European Book Prize: promoting European values
The European Book Prize is awarded each year to help promote European values and contribute to a better understanding of European culture. This year's winners received their prize at an award ceremony at the European Parliament on 4 December.
European Book Prize winners: (left) Arnaud Leparmentier and (right) Eduardo Mendoza
The jury, composed of journalists from different European countries and presided by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, awarded the 2013 European Book Prize 2013 in the essay category to Arnaud Leparmentier for his book "Ces Français, fossoyeurs de l’euro" and in the novel category to Eduardo Mendoza for his book "An Englishman in Madrid".
Mr Leparmentier is a French journalist working at Le Monde and a specialist on European issues. His essay "Ces Français, fossoyeurs de l’euro" deals with the euro crisis and France’s role in it.
Mr Mendoza, a renowned Spanish novelist, was awarded the prize for "An Englishman in Madrid", which has as its background the political situation in Spain before the civil war erupted there in the 1930s.
Source: European Parliament
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