The latest winners of the European Prizes for Literature, each worth €5,000, were announced at London Book Fair yesterday.

The winners are:

• Carolina Schutti (Austria);
• Luka Bekavac (Croatia);
• Gaëlle Josse (France);
• Edina Szvoren (Hungary);
• Donal Ryan (Ireland);
• Lorenzo Amurri (Italy);
• Undine Radzeviciute (Lithuania);
• Ida Hegazi Høyer (Norway);
• Magdalena Parys (Poland);
• David Machado (Portugal);
• Svetlana Žuchová (Slovakia);
• Sara Stridsberg (Sweden).

Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, said: “This is the only book award dedicated to the best up-and-coming authors from all over Europe, regardless of their country of origin or language. With this prize and our continued support for translations of literary works, we are helping literature cross borders and enabling readers to enjoy the wealth of writing talent we have. This is crucial: literature opens the mind, allowing us to come closer together and understand each other better, which is now more vital than ever.”

via Publishers Weekly (London Book Fair coverage)