European Prize for Literature - Maša Kolanović among laureates
19/05/2020This year’s laureates of the European Prize for Literature have been announced, and among them is the Croatian author Maša Kolanović with her short story collection “Dear Insects and Other Scary Stories”.
Founded in 2009., the EU Prize for Literature includes 41 countries, members of the Creative Europe program, an initiative destined to promote the cultural and creative branches of the European territories. This year's selection included candidates from 13 countries: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Kosovo, Luxemburg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway and Spain.
Each laureate was selected by a national jury of the literary experts. Chloé Billon, Romana Perečinec, Boris Perić and Sibila Petlevski formed a Croatian jury. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was held digitally for the first time since the foundation of the prize.