European Prize for Literature

Not to be confused with the European Union Prize for Literature

European Prize for Literature (Prix Européen de Littérature) is a European-wide literary award sponsored by the city of Strasbourg with support from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France).^[1] The prize is award by the Jurys des Grands Prix Littéraires, in Strasbourg, at the same time as the Prix de Littérature Francophone Jean Arp and the Prix du Patrimoine Nathan Katz.^[1]

The award is presented to an author for their entire body of work, which best represents the cultural dimensions of Europe.^[1]

Honorees

Year	Author	Nationality	Ref
2006	Antonio Gamoneda	Spain
2006	Bo Carpelan	Finland	^[2]^[3]
2007	Tadeusz Różewicz	Poland	^[4]
2008	Tankred Dorst	Germany
2009	Kiki Dimoula	Greece	^[5]
2010	Tony Harrison	United Kingdom	^[6]
2011	Drago Jančar	Slovenia	^[7]
2012	Vladimir Makanin	Russia	^[8]
2013	Erri De Luca	Italy
2014	Jon Fosse	Norway	^[9]
2016	Jaan Kaplinski	Estonia	^[10]