European Union Prize for Literature – award ceremony

The Consortium in charge of running the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), has decided – together with the Creative Europe program – to change the EUPL 2020 Award Ceremony due to take place on 29 September in Brussels to an online event.

The online ceremony of the EUPL 2020 is held on December 14, at 18.30 (Central European Time).and will be an occasion to celebrate and promote the 13 laureates of 2020.

The 13 laureates of 2020

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth announced the 13 winning writers from 13 European countries on 19 May:

• 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 Nordentoft, 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 Skarange, Bok om sorg (Book of grief)
• Spain: Irene Solà, Canto jo i la muntanya balla (I sing and the mountain dances)

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Background

National juries comprised of publishers, booksellers, authors and critics have selected the winners from each of the 13 countries participating in 2020.

The following organisations comprise the consortium in charge of organising the European Union Prize for Literature:

• the European Writers’ Council (EWC)
• the Federation of European Publishers (FEP)
• the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF)

The Prize has been recognising emerging fiction writers from across Europe since 2009. Since its first year, the European Commission has given awards to 122 authors in 11 editions of the prize.