The EBRD Literature Prize is a

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Man ...

established in 2017 by the

European Bank of Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, shortened to EBRD ( French: ''Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement'' or ''BERD''), is an international financial institution founded in 1991 in Paris. As a multilate ...

. As per the bank, the prize celebrates the "literary richness" of its operational regions, which span some 40 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. The prize is worth €20,000; it is shared equally by the writer and the translator. Funding for the prize is provided by the member nations of the EBRD, in cooperation with the

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. The inaugural winner was the

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writer

Burhan Sönmez Burhan Sönmez (born 1965) is a Kurdish novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021. He is also Senior Member and a By-Fellow of Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge. Sönme ...

who won for his book ''Istanbul Istanbul''.

Winners and nominees

= winner

References

{{reflist International literary awards Awards established in 2017