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| presenter = EUPL Consortium: European Writers' Council (EWC), Federation of European Publishers (FEP), European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF)

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| website = [https://www.euprizeliterature.eu www.euprizeliterature.eu]

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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.{{Cite news|title=The Irish-language novel that caught the eye of 'the Eurovision for literature'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-irish-language-novel-that-caught-the-eye-of-the-eurovision-for-literature-1.4861266|access-date=2022-04-29|newspaper=The Irish Times}}

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:[http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/ European Union Prize for Literature], official website

  • The 28 Member States of the European Union (as of 2013)
  • The 3 EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
  • The candidate and potential candidate countries for accession to the EU: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.
  • European Neighbourhood Policy countries: Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Tunisia and Ukraine

= 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.{{Cite web|title=European Union Prize for Literature renewed for 2022–2024 cycle {{!}} EU Prize for Literature|url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/european-union-prize-literature-renewed-2022-2024-cycle|access-date=2022-02-11|website=euprizeliterature.eu}}

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."{{Cite web|title=EWC STATEMENT|url=https://europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ewc-eupl-2022-statement/|access-date=2022-02-11|language=en-US}}

= 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.

Winners

=2009=

Winners for 2009 were announced in November 2009.

=2010=

Winners for 2010 were announced on 18 November 2010."Winners of 2010 EU Prize for Literature honoured at award ceremony." European Union News 22 November 2010. Infotrac Newsstand. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

=2011=

Winners for 2011 were announced on 11 October 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/20111010/winners-2011-european-union-prize-literature |title=Winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature |publisher=Euprizeliterature.eu |date=2011-10-11 |access-date=2013-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301214112/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/20111010/winners-2011-european-union-prize-literature |archive-date= 1 March 2014 }}"Winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for literature." European Union News 11 October 2011. General OneFile. Retrieved 11 Oct. 2012.

=2012=

The EUPL Award Ceremony was hosted in Brussels on 22 October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.euronews.com/2012/10/09/eu-prize-for-literature-picks-12-to-read/ |title=EU Prize for Literature picks 12-to-read |work=Euronews |date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014183348/http://www.euronews.com/2012/10/09/eu-prize-for-literature-picks-12-to-read/ |archive-date=14 October 2012 |access-date=10 October 2012 }}

=2013=

The winners were announced on 26 September 2013. The ceremony was hosted in Brussels on 26 November 2013.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

=2014=

The winners were announced on 8 October 2014 at the Frankfurt Book Fair.{{cite web|last1=European Commission|title=Winners of 2014 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair – Press Release|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1107_en.htm|access-date=11 October 2014}}

=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.{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/news/2015/0414-eupl-winners-_en.htm |title=European Union Prize for Literature 2015 winners announced at London Book Fair |publisher=European Commission |date=April 2015 |access-date=20 April 2015}}

=2016=

The winners were announced in April 2016 at the European Commission.{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/news/20160405-eupl-winners-announced_en |title=2016 EU Prize for Literature winners announced |work=ec.europa.eu |access-date=25 March 2017}}

  • {{Flagicon|Belgium}}: Christophe Van Gerrewey, Op de Hoogte
  • {{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}: Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (Тања Ступар Трифуновић), Сатови у мајчиној соби (Satovi u majčinoj sobi)
  • {{Flagicon|Cyprus}}: Antonis Georgiou (Αντώνης Γεωργίου), Ένα άλπουμ ιστορίες (Éna álpoum istoríes)
  • {{Flagicon|Denmark}}: Bjørn Rasmussen, Huden er det elastiske hylster der omgiver hele legemet
  • {{Flagicon|Estonia}}: Paavo Matsin, Gogoli disko
  • {{Flagicon|Finland}}: Selja Ahava, Taivaalta tippuvat asiat
  • {{Flagicon|Germany}}: Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
  • {{Flagicon|Luxembourg}}: Gast Groeber, All Dag verstoppt en aneren
  • {{Flagicon|Romania}}: Claudiu M. Florian, Vârstele jocului. Strada Cetății.
  • {{Flagicon|Slovenia}}: Jasmin B. Frelih, Na/pol
  • {{Flagicon|Spain}}: Jesús Carrasco, La tierra que pisamos
  • {{Flagicon|North Macedonia}}: Nenad Joldeski (Ненад Јолдески), Секој со своето езеро (Sekoj so svoeto ezero)

=2017=

The winners were announced on 21 April 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/20170421/eupl-2017-en |title=Announcement of winners of the 2017 European Union Prize for Literature |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062517/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/20170421/eupl-2017-en |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}

  • {{Flagicon|Albania}}: Rudi Erëbara, Epika e yjeve të mëngjesit{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/rudi-erebara |title=Winning Authors 2017: Rudi Erebara |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062930/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/rudi-erebara |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Bulgaria}}: Ina Vultchanova (Ина Вълчанова), Остров Крах (Ostrov Krah){{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/ina-vultchanova |title=Winning Authors 2017: Ina Vultchanova |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062643/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/ina-vultchanova |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Czech Republic}}: Bianca Bellová, Jezero{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/bianca-bellova |title=Winning Authors 2017: Bianca Bellová |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062229/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/bianca-bellova |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Greece}}: Kallia Papadaki (Κάλλια Παπαδάκη), Δενδρίτες (Dendrítes){{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/kallia-papadaki |title=Winning Authors 2017: Kallia Papadaki |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062104/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/kallia-papadaki |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Iceland}}: Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Tvöfalt gler{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/halldora-k-thoroddsen |title=Winning Authors 2017: Halldóra K. Thoroddsen |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062520/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/halldora-k-thoroddsen |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Latvia}}: Osvalds Zebris, Gaiļu kalna ēnā{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/osvalds-zebris |title=Winning Authors 2017: Osvalds Zebris |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062924/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/osvalds-zebris |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Writer wins EU Prize for Literature|url=http://www.lsm.lv/en/article/culture/writer-wins-eu-prize-for-literature.a233655/|access-date=25 April 2017|publisher=eng.lsm.lv|date=21 April 2016}}
  • {{Flagicon|Malta}}: Walid Nabhan, L-Eżodu taċ-Ċikonji{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/walid-nabhan |title=Winning Authors 2017: Walid Nabhan |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062358/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/walid-nabhan |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Montenegro}}: Aleksandar Bečanović, Arcueil{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/aleksandar-becanovic |title=Winning Authors 2017: Aleksandar Bečanović |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062356/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/aleksandar-becanovic |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Netherlands}}: Jamal Ouariachi, Een honger{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/jamal-ouariachi |title=Winning Authors 2017: Jamal Ouariachi |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062232/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/jamal-ouariachi |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Serbia}}: Darko Tuševljaković, Jaz{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/darko-tusevljakovic |title=Winning Authors 2017: Darko Tuševljaković |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423043840/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/darko-tusevljakovic |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|Turkey}}: Sine Ergün, Baştankara{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/sine-ergun |title=Winning Authors 2017: Sine Ergün |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423061940/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/sine-ergun |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}}: Sunjeev Sahota, The Year of the Runaways{{cite web |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/sunjeev-sahota |title=Winning Authors 2017: Sunjeev Sahota |work=ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423062927/http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/2017/sunjeev-sahota |archive-date=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}

=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.{{cite web |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/eupl-10th-anniversary-edition |title=EUPL Official website |access-date=2 September 2021}}

The EUPL Anniversary Edition (a short fiction competition) celebrated 5 winners:

  • {{Flagicon|Luxembourg}}: Jean Back, Europäesch Wolleken
  • {{Flagicon|North Macedonia}}: Lidija Dimkovska (Лидија Димковска), Кога заминав од „Карл Либкнехт“ (Koga zaminav od „Karl Liebknecht“)
  • {{Flagicon|Luxembourg}}: Gast Groeber, Aktuelle Wetterwarnung: überwiegend dichter Nebel
  • {{Flagicon|Serbia}}: Jelena Lengold, Jasmin i smrt
  • {{Flagicon|Romania}}: Ioana Pârvulescu, O voce

=2019=

The winners were announced on 24 May 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.pennews.net/art-culture/2019/05/24/winners-of-the-2019-eu-prize-for-literature-announced |title=Winners of the 2019 EU Prize for Literature announced |work=PenNews |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527192615/https://www.pennews.net/art-culture/2019/05/24/winners-of-the-2019-eu-prize-for-literature-announced |url-status=dead }}

=2020=

The winners were announced on 19 May 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/european-union-prize-literature-announces-2020-laureates |title=European Union Prize For Literature announces 2020 laureates |access-date=19 May 2020}}

= 2021 =

The winners were announced on 18 May 2021.{{Cite web|title=European Union Prize for Literature announces the 2021 laureates {{!}} EU Prize for Literature|url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/european-union-prize-literature-announces-2021-laureates|access-date=2021-05-23|website=euprizeliterature.eu|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030025009/https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/european-union-prize-literature-announces-2021-laureates|url-status=dead}}

= 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.{{Cite web|title=European Union Prize for Literature announces the 2022 winner and special mentions|url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/european-union-prize-literature-announces-2022-winner-and-special-mentions|access-date=2022-04-29|website=euprizeliterature.eu}}

Winner:

  • {{Flagicon|Georgia}}: Iva Pezuashvili ({{lang|ka|ივა ფეზუაშვილი}}), {{lang|ka|ბუნკერი}} (bunk’eri)

Special mentions:

Also nominated:

  • {{Flagicon|Italy}}: Daniele Mencarelli, Sempre tornare
  • {{Flagicon|Norway}}: Kjersti Anfinnsen, Øyeblikk for evigheten
  • {{Flagicon|Austria}}: Peter Karoshi, Zu den Elefanten
  • {{Flagicon|Romania}}: Raluca Nagy, Teo de la 16 la 18
  • {{Flagicon|Slovakia}}: Richard Pupala, Ženy aj muži, zvieratá
  • {{Flagicon|Greece}}: Takis Kampylis (Τάκης Καμπύλης), Γενικά συμπτώματα (Geniká symptómata)
  • {{Flagicon|Lithuania}}: Tomas Vaiseta, Ch.
  • {{Flagicon|North Macedonia}}: Vladimir Jankovski (Владимир Јанковски), Скриени желби, немирни патувања (Skrieni želbi, nemirni patuvanja)

= 2023 =

Winner:{{cite web |title=2023 Nominees |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/nominees-2023 |website=eurpizeliterature.eu |access-date=4 July 2023}}

Special mentions:

  • {{Flagicon|Cyprus}}: Hari N. Spanou (Χάρη Ν. Σπανού), Φυλάκιο (Fylákio)
  • {{Flagicon|Estonia}}: Tõnis Tootsen, Ahvide pasteet. Ühe ahvi mälestusi ja mõtteid
  • {{Flagicon|Finland}}: Iida Rauma, Hävitys
  • {{Flagicon|France}}: Maud Simonnot, L’heure des oiseaux
  • {{Flagicon|Kosovo}}: Ag Apolloni, Kësulëkuqja, përrallë për të rritur

Also nominated:

= 2024 =

Winner:{{cite web |title=2024 Nominees |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/nominees-2024 |website=eurpizeliterature.eu |access-date=18 September 2024}}

Special mentions:

Also nominated:

Translations

The European Union promotes the transnational circulation of literature and its diversity in Europe and beyond.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/creative-europe|title=Creative Europe | EU Prize for Literature|website=euprizeliterature.eu}} The list below shows a sample of the list of EUPL awarded books available in an English translation:

  • {{flagicon|Finland}} Selja Ahava, Things that fall from the sky, Oneworld Publications, 2015
  • {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Petar Andonovski, Fear of Barbarians, Parthian Books, 2021
  • {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Gabriela Babnik, Dry Season, Istros Books, 2012
  • {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit, Picador, 2021
  • {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Bianca Bellová, The Lake, Parthian Books, 2022
  • {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Jana Beňová, Seeing People Off, Two Dollar Radio, 2017
  • {{flagicon|Portugal}} Dulce Maria Cardoso, Violeta Among the Stars, MacLehose Press, 2020
  • {{flagicon|Lithuania}} Laura Sintija Cerniauskaité, Breathing into Marble, Noir Press, 2017
  • {{flagicon|Cyprus}} Myrto Azina Chronides, The Experiment, Garnet Pub Ltd, 2012
  • {{flagicon|Spain}} Cristian Crusat, A Brief Theory of Travel and the Desert, Hispabooks Pub, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Portugal}} Afonso Cruz, Kokoschka's Doll, MacLehose Press, 2020
  • {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Lidija Dimkovska, A Spare Life, Two Lines Press, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Iceland}} Oddný Eir, Land of Love and Ruins, Restless Books, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Jasmin B. Frelih, In/Half, Oneworld Pubns, 2018
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} Iris Hanika, The Bureau of Past Management, V&Q Books, 2021
  • {{flagicon|Austria}} Paulus Hochgatterer, The Sweetness of Life, MacLehose Press, 2006
  • {{flagicon|Turkey}} Çiler İlhan, Exile, Istros Books, 2015
  • {{flagicon|Latvia}} Jānis Joņevs, Doom 94, Wrecking Ball Press, 2018
  • {{flagicon|France}} Gaëlle Josse, The Last Days of Ellis Island, World Edtns Llc, 2020
  • {{flagicon|Austria}} Anna Kim, Frozen Time, Ariadne Press, 2008
  • {{flagicon|Serbia}} Jelena Lengold, Fairground Magician, Istros Books, 2013
  • {{flagicon|Finland}} Katri Lipson, The Ice Cream Man, Amazon Crossing, 2012
  • {{flagicon|Portugal}} David Machado, The Shelf Life of Happiness, Amazon Crossing, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Estonia}} Paavo Matsin, The Gogol Disco, Dalkey Archive Press, 2020
  • {{flagicon|Malta}} Immanuel Mifsud, In the Name of the Father (and of the Son), Parthian Books, 2019
  • {{flagicon|The Netherlands}} Marente de Moor, The Dutch Maiden, World Editions International, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Montenegro}} Andrej Nikolaidis, The Son, Istros Books, 2013
  • {{flagicon|Turkey}} Birgül Oğuz, Hah, World Editions International, 2016
  • {{flagicon|France}} Emmanuelle Pagano, One Day I’ll Tell You Everything, Text Publishing, 2020
  • {{flagicon|Romania}} Ioana Pârvulescu, Life Begins on Friday, Istros Books, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Poland}} Piotr Paziński, The Boarding House, Dalkey Archive, 2018
  • {{flagicon|Bosnia-Herzegovina}} Faruk Šehić, Quiet Flows the Una, Istros Books, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Spain}} Irene Solà, When I Sing, Mountains Dance, Graywolf Press, 2022
  • {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} Goce Smilevski, Freud's Sister, Penguin Books, 2012
  • {{flagicon|Montenegro}} Ognjen Spahić, A Head Full of Joy, Dalkey Archive Press, 2018
  • {{flagicon|Belgium}} Peter Terrin, The Guard, MacLehose Press, 2012
  • {{flagicon|Norway}} Carl Frode Tiller, Encircling, Graywolf Press, 2017
  • {{flagicon|Italy}} Emanuele Trevi, Something written, World Editions International, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Greece}} Makis Tsitas, God Is My Witness, Aiora Books, 2019
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} Benedict Wells, The End of Loneliness, Sceptre, 2018
  • {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Tomáš Zmeškal, Love Letter in Cuneiform, Yale University Press, 2008

References

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External links

  • {{Official|http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/|name=European Union Prize for Literature}} official website

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