Winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature, which recognises the best new or emerging authors in the EU, were announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair. As in previous editions, each winner of the 3rd 2011 European Union Prize for literature will get 5000 euro and the opportunity to have their book translated into other languages to boost its cross-border appeal.

In the occasion of the award of the Prize, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou, congratulated the exceptional winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature and expressed her hope that they will make use of EU support for 'literary translation' so that that as many readers as possible can enjoy their books. Commissioner Vassiliou also took the occasion to pay tribute to Europe's resilient book publishing industry, which is a world leader in its field and contributes some 23 billion euro a year to EU GDP, being an important part of the increasing source of growth that creative industries are representing in the EU.

This year's winners, who will be presented with their awards at a ceremony in Brussels on 28 November, in the presence of Commissioner Vassiliou and leading public figures from the worlds of literature, culture and politics, are:

• Kalin Terziyski (Bulgaria). Is there anybody to love you
• Tomáš Zmeškal (Czech Republic). A Love Letter in Cuneiform Script
• Kostas Hatziantoniou (Greece). Agrigento
• Ófeigur Sigurðsson (Iceland). Jon
• Inga Zolude (Latvia). A Solace for Adam’s Tree
• Iren Nigg (Liechtenstein). Wording the Places Oneself
• Immanuel Mifsud (Malta). In the Name of the Father (and of the Son)
• Andrej Nikolaidis (Montenegro). The Son
• Rodaan Al Galidi (Netherlands). The Autist and the Carrier-Pigeon
• Jelena Lengold (Serbia). Fairground Magician
• Ciler Ilhan (Turkey). Exile
• and Adam Foulds (United Kingdom). The Quickening Maze

The European Union Prize for Literature is organised by the European Commission, the European Booksellers' Federation, European Writers' Council and the Federation of European Publishers. The competition is open to the 36 countries involved in the EU Culture Programme (27 Member States, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey). Each year, national juries in 12 of the participating countries nominate the winning authors, so that all countries in the programme are represented over a three-year period.