Polish author receives European literary prize

Polish writer Tomasz Różycki has been awarded the European literary prize, Prix Grand Continent, for 2023, for his novel "Złodzieje żarówek" ("Lightbulb Thieves"). 

Tomasz Różycki.

Rafał Komorowski, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Różycki collected the award at a ceremony in the Mont Blanc massif at the French-Italian border, at 3,466m above sea level, on Wednesday.

Lightbulb Thieves was granted the Prix Grand Continent 2023 for being an "outstanding European narrative," Poland's dzieje.pl website reported.

Un grand discours de Tomasz Rozycki, lauréat du Prix Grand Continent 2023 @GC_prix3466 https://t.co/rixUzgxh4s

— Mathieu Roger-Lacan (@M_RogerLacan) December 21, 2023

The Prix Grand Continent is awarded annually for a "great European novel" that can appeal to readers across the continent, the organisers said. 

It includes a EUR 100,000 subsidy for the translation of the winning book into French, German, Italian and Spanish, Poland's dzieje.pl website reported.

Różycki is an award-winning poet, essayist and translator from the French. 

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Source: dzieje.pl, Prix Grand Continent