Writer Laura Vinogradova / Article receives the European Union Prize for Literature

On 18 May, the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature from 13 Member States were named. An award from the authors nominated by Latvia received by Laura Vinogradova for the book “River”, announced the awards Homepage. –

The European Union Prize for Literature was established in 2009 to promote young European writers. The award includes 41 countries participating in the Creative Europe program. One author from each country is awarded, with one third of the Member States evaluated each year. Thus, every three years, each country is represented in the competition.

This year, nominees were selected from 14 countries – Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia and Sweden – but according to the award jury, the Moldovan nominees did not comply with the award regulations. the prize was not awarded this year. A full list of winners is available for awards Homepage.

In addition to Laura Vinogradova, Jana Egle from Latvia was nominated for the award with her book “Birthday”, Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce with “The Boy Who Saw in the Dark” and Sven Kuzmin with “Hohma”.

Vinogradovas work “River” is a ghost, which the publishers of “Zvaigzne ABC” describe as “a painful, emotionally rich and literally valuable message about the search for a place and fulfillment in life.” The life of Rute, the main character of the book, is prosperous, but it is filled with emptiness, which is made more and more intolerable by memories of harsh childhood, longing for a long-lost sister, painful thoughts of a mother in prison, inability to open to people closest to her, Stephen. Rute never knew his father, but when he dies, leaving his daughter’s inheritance of a country house by the river, Rute flees there – fleeing the city, from the people, from himself.

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