European Union Prize for Literature (est. 2009) is a European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 literary award

Literary award

A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...

. The award is funded and founded by the Culture Programme of the European Union, and is coordinated by a Consortium, selected by a Commission. The Consortium is composed of the European Booksellers Federation, the European Writers' Council and the Federation of European Publishers

Federation of European Publishers

Federation of European Publishers is an independent, non-commercial association of book publishers associations in the European Union.-Members:* Austria — Hauptverband des Österreichischen Buchhandels* Belgium — Association des Editeurs Belges...

. The Consortium sets up the national juries and organizes the awards.

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

• The 27 Member States of the European Union on 1 January 2007
• The 3 EEA
  EEA
  EEA or Eea may refer to:* Eea or Electron affinity, the energy required to detach an electron from a singly charged negative ion* River Eea, in Cumbria, England* EEA Helicopter Operations, a Dutch subsidiary of CHC Helicopter...
  
   countries: Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
• The candidate countries for accession to the EU: Turkey, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro

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

2011

Winners for 2011 were announced 11 October 2011.

• Bulgaria: Kalin Terziyski, Има ли кой да ви обича,Издателство
• The 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
  Immanuel Mifsud
  Immanuel Mifsud is a writer of poetry and prose, born in Paola, Malta. He was for a time involved in research theatre. He wrote six collections of short stories, six poetry collections, and also children stories.- Prose work :...
  
  , Fl-Isem tal-Missier (tal-iben)
• Montenegro: Andrej Nikolaidis
  Andrej Nikolaidis
  Andrej Nikolaidis is a Montenegrin-Bosnian writer, columnist, and current adviser to Ranko Krivokapić, speaker of the Montenegrin Parliament.-Biography:...
  
  , Sin
• The Netherlands: Rodaan Al Galidi, De autist en de postduif
• Serbia: Jelena Lengold, Vašarski Mađioničar
• Turkey: Ciler Ilhan, Sürgün
• United Kingdom: Adam Foulds
  Adam Foulds
  Adam Foulds 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 writing from the University of East Anglia in 2001. Foulds published The Truth About These Strange...
  
  , The Quickening Maze

2010

Winners for 2010 were announced November 18, 2010.

• Belgium: Peter Terrin, De Bewaker
• 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
• Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia: Goce Smilevski, Сестрата на Зигмунд Фројд

2009

Winners for 2009 were announced November 2009.

• Austria: Paulus Hochgatterer, Die Suesse des Lebens
• Croatia: Mila Pavicevic, Djevojcica od leda i druge bajke
• France: Emmanuelle Pagano, Les Adolescents troglodytes
• Hungary: Szécsi Noémi, Kommunista Monte Cristo
• Ireland: Karen Gillece
  Karen Gillece
  Karen Gillece is an Irish writer. She studied Law at University College Dublin and worked for several years in the telecommunications industry before turning to writing full-time. She has written four novels and her short stories have been widely published in literary journals and magazines...
  
  , Longshore Drift
• Italy: Daniele Del Giudice
  Daniele Del Giudice
  Daniele Del Giudice is an Italian author and lecturer. He lives in Venice, where he teaches Theatrical Literature at the University Iuav of Venice.-Prizes:*Viareggio Prize *Bergamo Prize...
  
  , Orizzonte mobile
• Lithuania: Laura Sintija Cerniauskaité, Kvėpavimas ¡ marmurą
• Norway: Carl Frode Tiller
  Carl Frode Tiller
  Carl Frode Tiller is a Norwegian author, historian and musician. His works are in Nynorsk , one of the two official Norwegian standard languages....
  
  , Innsirkling
• Poland: Jacek Dukaj
  Jacek Dukaj
  Jacek Dukaj is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award , Śląkfa , Żuławski Award , Kościelski Award and the European Union Prize for Literature .-Career:Dukaj studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University...
  
  , 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

External links

• European Union Prize for Literature, official website