009

Winners for 2009 were announced in November 2009.[2]

Paulus Hochgatterer, Die Süße des Lebens

Mila Pavićević, Djevojčica od leda i druge bajke

Emmanuelle Pagano, Les Adolescents troglodytes

Noémi Szécsi, Kommunista Monte Cristo

Karen Gillece, Longshore Drift

Daniele Del Giudice, Orizzonte mobile

Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė, Kvėpavimas į marmurą

Carl Frode Tiller, Innsirkling

Jacek Dukaj, Lód

Dulce Maria Cardoso, Os Meus Sentimentos

Pavol Rankov, Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy)

Helena Henschen, I skuggan av ett brott

2010

Winners for 2010 were announced on 18 November 2010.[2] [5]

Peter Terrin, De bewaker

Myrto Azina Chronides (Μυρτώ Αζίνα Χρονίδη), Το πείραμα (To Peírama)

Adda Djørup, Den mindste modstand

Tiit Aleksejev, Palveränd

Riku Korhonen, Lääkäriromaani

Iris Hanika, Das Eigentliche

Jean Back, Amateur

Răzvan Rădulescu, Teodosie cel Mic

Nataša Kramberger, Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah

Raquel Martínez-Gómez, Sombras de unicornio

Goce Smilevski (Гоце Смилевски), Сестрата на Зигмунд Фројд

2011

Winners for 2011 were announced on 11 October 2011.[6] [7]

Kalin Terziyski (Калин Терзийски), Има ли кой да ви обича (Ima li koj da vi običa)

Tomáš Zmeškal, Milostný dopis klínovým písmem

Kostas Hatziantoniou (Κώστας Χατζηαντωνίου), Αγκριτζέντο (Ankritzénto)

Ófeigur Sigurðsson, Jón

Inga Žolude, Mierinājums Ādama kokam

Iren Nigg, Man wortet sich die Orte selbst

Immanuel Mifsud, Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben)

Andrej Nikolaidis, Sin

Rodaan Al Galidi, De autist en de postduif

Jelena Lengold, Vašarski mađioničar

Çiler İlhan, Sürgün

Adam Foulds, The Quickening Maze

2012

The EUPL Award Ceremony was hosted in Brussels on 22 October 2012.[8]

Anna Kim, Die gefrorene Zeit

Lada Žigo, Rulet

Laurence Plazenet, L’amour seul

Viktor Horváth, Török tükör

Kevin Barry, City of Bohane

Emanuele Trevi, Qualcosa di scritto

Giedra Radvilavičiūtė, Šiąnakt aš miegosiu prie sienos

Gunstein Bakke, Maud og Aud. Ein roman om trafikk

Piotr Paziński, Pensjonat

Afonso Cruz, A Boneca de Kokoschka

Jana Beňová, Café Hyena: Plán odprevádzania

Sara Mannheimer, Handlingen

2013

The winners were announced on 26 September 2013. The ceremony was hosted in Brussels on 26 November 2013.

Isabelle Wéry, Marilyn désossée

Faruk Šehić, Knjiga o Uni

Emilios Solomou (Αιμίλιος Σολωμού), Hμερολóγιο μιας απιστίας (Emerológio mias apistías)

Kristian Bang Foss, Døden kører Audi

Meelis Friedenthal, Mesilased

Katri Lipson, Jäätelökauppias

Marica Bodrožić, Kirschholz und alte Gefühle

Tullio Forgiarini, Amok: Eng Lëtzebuerger Liebeschronik

Lidija Dimkovska (Лидија Димковска), Резервен живот (Rezerven život)

Ioana Pârvulescu, Viața începe vineri

Gabriela Babnik, Sušna doba

Cristian Crusat, Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto

2014

The winners were announced on 8 October 2014 at the Frankfurt Book Fair.[9]

2015

The winners were announced in April 2015, at the opening ceremony of the London Book Fair by Tibor Navracsics, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport at the time.[10]

2016

The winners were announced in April 2016 at the European Commission.[11]

2017

The winners were announced on 21 April 2017.[12]

2018

In 2018, the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) celebrated its 10th anniversary. To mark this special occasion, the EUPL organised a writing contest exclusively open to all previous 108 EUPL winners.[26] The EUPL Anniversary Edition (a short fiction competition) celebrated 5 winners:

2019

The winners were announced on 24 May 2019.[27]

2020

The winners were announced on 19 May 2020.[28]

2021

The winners were announced on 18 May 2021.[29]

2022

The 2022 edition introduced a change in the organisation of the Prize. For the first time, a seven-member European jury awarded one overall winner for this edition, accompanied by five special mentions.[30] [1]

Winner:

Special mentions:

Also nominated:

2023

Winner:[31]

Special mentions:

Also nominated:

Translations

The European Union promotes the transnational circulation of literature and its diversity in Europe and beyond.[32] The list below shows a sample of the list of EUPL awarded books available in an English translation:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: The Irish-language novel that caught the eye of 'the Eurovision for literature'. 2022-04-29. The Irish Times.
  2. http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/ European Union Prize for Literature
  3. Web site: European Union Prize for Literature renewed for 2022–2024 cycle EU Prize for Literature. 2022-02-11. euprizeliterature.eu.
  4. Web site: EWC STATEMENT. 2022-02-11. en-US.
  5. "Winners of 2010 EU Prize for Literature honoured at award ceremony." European Union News 22 November 2010. Infotrac Newsstand. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  6. Web site: Winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature . Euprizeliterature.eu . 2011-10-11 . 2013-07-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301214112/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/20111010/winners-2011-european-union-prize-literature . 1 March 2014 .
  7. "Winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for literature." European Union News 11 October 2011. General OneFile. Retrieved 11 Oct. 2012.
  8. Web site: EU Prize for Literature picks 12-to-read . Euronews . 9 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014183348/http://www.euronews.com/2012/10/09/eu-prize-for-literature-picks-12-to-read/ . 14 October 2012 . 10 October 2012 .
  9. Web site: European Commission. Winners of 2014 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair – Press Release. 11 October 2014.
  10. Web site: European Union Prize for Literature 2015 winners announced at London Book Fair . European Commission . April 2015 . 20 April 2015.
  11. Web site: 2016 EU Prize for Literature winners announced . ec.europa.eu . 25 March 2017.
  12. Web site: Announcement of winners of the 2017 European Union Prize for Literature . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062517/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/20170421/eupl-2017-en . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  13. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Rudi Erebara . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062930/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/rudi-erebara . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  14. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Ina Vultchanova . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062643/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/ina-vultchanova . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  15. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Bianca Bellová . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062229/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/bianca-bellova . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  16. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Kallia Papadaki . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062104/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/kallia-papadaki . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  17. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Halldóra K. Thoroddsen . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062520/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/halldora-k-thoroddsen . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  18. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Osvalds Zebris . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062924/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/osvalds-zebris . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  19. News: Writer wins EU Prize for Literature. 25 April 2017. eng.lsm.lv. 21 April 2016.
  20. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Walid Nabhan . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062358/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/walid-nabhan . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  21. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Aleksandar Bečanović . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062356/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/aleksandar-becanovic . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  22. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Jamal Ouariachi . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062232/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/jamal-ouariachi . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  23. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Darko Tuševljaković . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423043840/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/darko-tusevljakovic . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  24. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Sine Ergün . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423061940/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/sine-ergun . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  25. Web site: Winning Authors 2017: Sunjeev Sahota . ec.europa.eu . 21 April 2017 . 22 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062927/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/sunjeev-sahota . 23 April 2017 . dead .
  26. Web site: EUPL Official website . 2 September 2021.
  27. Web site: Winners of the 2019 EU Prize for Literature announced . PenNews . 27 May 2019 . 27 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190527192615/https://www.pennews.net/art-culture/2019/05/24/winners-of-the-2019-eu-prize-for-literature-announced . dead .
  28. Web site: European Union Prize For Literature announces 2020 laureates . 19 May 2020.
  29. Web site: European Union Prize for Literature announces the 2021 laureates EU Prize for Literature. 2021-05-23. euprizeliterature.eu. 30 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211030025009/https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/european-union-prize-literature-announces-2021-laureates. dead.
  30. Web site: European Union Prize for Literature announces the 2022 winner and special mentions. 2022-04-29. euprizeliterature.eu.
  31. Web site: 2023 Nominees . eurpizeliterature.eu . 4 July 2023.
  32. Web site: Creative Europe | EU Prize for Literature. euprizeliterature.eu.

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