European Writers' Council

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]

It is involved in the awarding of the European Union Prize for Literature.[3]

The EWC was founded in 1977 as the European Writers' Congress,[4] 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. 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, Winners of the 2012 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair
  4. 40 Jahre Verband deutscher Schriftsteller, 1969–2009 (40 years' chronology of the German Authors's Association)
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