Bit late with the news, but the first European Union Prize for Literature was announced last week. This is a strange one, in that it runs over three years, with a writer from each country in the European Union being recognised, with the countries split over the period. Like so:
- Phase 1, 2009: Austria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden.
- Phase 2, 2010: Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia and Spain.
- Phase 3, 2011: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Serbia, The Netherlands, Turkey and United Kingdom.
The Sweetness Of Life, Paulus Hochgatterer
Ice Girl and other Fairy-tales, Mila Pavicevic
Les Adolescents Troglodytes, Emmanuelle Pagano
Communist Monte Cristo, Sz?csi No?mi
Longshore Drift, Karen Gillece
Movable Horizon, Daniele Del Giudice
Breathing Into Marble, Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė
Encirclement, Carl Frode Tiller
ICE, Jacek Dukaj
Os Meus Sentimentos, Dulce Maria Cardos
It happened On September The First (Or Whenever), Pavol Rankov
The Shadow Of A Crime, Helena Henschen
Ice Girl and other Fairy-tales, Mila Pavicevic
Les Adolescents Troglodytes, Emmanuelle Pagano
Communist Monte Cristo, Sz?csi No?mi
Longshore Drift, Karen Gillece
Movable Horizon, Daniele Del Giudice
Breathing Into Marble, Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė
Encirclement, Carl Frode Tiller
ICE, Jacek Dukaj
Os Meus Sentimentos, Dulce Maria Cardos
It happened On September The First (Or Whenever), Pavol Rankov
The Shadow Of A Crime, Helena Henschen