The Aristeion Prize was a European literary annual prize. It was given to authors for significant contributions to contemporary European literature, and to translators for exceptional translations of contemporary European literary works.
The prize was established by the European Council in May 1989, as a way to promote of books and reading. Each year a jury composed of members selected by European Union countries decided on the winners. Works eligible for prizes had to be published in the three years preceding the date for the submission of entries.
It was awarded in a different Capital of Culture each year. It was first awarded in Glasgow in 1990 and was awarded every year until 1999 in Weimar. It was then discontinued and replaced by the EU's Culture 2000 programme, itself succeeded by the European Union Prize for Literature.
Winners European Literary Prize Year City Literary Winner Work 1990 Glasgow Jean Echenoz (France) Lac 1991 Dublin Mario Luzi (Italy) Frasi e incisi di un canto salutare 1992 Madrid Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Spain) Galíndez 1993 Antwerp Cees Nooteboom (Netherlands) Het volgende verhaal 1994 Lisbon Juan Marsé (Spain) El embrujo de Shanghai 1995 Luxembourg Herta Müller (Germany) Herztier 1996 Copenhagen Salman Rushdie (United Kingdom)Christoph Ransmayr (Austria) The Moor's Last SighMorbus Kitahara 1997 Thessaloniki Antonio Tabucchi (Italy) Sostiene Pereira 1998 Stockholm Hugo Claus (Belgium) De Geruchten 1999 Weimar José Hierro (Spain) Cuaderno de Nueva York
European Translation Prize Year City Translation Winner Work 1990 Glasgow Michael Hamburger (United Kingdom) Paul Celan: Poems of Paul Celan 1991 Dublin Frans van Woerden (Netherlands) Louis-Ferdinand Céline: De Brug van Londen - Guignol's Band II 1992 Madrid Sokrates Kapsaskis (Greece) James Joyce: Ulysses 1993 Antwerp Françoise Wuilmart (Belgium) Ernst Bloch: Das Prinzip Hoffnung 1994 Lisbon Giovanni Raboni (Italy) Marcel Proust: À la recherche du temps perdu 1995 Luxembourg Dieter Hornig (Austria) Henri Michaux: Un barbare en Asie 1996 Copenhagen Thorkild Bjørnvig (Denmark) Rainer Maria Rilke: Udsat på hjertets bjerge (Selected Poems) 1997 Thessaloniki Hans-Christian Oeser (Germany / Ireland*) Patrick McCabe: The Butcher Boy 1998 Stockholm Miguel Sáenz (Spain) Günter Grass: Ein weites feld 1999 Weimar Claus Bech (Denmark) Flann O'Brien: The Third Policeman * Oeser was a German translator nominated by Ireland.
References
External links Aristeion Prize at Booktrust