European Prize for Literature

Not to be confused with European Union Prize for Literature.

European Prize for Literature (Prix Européen de Littérature) is a European-wide literary award sponsored by the city of Strasbourg with support from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France).^[1] The prize is awarded by the Jurys des Grands Prix Littéraires, in Strasbourg, at the same time as the Prix de Littérature Francophone Jean Arp and the Prix du Patrimoine Nathan Katz.^[1]

The award is presented to an author for their entire body of work, which best represents the cultural dimensions of Europe.^[1]

Honorees

Year	Author	Nationality	Ref
2006	Antonio Gamoneda	Spain
2006	Bo Carpelan	Finland	[2][3]
2007	Tadeusz Różewicz	Poland	[4]
2008	Tankred Dorst	Germany
2009	Kiki Dimoula	Greece	[5]
2010	Tony Harrison	United Kingdom	[6]
2011	Drago Jančar	Slovenia	[7]
2012	Vladimir Makanin	Russia	[8]
2013	Erri De Luca	Italy
2014	Jon Fosse	Norway	[9]
2016	Jaan Kaplinski	Estonia	[10]

References

1. About (the Prix Europeen de Litterature) Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, official website.(in French)
2. Antoine Wicker (March 11, 2006). "La voix de Bo Carpelan". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2012.
3. Pierre Grouix (March 23, 2006). "Hommage à Bo Carpelan, Prix européen de littérature". Institut Finlandais (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2012.
4. "L'Association capitale européenne des littératures décerne ses prix". Livres Hebdo (in French). November 14, 2011. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
5. Pascal Maillard (March 25, 2012). "Drago Jančar ou la mélancolie de la résistance". Mediapart (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2012.
6. Graeme Neill (14 March 2011). "Harrison awarded European prize for literature". The Bookseller. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
7. "Drago Jancar est lauréat du Prix européen de littérature 2011". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). Retrieved October 25, 2012.
8. "Vladimir Makanin wins European Prize for literature". Voice of Russia. TASS. November 13, 2012. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
9. "Laureate 2014 (Press Release)" (PDF). City of Strasbourg. 19 November 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
10. "THE EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2016 is awarded to JAAN KAPLINSKI (ESTONIA)". 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

External links

• European Prize for Literature, official website. (in French)