Awards Ceremony 2009

The ceremony took place in Brussels on 28th September 2009.

The consortium has co organised the awards ceremony, whose aim it is to put the public spotlight on the EULP and its European dimension.

In the Flagey Theatre in Brussels, 12 emerging European authors received the new European Union Prize for Literature during a ceremony attended by 800 people from the European cultural scene. President José Manuel Barroso and writer Henning Mankell launched the event with a dialogue about literature. They concluded that the real value of this prize will be its success to get literature across borders in Europe and beyond.

Pirjo Hiidenmaa, European Writers' Council President, John McNamee, European Booksellers Federation President and Federico Motta, Federation of European Publishers President, represented the consortium of the EUPL.

Video of the event: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/glance/glance2377_en.htm

Programme of the event

Winners on stage

Audience (on right Odile Quintin, Director General DG EAC and Doris Pack, Chairwoman of Culture Committee)

Dialogue between President Barroso and Henning Mankell

Patron of the 2009 Prize and writer, Henning Mankell

President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso

Ireland: Karen Gillece and Commissioner Figel'

France: Emmanuelle Pagano, Eduardo Manet and President Barroso

Croatia: Mila Pavicevic and Commissioner Figel'

Italy: Daniele Del Giudice and President Barroso

Lithuania: Laura Sintija Cerniauskaité and Commissioner Figel'

Austria: Paulus Hochgatterer, Heinz Lunzer and President Barroso

Poland: Vera Michalski (publisher of Jacek Dukaj); Prof. Jerzy Jarzębski and Doris Pack, Chairwoman Culture Committee

Portugal: Maria Dulce Cardoso and President Barroso

Sweden: Helena Henschen, Magnus Jacobsson and Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (Swedish Culture Minister)

Slovakia: Pavol Rankov, Alexander Halvoník, Jan Figel'

Family picture