Teodora Dimova is this year's winner of the "Hristo G. Danov" Grand Prize for her overall contribution to national literary culture. The prestigious award was presented to her by Minister Boil Banov at an official ceremony at the "Hristo G. Danov" House Museum in Plovdiv, within the framework of the "Plovdiv Reads" initiative.
"It is an honor for me to present the jubilee, twentieth grand prize to a highly valued Bulgarian author, not only in Bulgaria, such as Teodora Dimova," said Minister Banov when presenting the prestigious award. "A writer is known not by what he writes, but by what he does not allow himself to write," noted Teodora Dimova. With these words, she called on us not to forget the responsibility we bear before our ancestors. She shared that she was deeply moved and moved not only by the high recognition, but also by the fact that she was meters from the place where the novel "Tobacco", inspired by the atmosphere of the Tobacco Warehouses, was written.
The ceremony was also attended by the chairman of the jury, Deputy Minister of Culture Amelia Gesheva, who presented the award in the “Children’s Publication” category.
Among the official guests of the event was Bozhana Apostolova, creator and co-founder of the “Plovdiv Reads” initiative, within the framework of which the award ceremony is being held.
The jury, which included Alexander Darzhikov, Deputy Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality, Ph.D. Silva Khacheryan, Head of the Regional Activities Department at the Ministry of Culture, Prof. Svetlozar Igov – humanitarian, Assoc. Prof. Plamen Doinov – literary critic, Georgi Angelov – translator, Dr. Ivan Alexandrov – director of the Bulgarian National Library “P. R. Slaveykov” – V. Tarnovo, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Regina Dalkalacheva, artist, as well as Dimitar Hristov, writer and translator, selected the best among this year’s nominees at their last meeting at the “Hristo G. Danov” House Museum before the ceremony itself.
Here is a full list of the awardees:
The “Hristo G. Danov” National Award for overall contribution to the national literary culture is awarded to Teodora Dimova.
Bulgarian fiction: Chavdar Tsenov – for the novel “Where the River Flows” (Publishing House “Zhanet 45”)
The award is provided by the Municipality of Plovdiv.
Translated fiction: Lilyana Tabakova – for the translation of “Bestiary” by Julio Cortázar (Agata-A Publishing House)
Humanities: Vesselin Metodiev – for the book “A Very Good Man: Konstantin Stoilov and Political Virtue” (New Bulgarian University Publishing House)
Book Art: Kolibri Publishing House – for a series of books for children by Valeri Petrov
Children’s publishing: List Publishing House – for the series “Children’s Masterpieces by Great Writers”
Presentation of the Bulgarian book: The “Artefir” program of the “Hristo Botev” program of the Bulgarian National Radio with a team: Alexander Mihaylov, Valentina Mihaylova, Darina Marinova, Dimitrina Kyurkchieva, Nevena Pramatarova, Rada Stoykova, Radoslav Chichev, Silvia Choleva, Yana Punkina – for the presentation of Bulgarian books and authors
Libraries and librarianship: Regional Library "Hristo Botev" - Vratsa - for the website "Map of Time - Digital Archive of Vratsa Region", built under the "Map of Time" project
Electronic Publishing and New Technologies: "Parteny Pavlovich" Regional Library - Silistra - for the project "E-Portal of Memory and Knowledge - Routes of Historical Memory, Living Cultural Heritage and European Knowledge"
Source: Ministry of Culture
Photos: Facebook page of the Ministry of Culture
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