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Biographie Per Nyholm, born 1943 in Copenhagen, has been a journalist since 1960, working for numerous Danish newspapers and magazines. He joined Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, now Denmark´s best selling daily, in 1980 as its London-correspondent. In 1986 he moved to Vienna, from where he wrote about the coming crisis of European communism and the drama of 1989, beginning with the fall of the Berlin Wall, ending in the blood drenched streets of Bucharest. He later covered the Balkan Wars, including the siege of Sarajevo and the NATO-bombardment of Belgrade. He has also reported from various wars in Central America and the Middle East. His first major book – about Denmark – appeared to great acclaim in 2005. He has a weekly column and writes regularly about subjects, which interest him, including classical paintings. He lives peacefully in Rome and Vienna.
If we are to believe politicians and the press, Europe finds itself in permanent crisis. And this is despite many attempts to find common ground and a way forward into the future. But there is far too much wringing of hands about Europe. At least, if we are to believe the journalist and author Per Nyholm and his most recent book, Europæerne - Reportager fra en rejse i Europas erindring (Europeans –A Journey through Europe’s Memory). Once we have turned the final page of Nyholm’s comprehensive work, it is clear to us that Europe is not in crisis at all. On the contrary, only a couple of generations ago the continent lay devastated by war and deeply divided, Germany had virtually ceased to exist, a number of large countries such as Spain and Portugal were governed by semi-fascist despots and to the east and south-east dictators were on the move. For this reason alone it is so extraordinary that in Europe we have today a union consisting of 27 sovereign and democratic states. Seen in this light any talk of crisis must fall silent. For Per Nyholm, for many years a correspondent for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten with a permanent base in Italy, the history of Europe is not the story of a crisis, but a beautiful story of a miracle and a union of many nations, each with its own unique contribution to the great common European project. There is not much tristesse and Woe Europe! in Per Nyholm’s grandiose work about the Europeans. On the other hand the book is a fine tribute to the continent and to its amazing history.
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Dernières nouvelles
| 9 décembre 2009 |
| Le prix du livre européen a couronné pour sa 3ème édition, dans la catégorie romans Gottland de Mariusz Szczgiel publié aux éditions Actes Sud et L’Europe pour les nuls de Sylvie Goulard publié aux éditions First. |
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3 novembre 2009 |
| Le jury du prix du livre européen s’est réuni à Bruxelles et a retenu quatre romans et quatre essais Les romans Ceux qui marchent dans les villes de Jean-François Dauven (Belgique) Courlande de Jean-Paul Kauffmann (France) Gottland de Marius Szczygiel (Pologne) Street without name, Kapka Kassabova (Bulgarie) Les essais Der Erste riss in der Mauer, Andreas Oplatka (Hongrie) La constitution européenne en vers, collectif de poètes belge (Belgique) Les empires coloniaux européens, Henri Wesseling (Pays-Bas) L’Europe pour les nuls, Sylvie Goulard (France) Le prix du livre européen sera remis le 9 décembre 2009 à 18h au Parlement européen à Bruxelles et sera suivi, à 20h30, d'une soirée théâtrale et musicale au Théâtre Varia. |
Lauréats 2009
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Roman Gottland de Mariusz Szczygiel , éditions Actes Sud.
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Essai L’Europe pour les nuls de Sylvie Goulard, éditions First |
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Lauréat 2008
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Après-guerre, une histoire de l'Europe depuis 1945 |
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Tony Judt nous convie à une étude fine et éclairée des principales évolutions politiques, économiques, sociales et culturelles, à l’échelle du continent ou du pays. Au total, c’est une sorte de biographie d’un continent qui s’efforce après un passé dramatique, de se reconstruire et de tracer de nouveau sa route. Les analyses de l’auteur Editions Armand Colin |
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