The 12 winning authors from the participating countries in 2011 received the award for their work by Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, the Commissioner in charge of Culture, Education, Multilingualism and Youth in the presence of HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Mrs Doris Pack, MEP, and Mr Bogdan Zdrojewski, Polish Minister for Culture and Heritage, and other public figures from the fields of culture, literature and politics.
The 2011 Award Ceremony took place at the Plaza hotel in Brussels on Monday 28 November2011
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