The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a

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. 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.

About the Award

The EUPL is funded by the "Creative Europe" programme, the

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framework programme for support to the culture and audiovisual sectors. On the daily, the Prize is run by a Consortium of associations composed of the

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, the

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, and the

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, 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: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. *

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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. 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."

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, which features excerpts from all laureates' awarded books both in original language and in an English or French translation.

Winners

2009

Winners for 2009 were announced in November 2009. *: Paulus Hochgatterer, ''Die Süße des Lebens'' *: Mila Pavićević, ''Djevojčica od leda i druge bajke'' *:

Emmanuelle Pagano Emmanuelle Salasc (formerly Pagano) (born 1969) is a French author. She has written books which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and won the EU Prize for Literature for her novel ''Les Adolescents troglodytes''. Her book ...

, ''Les Adolescents troglodytes'' *:

Noémi Szécsi Noémi Szécsi (born 1976) is a Hungarian writer and translator. She was educated in Budapest and Helsinki. Her debut novel '' The Finno-Ugrian Vampire'' was published in 2002, and later translated into English. Her historical novel ''Communist Mo ...

, ''Kommunista Monte Cristo'' *: Karen Gillece, ''Longshore Drift'' *:

Daniele Del Giudice Daniele Del Giudice (11 January 1949 – 2 September 2021) was an Italian author and lecturer. He lived in Venice, where he taught theatrical literature at the University Iuav of Venice. Biography Born in Rome in 1949, Del Giudice researched av ...

, ''Orizzonte mobile'' *:

Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (born 1976) is a Lithuanian writer. Born in Vilnius, she studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vilnius University. She worked at a number of magazines afterwards. She has written a number of plays, including ...

, ''Kvėpavimas į marmurą'' *:

Carl Frode Tiller Carl Frode Tiller (born 4 January 1970 in Namsos) is a Norwegian author, historian and musician. His works are in Nynorsk (lit. "New Norwegian"), one of the two official Norwegian standard languages. Tiller made his literary debut in 2001 with t ...

, ''Innsirkling'' *:

Jacek Dukaj Jacek Józef Dukaj (born 30 July 1974) is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer. He has received numerous literary prizes including the European Union Prize for Literature and Janusz A. Zajdel Award. Career He was born on 30 July 1974 in ...

, ''Lód'' *:

Dulce Maria Cardoso Dulce Maria Cardoso (born 1964) is a Portuguese writer. She was born in , Carrazeda de Ansiães, Trás-os-Montes but moved to Luanda, Angola as an infant. Her family came back to Portugal in 1975 along with half a million other '' retornados'' as ...

, ''Os Meus Sentimentos'' *:

Pavol Rankov Pavol Rankov (born 16 September 1964) is a Slovak writer. Rankov was born in Poprad and went to school in Bratislava. He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987. He then worked at the Slovak National Library in Mar ...

, ''Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy)'' *:

Helena Henschen Helena Henschen (1940–2011) was a Swedish designer and writer. Born and raised in Stockholm, she worked as a graphic designer, achieving success as an illustrator of children's books. She co-founded the famous design company Mah-Jong. She won t ...

, ''I skuggan av ett brott''

2010

Winners for 2010 were announced on 18 November 2010. *:

Peter Terrin Peter Terrin (born 3 October 1968) is a Belgian novelist, and a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. He is the author of several novels and two collections of short stories. Biography Terrin's first novel, ''Kras'' ("Scratch") was pu ...

, ''De bewaker'' *:

Myrto Azina Chronides Myrto Azina Chronides (1961-2021) was a Greek Cypriot writer. She was born in Nicosia and started writing at a young age. She studied at the Pancyprian Gymnasium, before going on to medical school. She also studied at the University of Bonn in Eusk ...

(Μυρτώ Αζίνα Χρονίδη), ''Το πείραμα'' ''(To Peírama)'' *:

Adda Djørup Adda Djørup (born August 18, 1972) is a Danish poet, novelist and short story writer. Early life and education Djørup was born in Aarhus, Denmark. She went to the Katrinebjergskolen before dropping out and working for several years as an au pai ...

, ''Den mindste modstand'' *:

Tiit Aleksejev Tiit Aleksejev (born 6 July 1968) is an Estonian novelist and playwright. Aleksejev was born in Kohtla-Järve. He studied history at the University of Tartu, and served as a diplomat in France and Belgium. His debut novel was a thriller called ...

, ''Palveränd'' *:

Riku Korhonen Riku Korhonen (born 1972) is a Finnish writer and journalist. Before turning to writing full-time, he taught creative writing at the University of Turku. Korhonen's first novel ''Kahden ja yhden yön tarinoita'' was published in 2003 and won the ...

, ''Lääkäriromaani'' *:

Iris Hanika Iris Hanika (born 1962) is a German writer. She was born in Würzburg, grew up in Bad Königshofen and has lived in Berlin since 1979, where she studied Universal and Comparative Literature at the FU Berlin. She was a regular contributor to Germa ...

, ''Das Eigentliche'' *:

Jean Back Jean Back (born 1953) is a Luxembourg writer, photographer and civil servant. He was born in Dudelange and studied in Esch-Alzette. A career civil servant, Back has met with success in creative pursuits such as photography and creative writing. His ...

, ''Amateur'' *:

Răzvan Rădulescu Răzvan Rădulescu (; born October 23, 1969) is a Romanian novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, ''The Life and Deeds of Elijah Cazane'', won the Romanian Writers' Union prize for best debut novel. His second novel, ''Theodosius the Small'', ...

, ''Teodosie cel Mic'' *: Nataša Kramberger, ''Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah'' *: Raquel Martínez-Gómez, ''Sombras de unicornio'' *:

Goce Smilevski Goce Smilevski (born 1975) is a Macedonian writer. He was born in Skopje. He studied at the Sts Kiril and Metodij University in Skopje, at Charles University in Prague and at the Central European University in Budapest. Two of his novels have be ...

(Гоце Смилевски), '' Сестрата на Зигмунд Фројд''

2011

Winners for 2011 were announced on 11 October 2011. *: 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'' ''(Agrigento)'' *:

Ófeigur Sigurðsson Ófeigur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic poet, novelist and translator. He was born in Reykjavík on 2 November 1975. Ófeigur studied philosophy at the University of Iceland and graduated in 2007, writing a thesis on the work of Georges Bataille. ...

, ''Jón'' *:

Inga Žolude Inga Žolude (born August 9, 1984) is a Latvian writer and translator. She studied English literature at the University of Latvia, before winning a Fulbright scholarship to attend Southern Illinois University in the USA. At present, she is pursu ...

, ''Mierinājums Ādama kokam'' *: Iren Nigg, ''Man wortet sich die Orte selbst'' *:

Immanuel Mifsud Immanuel Mifsud (born September 12, 1967) is a writer of poetry and prose, born in Paola, Malta. He was for a time involved in research theatre. He has written six collections of short stories, six poetry collections, and also children stories. I ...

, ''Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben)'' *:

Andrej Nikolaidis Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974) is a Montenegrin- Bosnian novelist, columnist, and political adviser. His novel ''Sin'' (The Son) won the European Union Prize for Literature in 2011. The English translation was published in 2013 by Istros Books in t ...

, ''Sin'' *:

Rodaan Al Galidi Rodaan Al Galidi (born 1971) is a Dutch writer of Iraqi descent. A trained engineer, he fled his native Iraq and came to the Netherlands in 1998. Al Galidi writes both prose and poetry in Dutch, a language he taught himself. His novel ''De auti ...

, ''De autist en de postduif'' *: Jelena Lengold, ''Vašarski mađioničar'' *: Çiler İlhan, ''Sürgün'' *:

Adam Foulds Adam Samuel James Foulds FRSL ( ; born 8 October 1974) is a British novelist and poet. Biography Foulds was educated at Bancroft's School, read English at St Catherine's College, Oxford under Craig Raine, and graduated with an MA in creative ...

, '' The Quickening Maze''

2012

The EUPL Award Ceremony was hosted in Brussels on 22 October 2012. *: Anna Kim, ''Die gefrorene Zeit'' *: Lada Žigo, ''Rulet'' *: Laurence Plazenet, ''L’amour seul'' *: Viktor Horváth, ''Török tükör'' *:

Kevin Barry Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in an attack upon a Bri ...

, ''City of Bohane'' *:

Emanuele Trevi Emanuele Trevi (born 1964) is an Italian writer and critic. He was born in Rome, the son of Mario Trevi, a Jungian psychoanalyst. Trevi has written numerous critical essays on literary figures. His work on the Italian poet Pietro Tripodo won ...

, ''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 Sara Mannheimer (born 26 May 1967, in Lund) is a Swedish novelist. She hails from Gothenburg and was educated in the US, Holland, and the Czech Republic. Her debut novel ''Reglerna'' (''The Rules'', 2008) was nominated for the August Prize an ...

, ''Handlingen''

2013

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

Isabelle Wéry Isabelle Wéry is a Belgian actress and award-winning writer. Wéry was born in Liège. She studied theatre in INSAS, where she was graduated in 1991. René Hainaux was her teacher. She has performed in several theatres from France, Belgium, It ...

, ''Marilyn désossée'' *:

Faruk Šehić Faruk Šehić (born 1970) is a Bosnian poet, novelist and short story writer. He was born in Bihać and grew up in Bosanska Krupa. He studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb until the outbreak of the Bosnian war in which he was an active combatant. ...

, ''Knjiga o Uni'' *: Emilios Solomou (Αιμίλιος Σολωμού), ''Hμερολóγιο μιας απιστίας'' ''(Emerológio mias apistías)'' *:

Kristian Bang Foss Kristian Bang Foss (born 1977) is a Danish writer. His debut novel ''Fiskens vindue'' (''The Window of the Fish'', 2004) was acclaimed by critics. This was followed by ''Stormen i 99'' (''The Storm in 99'', 2008). He won the EU Prize for Literatur ...

, ''Døden kører Audi'' *: Meelis Friedenthal, ''Mesilased'' *:

Katri Lipson Katri Lipson (born 1965 in Helsinki) is a Finnish writer and doctor. She studied medicine at Uppsala University, graduating in 1993. Since then, she has worked as a doctor in Finland, Sweden and Kenya. Her debut novel ''Cosmonaut'' (''Kosmonautti ...

, ''Jäätelökauppias'' *:

Marica Bodrožić Marica Bodrožić (born 1973) is a German writer of Croatian descent. She was born in in Cista Provo, Croatia in the former Yugoslavia. She moved to Germany as a child and currently lives in Berlin. Bodrožić writes primarily in the German lan ...

, ''Kirschholz und alte Gefühle'' *:

Tullio Forgiarini Tullio Forgiarini (born 1966) is a Luxembourgian writer. He was born in Neudorf-Weimershof, Neudorf, Luxembourg to an Italian father and a Luxembourgian mother. He studied history in Luxembourg and Strasbourg, and works as a teacher at the Lycée d ...

, ''Amok: Eng Lëtzebuerger Liebeschronik'' *:

Lidija Dimkovska Lidija Dimkovska (Macedonian: , born 1971) is a Macedonian poet, novelist and translator. She was born in Skopje and studied comparative literature at the University of Skopje. She proceeded to obtain a PhD in Romanian literature at the Universi ...

(Лидија Димковска), ''Резервен живот'' ''(Rezerven život)'' *:

Ioana Pârvulescu Ioana Pârvulescu (born 1960) is a Romanian writer. She was born in Brașov and studied at the University of Bucharest. She graduated in 1983 and went on to complete a PhD in literature in 1999. She teaches modern literature at the same university ...

, ''Viața începe vineri'' *:

Gabriela Babnik Gabriela Babnik (born 1979) is a Slovene writer, literary critic and translator. She has published three novels and her journalistic literary and film criticism regularly appears in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia. Babnik was bor ...

, ''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 The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. It is considered to be the most important book fair in the world for internationa ...

. * :

Ben Blushi Ben Blushi (born 1 January 1969) is an Albanian politician, writer and journalist. Biography Ben Blushi, born in Tirana, studied at the University of Tirana, graduating in Albanian language and literature. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper ...

, ''Otello, Arapi i Vlorës'' * : Milen Ruskov (Милен Русков), ''Възвишение'' ''(Vǎzvišenie)'' * :

Jan Němec Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave." Biography Němec's career as a fil ...

, ''Dějiny světla'' * :

Makis Tsitas Makis Tsitas ( el, Μάκης Τσίτας; born 1971) is a Greek writer. He was born in Yiannitsa and went to university in Thessaloniki. To date, Tsitas has published a novel, a short story collection, and more than a dozen books for children. ...

(Μάκης Τσίτας), ''Μάρτυς μου ο Θεός'' ''(Mártis mou o Theós)'' * :

Oddný Eir Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir (born 1972) is an Icelandic writer. She has written three autobiographical novels, her best-known work being ''Jarðnæði'' (''Land of love; plan of ruins'') which was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award in 2011 ...

, ''Jarðnæði'' * :

Jānis Joņevs Jānis Joņevs (born 21 March 1980 in Jelgava) is a Latvians, Latvian writer, copywriter and translator from French language, French. After studying at the local Gymnasium in Jelgava, he went to Riga for his higher education and earned a Master's ...

, '' Jelgava 94'' * : Armin Öhri, ''Die dunkle Muse: Historischer Kriminalroman'' * : Pierre J. Mejlak, ''Dak li l-Lejl Iħallik Tgħid'' * :

Ognjen Spahić Ognjen Spahić (born 1977 in Podgorica, Montenegro), is a Montenegrin novelist. Spahić has published two collections of short stories: ''Sve to'' (All That, 2001) and ''Zimska potraga'' (Winter Search, 2007). His novel ''Hansenova djeca'' (Hansen' ...

, ''Puna glava radosti'' * :

Marente de Moor Marente de Moor (; born 1972) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. She published four novels and two collections of short stories. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs (2011) and the European Union Prize for Literature (2014) for her novel ''De Nederla ...

, ''De Nederlandse maagd'' * :

Uglješa Šajtinac Uglješa Šajtinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Угљеша Шајтинац; born 1 October 1971 in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and playwright. Biography Šajtinac grew up in an artistic parents home, his mother Mirjana is an actress, his ...

(Угљеша Шајтинац), ''Сасвим скромни дарови'' ''(Sasvim skromni darovi)'' * : Birgül Oğuz, ''Hah'' * :

Evie Wyld Evelyn Rose Strange "Evie" Wyld (born 16 June 1980) is an Anglo-Australian author. Her first novel, ''After the Fire, A Still Small Voice'', won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 2009, and her second novel, '' All the Birds, Singing'', won the E ...

, '' All the Birds, Singing''

2015

The winners were announced in April 2015, at the opening ceremony of the

London Book Fair The London Book Fair (LBF) is a large book-publishing trade fair held annually, usually in April, in London, England. LBF is a global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and di ...

Tibor Navracsics Tibor Navracsics (born Veszprém, Hungary, 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014. He previously served as Minister of Administration and Justice betw ...

, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport at the time. * : Carolina Schutti, ''Einmal muss ich über weiches Gras gelaufen sein'' * : Luka Bekavac, ''Viljevo'' * :

Gaëlle Josse Gaelle Josse (born 1960) is a French poet and novelist. She has written four novels till date. She has won a number of literary prizes and her work has been translated into several languages. Works * ''Les heures silencieuses'' (''The Quiet Hou ...

, ''Le dernier gardien d’Ellis Island'' * :

Edina Szvoren Edina Szvoren (born 1974) is a Hungarians, Hungarian writer. She was born in Budapest and studied music at the Béla Bartók Music High School and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Books * ''Pertu'', 2010, Palatinus * ''Nincs, és ne is legyen' ...

, ''Nincs, és ne is legyen'' * :

Donal Ryan Donal Ryan (born 1976) is an Irish people, Irish writer. He has published six novels and one short story collection. In 2016, novelist and playwright Sebastian Barry described Ryan in The Guardian, ''The Guardian'' newspaper as "the king of the n ...

, ''The Spinning Heart'' * : Lorenzo Amurri, ''Apnea'' * : Undinė Radzevičiūtė, ''Žuvys ir drakonai'' * : Ida Hegazi Høyer, ''Unnskyld'' * : Magdalena Parys, ''Magik'' * : David Machado, ''Índice médio de felicidade'' * : Svetlana Žuchová, ''Obrazy zo života M.'' * :

Sara Stridsberg Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, ''Happy Sally'' was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakt ...

, ''Beckomberga: ode till min familj''

2016

The winners were announced in April 2016 at the European Commission. * : Christophe Van Gerrewey, ''Op de Hoogte'' * :

Tanja Stupar-Trifunović Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977) is an author from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Background Stupar-Trifunović was born in 1977 in Zadar, Croatia. She left Zadar with her family at the beginning of the Yugoslav wars. She attended Serbian lang ...

(Тања Ступар Трифуновић), ''Сатови у мајчиној соби'' ''(Satovi u majčinoj sobi)'' * :

Antonis Georgiou Antonis Georgiou (born 1969) is a Cypriot lawyer and writer. He was born in Limassol and studied law in Moscow. A practicing lawyer, he also helps edit the Cypriot literary magazine ''Anef'', and the Cypriot Theatre Diaries. Georgiou writes in mul ...

(Αντώνης Γεωργίου), ''Ένα άλπουμ ιστορίες'' ''(Éna álpoum istoríes)'' * :

Bjørn Rasmussen Bjørn Vilhelm Ravn Rasmussen (19 May 1885 – 9 August 1962) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player in the striker position, who won a silver medal with the Danish national team in the 1908 Summer Olympics football tournament. R ...

, ''Huden er det elastiske hylster der omgiver hele legemet'' * :

Paavo Matsin Paavo Matsin (born 4 April 1970) is an Estonian writer and literary critic. An experimental writer, his first work ''Doktor Schwarz. Alkeemia 12 võtit'' appeared in 2011. His second novel was ''Sinine kaardivägi'' (''The Blue Guard'', 2013), fol ...

, ''Gogoli disko'' * :

Selja Ahava Selja Ahava (born 1974) is a Finnish writer. She studied scriptwriting in Helsinki, and has written scripts for film, TV and radio. Her debut novel ''The Day the Whale Swam through London'' (''Eksyneen muistikirja'') appeared in 2010, followed by ' ...

, ''Taivaalta tippuvat asiat'' * :

Benedict Wells Benedict Wells (born Benedict von Schirach, 29 February 1984 in Munich) is a German-Swiss novelist. Life and career Wells grew up in Bavaria. At the age of six, he was sent to a state boarding school after his parents separated and had to deal wi ...

, ''Vom Ende der Einsamkeit'' * : Gast Groeber, ''All Dag verstoppt en aneren'' * :

Claudiu M. Florian Claudiu Mihail Florian (born 1969) is a Romanian writer. He was born in Rupea in Brașov County and received a degree in German Studies from the University of Bucharest in 1994. After earning an MA degree from the same university in 1996, he obtain ...

, ''Vârstele jocului. Strada Cetății.'' * : Jasmin B. Frelih, ''Na/pol'' * : Jesús Carrasco, ''La tierra que pisamos'' * : Nenad Joldeski (Ненад Јолдески), ''Секој со своето езеро'' ''(Sekoj so svoeto ezero)''

2017

The winners were announced on 21 April 2017. * : Rudi Erëbara, ''Epika e yjeve të mëngjesit'' * : Ina Vultchanova (Ина Вълчанова), ''Остров Крах'' ''(Ostrov Krach)'' * : Bianca Bellová, ''Jezero'' * : Kallia Papadaki (Κάλλια Παπαδάκη), ''Δενδρίτες'' ''(Dendrítes)'' * : Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, ''Tvöfalt gler'' * :

Osvalds Zebris Osvalds Zebris (born 21 February 1975) is a Latvian writer and journalist. He studied economics at university, before commencing a career in public relations and communications. His first book was a collection of short stories titled ''Brīvība ...

, ''Gaiļu kalna ēnā'' * : Walid Nabhan, ''L-Eżodu taċ-Ċikonji'' * : Aleksandar Bečanović, ''Arcueil'' * : Jamal Ouariachi, ''Een honger'' * : Darko Tuševljaković, ''Jaz'' * : Sine Ergün, ''Baştankara'' * :

Sunjeev Sahota Sunjeev Sahota (born 1981) is a British novelist whose first novel, ''Ours are the Streets'', was published in January 2011 and whose second novel, ''The Year of the Runaways'', was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a Eu ...

, ''The Year of the Runaways''

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

, ''Europäesch Wolleken'' * :

(Лидија Димковска), ''Кога заминав од „Карл Либкнехт“'' ''(Koga zaminav od „Karl Liebknecht“)'' * : Gast Groeber, ''Aktuelle Wetterwarnung: überwiegend dichter Nebel'' * : Jelena Lengold, ''Jasmin i smrt'' * :

, ''O voce''

2019

The winners were announced on 24 May 2019. * :

Laura Freudenthaler Laura Freudenthaler (born 1984, Salzburg) is an Austrian writer. She studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna. Freudenthaler published a book of short stories titled ''Der Schädel der Madeleine'' in 2014. She has also pu ...

, ''Geistergeschichte'' * : Piia Leino, ''Taivas'' * : Sophie Daull, ''Au grand lavoir'' * :

Réka Mán-Várhegyi Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979) is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer. She grew up in Târgu Mureș, Romania, before moving to Hungary. She became a Hungarian citizen in 1992. Her first collection of short stories ''Unhappiness at the Aurora Housi ...

, ''Mágneshegy'' * : Beqa Adamashvili (ბექა ადამაშვილი), ''ამ რომანში ყველა კვდება'' ''(am romanshi q’vela k’vdeba)'' * : Nikos Chryssos (Νίκος Χρυσός), ''Καινούργια μέρα'' ''(Kainourgia mera)'' * : Jan Carson, ''The Firestarters'' * : Giovanni Dozzini, ''E Baboucar guidava la fila'' * : Daina Opolskaitė, ''Dienų piramidės'' * : Marta Dzido, ''Frajda'' * : Tatiana Țîbuleac, ''Grădina de sticlă'' * : Ivana Dobrakovová, ''Matky a kamionisti'' * : Haska Shyyan (Гаська Шиян), ''За спиною'' ''(Za spynoju)'' * : Melissa Harrison, ''All Among the Barley''

2020

The winners were announced on 19 May 2020. * : Nathalie Skowronek, ''La carte des regrets'' * : Lana Bastašić, ''Uhvati zeca'' * : Maša Kolanović, ''Poštovani kukci i druge jezive priče'' * : Stavros Christodoulou (Σταύρος Χριστοδούλου), ''Τη μέρα που πάγωσε ο ποταμός'' ''(Te méra pou págose o potamós)'' * : Asta Olivia Nordenhof, ''Penge på lommen'' * : Mudlum, ''Poola poisid'' * :

Matthias Nawrat Matthias Nawrat (born 1979 in Opole) is a German writer. Life Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole in Poland. He moved with his family in 1989 to Bamberg. From 2000 to 2007, he studied Biology at Heidelberg and Freiburg im Breisgau. Beginning in ...

, ''Der traurige Gast'' * : Shpëtim Selmani, ''Libërthi i dashurisë'' * : Francis Kirps, ''Die Mutationen'' * : Stefan Bošković, ''Ministar'' * : Petar Andonovski (Петар Андоновски), ''Страв од варвари'' ''(Strav od varvari)'' * : Maria Navarro Skaranger, ''Bok om sorg'' * :

Irene Solà Irene Solà Sáez (born 17 August 1990) is a Catalan writer and an artist. She has exhibited her work at the CCCB in Barcelona and the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Her first book of poems, ''Bèstia'' won the 2012 Amadeu Oller Prize and her no ...

, ''Canto jo i la muntanya balla''

2021

The winners were announced on 18 May 2021. * : Tom Kuka, ''Flama'' * : Aram Pachyan (Արամ Պաչյան), ''P/F'' * : Georgi Bardarov (Георги Бърдаров), ''Absolvo te'' * : Lucie Faulerová, ''Smrtholka'' * : Sigrún Pálsdóttir, ''Delluferðin'' * : Laura Vinogradova, ''Upe'' * : Lara Calleja, ''Kissirtu kullimkien'' * : Gerda Blees, ''Wij zijn licht'' * : Frederico Pedreira, ''A Lição do Sonâmbulo'' * : Dejan Tiago Stanković, ''Zamalek'' * : Anja Mugerli, ''Čebelja družina'' * : Maxim Grigoriev, ''Europa'' * : Amine Al Ghozzi (أمين الغزي), ''زندالي ليلة 14 جانفي 2011'' ''(zindali laylat 14 janfi 2011)''

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. Winner: * : Iva Pezuashvili (ივა ფეზუაშვილი), ''ბუნკერი'' ''(bunk’eri)'' Special mentions: * : Gaea Schoeters, ''Trofee'' * : Slađana Nina Perković, ''U jarku'' * :

Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin is a writer, musician and publisher, originally from Aghamore, County Mayo, Aghamore, County Mayo in Ireland. Biography Born in 1961 and educated in St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh, he graduated from St Patrick's Coll ...

, ''Madame Lazare'' * : Jacobo Bergareche, ''Los días perfectos'' * : Yevhenia Kuznietsova (Євгенія Кузнєцова), ''Спитайте Мієчку'' (''Spytajte Miječku'')

Translations

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

, ''Things that fall from the sky'', Oneworld Publications, 2015 * Petar Andonovski, ''Fear of Barbarians'', Parthian Books, 2021 *

, ''Dry Season'', Istros Books, 2012 * Lana Bastašić, ''Catch the Rabbit'', Picador, 2021 * Bianca Bellová, ''The Lake'', Parthian Books, 2022 * Jana Beňová, ''Seeing People Off'', Two Dollar Radio, 2017 *

, ''Violeta Among the Stars'', MacLehose Press, 2020 * Laura Sintija Cerniauskaité, ''Breathing into Marble'', Noir Press, 2017 *

, ''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 *

, ''A Spare Life'', Two Lines Press, 2016 *

, ''Land of Love and Ruins'', Restless Books, 2016 * Jasmin B. Frelih, ''In/Half'', Oneworld Pubns, 2018 *

, ''The Bureau of Past Management'', V&Q Books, 2021 * Paulus Hochgatterer, ''The Sweetness of Life'', MacLehose Press, 2006 * Çiler İlhan, ''Exile'', Istros Books, 2015 *

, ''Doom 94'', Wrecking Ball Press, 2018 *

, ''The Last Days of Ellis Island'', World Edtns Llc, 2020 * Anna Kim, ''Frozen Time'', Ariadne Press, 2008 * Jelena Lengold, ''Fairground Magician'', Istros Books, 2013 *

, ''The Ice Cream Man'', Amazon Crossing, 2012 * David Machado, ''The Shelf Life of Happiness'', Amazon Crossing, 2016 *

, ''The Gogol Disco'', Dalkey Archive Press, 2020 *

, ''In the Name of the Father (and of the Son)'', Parthian Books, 2019 *

, ''The Dutch Maiden'', World Editions International, 2016 *

, ''The Son'', Istros Books, 2013 * Birgül Oğuz, ''Hah'', World Editions International, 2016 *

, ''One Day I’ll Tell You Everything'', Text Publishing, 2020 *

, ''Life Begins on Friday'', Istros Books, 2016 * Piotr Paziński, ''The Boarding House'', Dalkey Archive, 2018 *

, ''Quiet Flows the Una'', Istros Books, 2016 *

, ''When I Sing, Mountains Dance'', Graywolf Press, 2022 *

, ''Freud's Sister'', Penguin Books, 2012 *

, ''A Head Full of Joy'', Dalkey Archive Press, 2018 *

, ''The Guard'', MacLehose Press, 2012 *

, ''Encircling'', Graywolf Press, 2017 *

, ''Something written'', World Editions International, 2016 *

, ''God Is My Witness'', Aiora Books, 2019 *

, ''The End of Loneliness'', Sceptre, 2018 * Tomáš Zmeškal, ''Love Letter in Cuneiform'', Yale University Press, 2008

References

External links

*{{Official, http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/, name=European Union Prize for Literature official website Awards established in 2009 Fiction awards European literary awards Belgian literary awards European Union 2009 establishments in the European Union