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.

European Union Prize for Literature
Country	European Union
Presented by	EUPL Consortium: European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), European Writers' Council (EWC), Federation of European Publishers (FEP)
First awarded	2009
Website	www.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]

•  Austria: Paulus Hochgatterer, Die Suesse des Lebens
•  Croatia: Mila Pavićević, Djevojčica od leda i druge bajke
•  France: Emmanuelle Pagano, Les Adolescents troglodytes
•  Hungary: Szécsi Noémi, Kommunista Monte Cristo
•  Ireland: Karen Gillece, Longshore Drift
•  Italy: Daniele Del Giudice, Orizzonte mobile
•  Lithuania: Laura Sintija Cerniauskaité, Kvėpavimas į marmurą
•  Norway: Carl Frode Tiller, Innsirkling
•  Poland: Jacek Dukaj, Lód
•  Portugal: Dulce Maria Cardoso, Os Meus Sentimentos
•  Slovakia: Pavol Rankov, Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy)
•  Sweden: Helena Henschen, I skuggan av ett brott

2010

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

•  Belgium: Peter Terrin, De Bewaker (The Guard)
•  Cyprus: Myrto Azina Chronides, To Peirama
•  Denmark: Adda Djørup, Den mindste modstand
•  Estonia: Tiit Aleksejev, Palveränd
•  Finland: Riku Korhonen, Lääkäriromaani
•  Germany: Iris Hanika, Das Eigentliche
•  Luxembourg: Jean Back, Amateur
•  Romania: Răzvan Rădulescu, Teodosie cel Mic
•  Slovenia: Nataša Kramberger, Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah
•  Spain: Raquel Martínez-Gómez, Sombras de unicornio
•  Macedonia: Goce Smilevski, Сестрата на Зигмунд Фројд (Freud's Sister)

2011

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

•  Bulgaria: Kalin Terziyski, Има ли кой да ви обича
•  Czech Republic: Tomáš Zmeškal, Milostný dopis klínovým písmem
•  Greece: Kostas Hatziantoniou, Agrigento
•  Iceland: Ófeigur Sigurðsson, Jon
•  Latvia: Inga Zolude, Mierinājums Ādama kokam
•  Liechtenstein: Iren Nigg, Man wortet sich die Orte selbst
•  Malta: Immanuel Mifsud, Fl-Isem tal-Missier (tal-iben)
•  Montenegro: Andrej Nikolaidis, Sin
•  The Netherlands: Rodaan Al Galidi, De autist en de postduif (The One with Autism and the Carrier Pidgeon)
•  Serbia: Jelena Lengold, Vašarski Mađioničar
•  Turkey: Çiler İlhan, Sürgün
•  United Kingdom: Adam Foulds, The Quickening Maze

2012

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

•  Austria: Anna Kim, Die gefrorene Zeit
•  Croatia: Lada Žigo, Rulet
•  France: Laurence Plazenet, L’amour Seul
•  Hungary: Viktor Horváth, Török Tükör
•  Ireland: Kevin Barry, City of Bohane
•  Italy: Emanuele Trevi, Qualcosa di Scritto
•  Lithuania: Giedra Radvilavičiūtė, Šiąnakt aš miegosiu prie sienos
•  Norway: Gunstein Bakke, Maud og Aud: Ein Roman om Trafikk
•  Poland: Piotr Paziński, Pensjonat
•  Portugal: Afonso Cruz, A Boneca de Kokoschka
•  Slovakia: Jana Beňová, Cafe Hyena: Plán odprevádzania
•  Sweden: Sara Mannheimer, Handlingen

2013

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

•  Belgium: Isabelle Wéry, Marilyn Désossée
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Faruk Šehić, Knjiga o Uni
•  Cyprus: Emilios Solomou, Hμερολóγιο μιας απιστίας
•  Denmark: Kristian Bang Foss, Døden kører audi
•  Estonia: Meelis Friedenthal, Mesilased
•  Finland: Katri Lipson, Jäätelökauppias
•  Germany: Marica Bodrožić, Kirschholz und alte Gefühle
•  Luxembourg: Tullio Forgiarini, Amok – Eng Lëtzebuerger Liebeschronik
•  Republic of Macedonia: Lidija Dimkovska, РЕЗЕРВЕН ЖИВОТ
•  Romania: Ioana Pârvulescu, Viaţa începe vineri
•  Slovenia: Gabriela Babnik, Sušna doba
•  Spain: Cristian Crusat, Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto

2014

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

•  Albania: Ben Blushi, Otello, Arapi i Vlorës (Othello, Arap of Vlora). Mapo Editions, 2011
•  Bulgaria: Milen Ruskov, Възвишение (Summit), Janet 45, 2011
•  Czech Republic: Jan Němec, Dějiny světla (A History of Light). Host, 2013
•  Greece: Makis Tsitas, Μάρτυς μου ο Θεός (God is my witness). Kichli, 2013
•  Iceland: Oddný Eir, Jarðnæði (Land of Love, Plan of Ruins). Bjartur, 2011
•  Latvia: Jānis Joņevs, Doom 94 (Jelgava 94). Mansards, 2013
•  Liechtenstein: Armin Öhri, Die dunkle Muse: Historischer Kriminalroman (The Dark Muse). Gmeiner, 2012
•  Malta: Pierre J. Mejlak, Dak li l-Lejl Iħallik Tgħid (What the Night Lets You Say). Merlin Publishers, 2011
•  Montenegro: Ognjen Spahić, Puna glava radosti (Head Full of Joy). Nova knjiga, 2014
•  The Netherlands: Marente de Moor, De Nederlandse maagd (The Dutch Maiden). Querido, 2010
•  Serbia: Uglješa Šajtinac, Sasvim skromni darovi (Quite Modest Gifts). Arhipelag, 2011
•  Turkey: Birgül Oğuz, Hah (Aha), short stories. Metis, 2012
•  United Kingdom: Evie Wyld, All The Birds, Singing. Vintage, 2013

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]

•  Austria: Carolina Schutti, Einmal muss ich über weiches Gras gelaufen sein (Once I must have trodden soft grass). Otto Müller Verlag, 2012
•  Croatia: Luka Bekavac, Viljevo. Fraktura, 2013
•  France: Gaëlle Josse, Le dernier gardien d’Ellis Island (The last guardian of Ellis Island). Editions Noir sur Blanc, 2014
•  Hungary: Edina Szvoren, Nincs, és ne is legyen (There Is None, Nor Let There Be). Palatinus, 2012
•  Ireland: Donal Ryan, The Spinning Heart. Doubleday Ireland, 2013
•  Italy: Lorenzo Amurri, Apnea. Fandango Libri, 2013
•  Lithuania: Undinė Radzevičiūtė, Žuvys ir drakonai (Fishes and Dragons). Baltos lankos, 2013
•  Norway: Ida Hegazi Høyer, Unnskyld (Forgive me). Tiden Norsk Forlag, 2014
•  Poland: Magdalena Parys, Magik (Magician). Świat Książki, 2014
•  Portugal: David Machado, Índice Médio de Felicidade (Average Happiness Index). Dom Quixote, 2013
•  Slovakia: Svetlana Zuchova, Obrazy zo života M. (Scenes from the Life of M.). Marenčin PT, 2013
•  Sweden: Sara Stridsberg, Beckomberga - ode till min familj (The Gravity of Love). Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2014

2016

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

•  Belgium: Christophe Van Gerrewey, Op de Hoogte (Up to date)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, Satovi u majčinoj sobi (Clocks in my mother's room)
•  Cyprus: Antonis Georgiou, Ένα Άλπουμ Ιστορίες (An Album of Stories)
•  Denmark: Bjørn Rasmussen, Huden er det elastiske hylster der omgiver hele legemet
•  Estonia: Paavo Matsin, Gogoli disko (The Gogol Disco)
•  Finland: Selja Ahava, Taivaalta tippuvat asiat (Things that fall from the Sky)
•  Germany: Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit (On the End of Loneliness)
•  Luxembourg: Gast Groeber, All Dag verstoppt en aneren (One Day Hides Another)
•  Romania: Claudiu M. Florian, Vârstele jocului. Strada Cetăţii. (The Ages of the Game – Citadel Street)
•  Slovenia: Jasmin B. Frelih, Na/pol (In/Half)
•  Spain: Jesús Carrasco, La tierra que pisamos (The Earth We Tread)
•  Republic of Macedonia: Nenad Joldeski, Секој со своето езеро (Each with their own lake)

2017

The winners were announced 21 April 2017.[11]

•  Albania: Rudi Erebara, Epika e yjeve të mëngjesit (The Epic of the Morning Stars), 2016 [12]
•  Bulgaria: Ina Vultchanova, Остров Крах (The Crack-Up Island), 2016 [13]
•  Czech Republic: Bianca Bellová, Jezero (The Lake), 2016 [14]
•  Greece: Kallia Papadaki, Δενδρίτες (Dendrites), 2015 [15]
•  Iceland: Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Tvöfalt gler (Double Glazing), 2016 [16]
•  Latvia: Osvalds Zebris, Gaiļu kalna ēnā (In the Shadow of Rooster Hill), 2014 [17][18]
•  Malta: Walid Nabhan, L-Eżodu taċ-Ċikonji (Exodus of Storks), 2013[19]
•  Montenegro: Aleksandar Bečanović, Arcueil (Arcueil), 2015 [20]
•  Netherlands: Jamal Ouariachi, Een Honger (A hunger), 2015 [21]
•  Serbia: Darko Tuševljaković, Jaz (The Chasm), 2016 [22]
•  Turkey: Sine Ergün, Baştankara (Chickadee), 2016 [23]
•  United Kingdom: Sunjeev Sahota, The Year of the Runaways, 2015 [24]

2019

The winners were announced 24 May 2019.[25]

•  Austria: Laura Freudenthaler, Geistergeschichte (A ghost story)
•  Finland: Piia Leino, Taivas (Heaven)
•  France: Sophie Daull, Au grand lavoir (The Wash-house)
•  Hungary: Réka Mán-Várhegyi, Mágneshegy (Magnetic Hill)
•  Georgia: Beqa Adamashvili, პროლოგი (Everybody dies in this novel)
•  Greece: Nikos Chryssos, Καινούργια μέρα (New Day)
•  Ireland: Jan Carson, The Firestarters
•  Italy: Giovanni Dozzini, E Baboucar guidava la fila (And Baboucar was leading the line)
•  Lithuania: Daina Opolskaite, DIENŲ PIRAMIDĖS (The Hour of Dusk)
•  Poland: Marta Dzido, Frajda (Pleasure)
•  Romania: Tatiana Țîbuleac, Grădina de sticlă (The Glass Garden)
•  Slovakia: Ivana Dobrakovová, Matky a kamionisti (Mothers and Lorry Drivers)
•  Ukraine: Halya Shyyan, ЗА СПИНОЮ (Behind the back)
•  United Kingdom: Melissa Harrison, All Among the Barley

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:

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

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External links

• European Union Prize for Literature official website