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Writer's award

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NICOSIA - Myrto Azina Chronides from Cyprus is amongst eleven writers that are receiving this evening the 2010 EU prize for literature, in a gala ceremony taking place at the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS) in Brussels.

The prize is aimed at young and emerging writers. The 11 winners this year were selected by national juries in Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The prizes will be awarded by Androulla Vassiliou, the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, together with Doris Pack, Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Committee on Education and Culture, and Fadila Laanan, Minister for Culture of the French Community of Belgium, representing the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Chronides, the author of “The experiment”, said in her statement, she always regarded literature as an inner need to communicate her world to others.

“Literature is a continuous process of opening gates in the core substance of the human mind and soul, inviting the reader to enter and become a part of the writer. The Prize is the key opening the biggest gate” she added.

“This prize is a European investment in literature and made me proud of being a European citizen” Chronides said.

The Prize is jointly organized by the European Commission with the European Writers' Council, the Federation of European Publishers and the European Booksellers Federation.

The Prize is co-funded through the EU Culture Programme which also offers funding for the translation of literary works. Since 2007, it has provided 8.5 million euros for the translation of 1500 books.

[Filitsa]

Thanks for that, Lit.

[Oracle]

Good news, thanks, Lit.


The winning books were:


Belgium: Peter Terrin, De Bewaker (The Guard)

Cyprus: Myrto Azina Chronides, To Peirama (The Experiment)

Denmark: Adda Djørup, Den mindste modstand (The least resistance)

Estonia: Tiit Aleksejev, Palveränd (The Pilgrimage)

Finland: Riku Korhonen , Lääkäriromaani (Doctor Novel)

Germany: Iris Hanika, Das Eigentliche (The Bottom Line)

Luxembourg: Jean Back, Amateur

Romania: Răzvan Rădulescu, Teodosie cel Mic (Theodosius the Small)

Slovenia: Nataša Kramberger, Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah (Heaven in a blackberry bush: novel in stories)

Spain: Raquel Martínez-Gómez, Sombras de unicornio (Shadows of the unicorn)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Goce Smilevski, Сестрата на Зигмунд Фројд (Sigmund Freud's sister)


http://ec.europa.eu/culture/news/news2950_en.htm