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. The Consortium is composed of the European Booksellers Federation, the European Writers' Council and the Federation of European Publishers. 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 country's jury then selects a winner. After three years of rotation, all countries will have been included. Countries eligible for inclusion include:

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

Winners for 2009 were announced November 2009.

Winners for 2010 were announced 18 November 2010.

Winners for 2011 were announced 11 October 2011.

The awards ceremony was in Brussels on 22 October 2012.

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

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

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.

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