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The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, is an annual initiative to recognise the best emerging fiction writers in Europe.

The Prize aims to put the spotlight on the creativity and diverse wealth of Europe’s contemporary literature in the field of fiction, to promote the circulation of literature within Europe and to encourage greater interest in non-national literary works.

Since 2009, EUPL has recognized 176 authors. The works of the selected winners are promoted in the hopes to reach a wider and international audience, and to touch readers beyond national and linguistic borders.

Find out more about the EUPL

Our 2024 Nominees

Have a look at our outstanding authors below.
You can access their personal profiles by clicking on their names.


Recent updates 

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EUPL at Thessaloniki Book Fair 2024
16 May 24
20η Διεθνής Έκθεση Βιβλίου Θεσσαλονίκης (thessalonikibookfair.gr)
Bookshop event
Panni Puskás at Könyvek Boltja
09 May 24
The event will take place on Saturday, 9 May at 18:00, at Könyvek Boltja (Ady E. utca 18.
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Pannis Puskás bookshop event
04 May 24
We are organizing an event at a cultural venue for the Hungarian author Panni Puskás, 

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The European Union Prize for Literature reveals 2021 Anthology

The EUPL Consortium, comprising of the European Writers’ Council (EWC), the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) and the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), leading the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), is happy – together with the European Commission – to reveal the 2021 edition of its yearly European Stories publication: the EUPL 2021 Anthology.

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EUPL reviews: where EUPL winners reflect on books from their co-laureates

This summer, we launched this exciting series on #EUPLreviews, where our EUPL laureates read and review other EUPL winning books. In the latest installment, Noémi Szécsi, laureate of the prize for Hungary in 2009, read 'Heaven', the EUPL winning book of our 2019 laureate from Finland, Piia Leino. Noémi shares her thoughts on the book below . 

(Re)watch the EUPL 2020 laureates on "A journey through European Stories"

Each year, the EU Prize for Literature (EUPL) recognises emerging fiction writers in Europe. Come meet the 13 laureates of the EUPL 2020 as they take you on a literary journey across the old continent. Starting in Berlin with German winner Matthias Nawrat and journalist Thomas Böhm, the EUPL laureates read excerpts from each others' awarded books, opening up windows onto people and stories coming from Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway and Spain.

EUPL Digital Initiatives

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the European Union Prize for Literature is joining the #CreativeEuropeAtHome movement with the rest of the Creative Europe community by developping a new range of cultural initiatives online. While live events might be on hold at the moment, we stay commited to helping European stories - and European authors - cross frontiers, be it georgraphic or digital.

Find the list of our #EUPLonline activities below. Check back regularly for updates!​

European Union Prize for Literature announces 2020 laureates

The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) recognises emerging fiction writers from across Europe. During a cycle of three years, the award includes 41 countries participating in the Creative Europe programme – an initiative aiming at strengthening Europe’s cultural and creative sectors. The EUPL was launched in 2009, and since then it has recognised 122 writers, through 11 editions.

We are pleased to announce the thirteen laureates of the 2020 edition:

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