Commission announces the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair
0n 9 October, European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou will announce the winners of the 2012 European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The 12 winners this year come from Austria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden.
The background:
The competition is open to authors in the 37 countries involved in the EU Culture Programme: the 27 EU Member States, as well as Croatia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, Iceland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. Each year, national juries in a third of these countries nominate the winning authors, so that all countries are represented over a three-year period.
The event:
Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will announce the winners during a press conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 9 October at 1.30 pm (Room Consens, Hall 4.C). A press release will be available on the day.
The sources:
Information on the Culture programme
The contacts:
Dennis Abbott +32 2 295 92 58 dennis.abbott@ec.europa.eu
Dina Avraam +32 2 295 96 67 dina.avraam@ec.europa.eu
