On 17 August 2023, an event with this year’s EUPL Special Mention Iida Rauma took place at Akateeminen Bookshop in Helsinki. Within the scope of ‘Helsingin Kirjojen Yössä’, the event will celebrate Iida Rauma’s success and her EUPL-awarded novel Hävitys (Destruction).
You can find more information about the event on the bookshop’s website.
Distribution of anthologies and event with Lana Bastasic (EUPL 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina), translated into Romanian.
The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) recognises emerging fiction writers from the European Union and beyond. Engaging the 41 countries participating in the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, the Prize celebrates 41 outstanding new literary talents across a cycle of three years. Spotlighting the creativity and the diverse wealth of Europe’s contemporary literature in the field of fiction, EUPL aims to encourage the circulation of literature within Europe and encourage greater interest in non-national literary works.
On 7 March 15:00 at BolognaBookPlus, side programme of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the names of the 13 nominated books for the European Union Prize for Literature 2023 will be revealed.
Come and discover the spotlighted authors, who will showcase the diverse wealth of Europe’s contemporary literature in the field of fiction, and promote the circulation of non-national literary works beyond linguistic borders.
24 February 2023 - Presentation of Haska Shyyan's (Ukraine, EUPL 2019) book translated into Lithuanian, with translator Beatričė Beliavciv.
The EU will be Guest of Honour at the largest book fair in the Spanish-speaking world in Guadalajara, Mexico. For this occasion, we are organizing on 27, 28 and 29 November on the Big Stage of the Pavillion three panel discussions moderated by Jacobo Bergareche (Spain, EUPL 2022) with the following authors:
Monday 27 November – 14:00-15:30
- Walid Nabhan (Malta, EUPL 2017)
- Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin (Ireland, EUPL 2022)
- Stavros Christodoulou (Cyprus, EUPL 2020)
Tuesday 28 November – 15:30-17:00
On Wednesday 18 October at 13:00 at the Frankfurt Studio, after an introduction by Georg Häusler (DG EAC Director, European Commission) and Iva Pezuashvili (Georgia, EUPL 2022), the EUPL 2023 award winner Martina Vidaić will dialogue with Jasmin B. Frelih (Slovenia, EUPL 2016) about her winning book and what the EUPL can do for emerging writers.
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Celebrating Marit Kapla’s nomination for the EU Prize for Literature (EUPL) with music and reading
