The European Writers' Council (EWC, the European Writers' Congress until 2010) is a federation of authors' associations. It represents over 150,000 writers and translators in 60 associations in 34 European countries.[1] It is recognised by the European Union, UNESCO, and WIPO.[2]

Until 2022,[3] the organization was involved in the awarding of the European Union Prize for Literature.[4]

History

The EWC was founded in 1977 as the European Writers' Congress,[5] being led in a decentralised manner during the first few decades. In 2006 it was re-created as an international non-profit association under Belgian law with a seat in Brussels, to be renamed European Writers' Council in 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 EWC, Mission Archived 2013-09-04 at archive.today
  2. ↑ cultureactioneurope.org, EWC – European Writers Council Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "EWC STATEMENT". Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. ↑ EWC, Winners of the 2012 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair
  5. ↑ 40 Jahre Verband deutscher Schriftsteller, 1969–2009 (40 years' chronology of the German Authors's Association)
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