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Europe Book Prize
The European Book Prize () is a European Union literary award established in 2007. It is organized by the association Esprit d'Europe in Paris. It seeks to promote European values, and to contribute to European citizens' better understanding of the European Union as a cultural entity. Eligible books must have been published in one of the 27 European Union (EU) member-states in the preceding year, in the original language or a translation. Works are submitted in one of two categories: ''essai'' (which in French means, something broader than the English "essay") and ''romans et récits'' ("novels and narratives"). A long list is drawn up by the organizers in Paris; the number varies but for example, in 2011, there were 50 essais plus 47 romans et recits. These are then sent to a "sponsorship committee" which narrows it down to about a seven title shortlist, which are then given to a new committee of judges, composed of journalists and authors. The European Book Prize was founded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Schlögel
Karl Schlögel (born 7 March 1948 in Hawangen, Bavaria, Germany) is a noted German historian of Eastern Europe who specialises in modern Russia, the history of Stalinism, the Russian diaspora and dissident movements, Eastern European cultural history and theoretical problems of historical narration. Life and career Schlögel studied philosophy, sociology, East European History and Slavic Studies at the Free University of Berlin from 1969 to 1981; this choice was inspired by visits to Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union in 1965 and 1966 respectively. In these years he was actively involved in the left-wing student movement, publishing articles in various journals and articles. He reflected on this chapter in his life in the volume "''Partei kaputt: Das Scheitern der KPD und die Krise der Linken''" (''Party kaputt: The failure of the West German Communist Party and the crisis of the Left''.). In 1982-1983 he went to the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University on a research fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2010. Events *February – The Wheeler Centre, Australia's "literary hub", is officially opened. *April 3 – The Apple Inc., Apple iPad electronic book-reading device is released. *April 12 – The little-known U.S. author Paul Harding (author), Paul Harding wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel ''Tinkers (novel), Tinkers'' (2009 in literature, 2009) published by the tiny Bellevue Literary Press. *June 24 – Neil Gaiman becomes the first author to win both the Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal and the Newbery Medal for the same book — ''The Graveyard Book''. *July 27 – Stieg Larsson's ''Millennium Trilogy'' becomes an international sensation, with a total of 27 million copies sold worldwide as of May 2010. On July 27 Amazon says that Larsson is the first author to sell more than 1 million Amazon Kindle, Kindle e-books.Stephen Lowman, "Book World", page 12, Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luuk Van Middelaar
Luuk Johannes van Middelaar (born 9 May 1973 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch historian and political philosopher. From December 2009 to 2014 he was a member of the ''cabinet'' of Herman Van Rompuy, the first full-time President of the European Council. Van Middelaar is best known for his book ''The Passage to Europe'' (originally published in 2009 and widely translated). Van Middelaar studied history and philosophy at the University of Groningen and the Centre Raymond Aron of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociale in Paris. In 1999 his master's thesis (''doctoraalscriptie'' in Dutch) was published as ''Politicide'' and awarded the Prix de Paris and the Prize for Liberty ( Nova Civitas). He became for a time an adviser and speechwriter to Frits Bolkestein (2002–2004) and Jozias van Aartsen (2004–2006). In 2009 he received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam with a ''cum laude'' distinction. In 2012 he was awarded the European Book Prize and the Prix Louis Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Bauerdick
Rolf Bauerdick (2 February 1957 – 26 February 2018) was a German writer and photographer. His novel ''Wie die Madonna auf den Mond kam'' won the European Book Prize The European Book Prize () is a European Union literary award established in 2007. It is organized by the association Esprit d'Europe in Paris. It seeks to promote European values, and to contribute to European citizens' better understanding of t ... and was translated into English by David Dollenmayer under the title ''The Madonna on the Moon''. He has also won the Hansel Mieth Prize for his photography. References 1957 births German male novelists German male photographers 2018 deaths {{improve categories, date=April 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2012. Events *January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death. *January 20 – British novelist Salman Rushdie cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from ''The Satanic Verses'', which is The Satanic Verses controversy, banned in the country. *February – James Joyce's children's story ''The Cats of Copenhagen'' is published for the first time by Ithys Press in Dublin. *March – The discovery is announced of a collection of fairy tales gathered by the historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth and locked in a Regensburg archive for more than 150 years. *April – While attending the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian (writer), Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Bikont
Anna Bikont (born 17 July 1954) is a Polish journalist for the ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' newspaper in Warsaw. She is the author of several books, including ''My z Jedwabnego'' (2004) about the 1941 Jedwabne pogrom, which was published in English as '' The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne'' (2015). The French edition, ''Le crime et le silence'', won the European Book Prize in 2011. Barnes, Julian (19 November 2015)"Even Worse than We Thought" ''New York Review of Books''. Early life and education Bikont was born in a Polish-Jewish family in Warsaw to journalist and Catholic-Polish writer Andrzej Kruczkowski. She has a sister, Maria Kruczkowska. A psychologist by training, Bikont also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gotenborg. Career Bikont worked at the University of Warsaw as a research assistant in psychology from 1980 to 1989. She joined Solidarity in 1980, becoming the editor of ''Informację Solidarności'', an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Z Jedwabnego
''The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne'' is a 2004 book by Polish journalist Anna Bikont on the Jedwabne massacre, a 1941 pogrom of Polish Jews in Jedwabne, Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occupied Poland. Content The book was first published in Polish as ''My z Jedwabnego'' (2004, "Jedwabne: Battlefield of Memory"). It was next published in French under the title ''Le Crime et le Silence: Jedwabne 1941, la mémoire d'un pogrom dans la Pologne d'aujourd'hui'' (2011) which won the European Book Prize.Barnes, Julian (16 December 2011)"Judging the European Book prize for 2011" ''The Guardian''. The English translation by Alissa Valles was published in 2015. Other translations include: in Swedish as ''Vi från Jedwabne'' (2015); in Hebrew as ''Anaḥnu mi-Yedṿabneh : ha-peshaʻ ṿe-ha-hashtaḳah'' (2016); in Dutch as ''De misdaad en het zwijgen : Jedwabne 1941, de levende herinnering aan een pogrom in Polen'' (2016); in Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crime And The Silence
''The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne'' is a 2004 book by Polish journalist Anna Bikont on the Jedwabne massacre, a 1941 pogrom of Polish Jews in Jedwabne, German-occupied Poland. Content The book was first published in Polish as ''My z Jedwabnego'' (2004, "Jedwabne: Battlefield of Memory"). It was next published in French under the title ''Le Crime et le Silence: Jedwabne 1941, la mémoire d'un pogrom dans la Pologne d'aujourd'hui'' (2011) which won the European Book Prize.Barnes, Julian (16 December 2011)"Judging the European Book prize for 2011" ''The Guardian''. The English translation by Alissa Valles was published in 2015. Other translations include: in Swedish as ''Vi från Jedwabne'' (2015); in Hebrew as ''Anaḥnu mi-Yedṿabneh : ha-peshaʻ ṿe-ha-hashtaḳah'' (2016); in Dutch as ''De misdaad en het zwijgen : Jedwabne 1941, de levende herinnering aan een pogrom in Polen'' (2016); in Chinese as ''Zui xing yu chen mo : Zhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Barnes
Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 with ''The Sense of an Ending'', having been shortlisted three times previously with ''Flaubert's Parrot'', ''England, England'', and ''Arthur & George''. Barnes has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh (having married Pat Kavanagh (agent), Pat Kavanagh). In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories, as well as two memoirs and a nonfiction book, ''The Man in the Red Coat'', about people of Belle Époque Paris in the arts. In 2004, he became a Commandeur of L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His honours also include the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He was awarded the 2021 Jerusalem Prize. Early life Barnes was born in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England, on 19 January 1946, although his family moved to the outer suburbs of London six weeks afterwards. Both of his parents were Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Leo
Maxim Leo (born 30 January 1970) is a German journalist and author. He was born in East German and studied Political Science at the Free University of Berlin. He has been an editor at the ''Berliner Zeitung'' since 1997. In 2011, he won the European Book Prize for his book ''Red Love'', detailing his family's history during the Cold War in East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on .... References 1970 births Living people Free University of Berlin alumni Journalists from Berlin Writers from Berlin {{Germany-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2011. Events *June 7 – Ransom Riggs publishes his young-adult novel ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'', which pins its narrative around a series of earlier vernacular photography, private photographs he had collected. It remains top of ''The New York Times'' Children's Chapter Books list for 45 weeks and founds a series of five novels. *July – J. K. Rowling ends her relationship with her long-standing agent Christopher Little Literary Agency, Christopher Little and joins his rival, Neil Blair (agent), Neil Blair. *September 24 – The first 100 Thousand Poets for Change Day takes place, the organization having been founded by Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion in March. *November 12 – The Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library opens in Istanbul, Turkey. New books Fiction *Chris Adrian – ''The Great Night (novel), The Great Night'' *David Almond – ''The True Tale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano (; born 22 September 1979) is an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. In his writings, including articles and his book ''Gomorrah (book), Gomorrah'', he uses literature and investigative reporting to tell of the economic reality of the territory and business of organized crime in Italy, in particular the Camorra, Camorra crime syndicate, and of organized crime more generally. After receiving death threats in 2006 made by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, a clan which he had denounced in his exposé and in the piazza of Casal di Principe during a demonstration in defence of legality, Saviano was put under a strict security protocol. Since 13 October 2006, he has lived under police protection. Saviano has collaborated with numerous important Italian and international newspapers. Currently, he writes for the Italian publications ''l'Espresso'', ''la Repubblica'', and ''The Post Internazionale''. Internationally, he collaborates in the United States with ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
