Purpose
12TH EUROPEAN BOOK PRIZE - Ceremony in the European Parliament on December 5th
Section
InfoSociety
Event Location
Brussels
Event Description
12TH EUROPEAN BOOK PRIZE - Ceremony in the European Parliament on December 5th
12th European book prize winners:
- In the non-fiction category: ORBAN – Europe’s new Strongman, Paul Lendvai, Editions Hurst & Company, London
- In the fiction, narrative category: Les Amnésiques, Géraldine Schwarz, Editions Flammarion
The prize is awarded by a jury to senior editors and correspondents working on European journalism in Brussels and is presided over each year by a prominent artist – in 2018 Krzysztof Warlikowski, the Polish stage director.
The jury also decided to award a special prize to Philippe Sands for his book East West Street published in 2018 in France as Retour à Lemberg.
The 2 prize winners will receive their prize at a ceremony in the European Parliament at 6 pm on December 5th presided over by Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, Pascal Lamy, President of the Organizing Committee of the European Book Prize and Krzysztof Warlikowski, President of the Jury.
The European Book Prize was set up in 2007 by Jacques Delors by the Paris based organisation Spirit of Europe run by France Roque. The Prize seeks to promote the best of European writing by awarding a prize for fiction or narrative and non-fiction each year to a book that explores the meaning of the European Union.
Related Events
16 May 2017
29 Jan 2017
In an era of digitalization, people are going to count even more. They interpret big data and exercise judgment.
Join us to discuss innovations in business and the impact of technology on professionals!
07 Dec 2016
29 Nov 2016
Press Freedom in a Digital World:
The value of Copyright
12 Oct 2016
PRESS INVITATION
Media Briefing: EIT Digital Strategic Innovation Agenda 2017- 19
Pages
Events of the week
Jobs
logos Public Affairs
Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V.
ECIIA- European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing
CLERENS
European Business Summits
Cycling Industries Europe
Germany Trade & Invest
Dutch Banking Association
Future Matters
EURACTIV News
- Ambitious EU seeks to improve Middle Corridor trade route, secure position in Central Asia [Advocacy Lab Content]
- European Health Data Space can help create Ireland’s fit-for-purpose health system [Advocacy Lab Content]
- Irish pharma sector quizzes European election candidates on innovation, sustainability, and regulation [Advocacy Lab Content]
- Why the EU benchmarking on the rule of law needs to be revised
- EU too slow in getting back misspent funds, Court of Auditors warns