Irene Solà in Toulouse for several literary events
Three Spanish authors attended the 'Marathon des mots' literary festival, which is always sensitive to new Hispanic literature: Elena Medel, Miqui Otero and EUPL laureate Irene Solà (Spain, 2020).
Three Spanish authors attended the 'Marathon des mots' literary festival, which is always sensitive to new Hispanic literature: Elena Medel, Miqui Otero and EUPL laureate Irene Solà (Spain, 2020).
On 28 June, Jan Carson participated in several events in Toulouse as part of the 'Marathon des mots' literary festival. She gave interviews and readings of her EUPL-awarded book ‘The Fire Starters’ (Transworld, 2019), translated in French by Sabine Wespieser Editions in 202
A ‘Literary marathon’ took place on 9 June, during the Book World Prague Festival.
A selection of EUPL laureates joined the event, representing the diversity of languages rewarded by the Prize: David Machado (Portugal, 2015), author of ‘Indice Medio de Felicidade’ (Average Happiness Index, Dom Quixote, 2013), Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, 2014), who won the Prize with ‘Jarðnæði’ (Land of love; plan of ruins, Bjartur, 2011) and Antonis Georgiou (Cyprus, 2016), author of Ένα αλπούμ ιστορίες’ (An Album of Stories, Το Ροδακιό, 2014).
EUPL Spanish laureates Raquel Martínez-Gómez (2010), Jesús Carrasco (2016), and the 2022 special mention Jacobo Bergareche participated in a panel discussion during this year's Madrid Book Fair, discussing their new novels.
The 24th International Book Fair Santo Domingo 2022 (Dominican Republic) will be held in Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo) from 23 April to 2 May. This year's theme is “Ven al libro” (Come to the book) and the special guest is the European Union.
As special guest, the EU will hold a pavilion which will be showcasing a collection of books by writers who have won the European Union Prize for Literature.
In addition, three EUPL laureates will come in person to the Book Fair this weekend (30 April - 1 May) to conduct interviews:
The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) recognises emerging fiction writers from the European Union and beyond. Engaging the 41 countries participating in the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, the Prize celebrates 41 outstanding new literary talents across a cycle of three years. Spotlighting the creativity and the immense and diverse wealth of Europe’s contemporary literature in the field of fiction, EUPL aims to encourage the circulation of literature within Europe and encourage greater interest in non-national literary works.
Read excerpts from the 14 novels nominated for the European Union Prize for Literature 2022
Discover the authors and novels nominated for the EUPL 2022 and read the excerpts from their books before the overall winner and five special mentions are announced on 22 April. The excerpts have been translated from their original languages into English and French.
Download the file here to read the collated excerpts in French.
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Get to know EUPL 2020 Spanish laureate Irene Solà, as she presents the English translation of the EUPL-winning novel at the London Book Fair
Where: Author HQ
When: Thursday, 7 April, 11:45 - 12:30
Introducing Walid Nabhan, award-winning Maltese poet, novelist, and literary translator, who will take part in two panels at the London Book Fair 2022.
Where: Poet’s Corner
When: Tuesday, 5 April, 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us in celebrating the British launch of the novels W by Igor Štiks and August, After Midnight by Luka Bekavac, both translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać.
When: Monday, 4 April 2022, from 7 pm BST
Where: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
The authors will be in conversation with:
Ruth Padel, poet and novelist
Chris Agee, poet and essayist
Seid Serdarević, publisher
More information in the attached flyer.