Awards Ceremonies:

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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Awards ceremony 2011
John McNamee - EBF President, Pirjo Hiidenmaa - EWC President, Fergal Tobin -FEP President
Vladimir Sucha (Director for Culture, Multilingualism and Communication - European Commission), Ann Branch (Head of Unit Culture programme and actions, European Commission) , Damian Horner (master of Ceremony)
European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou welcoming Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, John Mc Namee, Pirjo Hiidenmaa, Fergal Tobin and Vladimir Sucha
Doris Pack (European Parliament), Princess Laurentien, Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou
Authors invited on the stage
Damian Horner and the authors on the stage
Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou
Rodaan Al Galidi, winning author The Netherlands
Androulla Vassiliou, Damian Horner and Adam Foulds winning author United Kingdom
Kostas Hatziantoniou, winning author Greece
Polish Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski, Princess Laurentien and Doris Pack
Bogdan Zdrojewski, Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Vice Prime Minister of Serbia Bozidar Djelic and Jelena Lengold winning author Serbia
Immanuel Mifsud winning author Malta
Iren Nigg winning author Liechtenstein
Branislav Micunovic, Minister of Culture, Montenegro and Andrej Nikolaidis winning author Montenegro
John Mc Namee, president of the European Booksellers Federation
MEP Doris Pack, chairwoman of Culture and Education Committee
Ofeigur Sigurdsson winning author Iceland
Kalin Terziyski winning author Bulgaria
Tomáš Zmeškal winning author Czech Republic
Inga Zolude winning author Latvia
Fergal Tobin, President of the European Publishers Federation
Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou closing the Ceremony
Polish Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski, Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, MEP Doris Pack and Damian Horner
Family picture
Family picture - on the screen: Princess Laurentien,  Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski and Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou
Andrej Nikolaidis, winning author Montenegro giving interview after the ceremony
Iren Nigg, winning author Liechtenstein
Tarik Gunersel, president of Turkish jury and Nermin Mollaoglu agent of winning author Çiler İlhan, Turkey