{"id":3163427,"date":"2021-11-12T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/writers-from-western-balkans-among-laureates-of-eu-prize-for-literature\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:17:11","slug":"writers-from-western-balkans-among-laureates-of-eu-prize-for-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/writers-from-western-balkans-among-laureates-of-eu-prize-for-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers from Western Balkans among laureates of EU prize for literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) celebrates emerging fiction writers in Europe and beyond. On 9 November, the EUPL 2021 Award Ceremony honoured the\u00a013 laureates<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>of the current edition of the prize, among them Tom Kuka from Albania and Dejan Tiago Stankovi\u0107 from Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, welcomed the 2021 laureates saying, \u201cThe European Prize for Literature exists to make sure that all Europeans have access to the cultural diversity that our continent has to offer. It is a symbol of the many concrete actions that the EU is doing to facilitate the circulation of books in Europe and beyond. 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