The National Prize "Hristo G. Danov" for fiction, and the folklorist, writer and professor from the University of Veliko Tarnovo Ancho Kaloyanov - the distinction for overall contribution to Bulgarian literature. The awards, established by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Plovdiv, were presented last night in the house-museum of the major Bulgarian publisher within the framework of the initiative "Plovdiv Reads".
They are awarded annually to writers, translators, book distributors, libraries and journalists who have contributed to the development of Bulgarian literature. This year's jury included Georgi Angelov, Rumen Leonidov, Tsocho Boyadzhiev and Kiril Gogov, and the awards were presented by the Deputy Minister of Culture Amelia Gesheva.
Nedyalko Slavov's novel was selected in competition with "The Last Territory" by Momchil Nikolov and "Chamkoria" by Milen Ruskov. In the category of translated literature, the award went to Maya Razboynikova-Frateva for her translation of “Letters to a Young Poet. Letters to a Young Woman” by Rainer Maria Rilke. In the category of humanities, the “Hristo G. Danov” award went to Hristo Trendafilov for “A Tsar and a Century. The Time of Simeon” – published by the University Publishing House “Bishop Konstantin Preslavski” and “Faber”.
The New Bulgarian University Publishing House received the prize for “Art of the Book” for “The Romantic Dimitar Dobrovich 1816-1905” by Ruza Marinska, and in the category “Children’s Publication” was awarded “There is no mistake, there is laughter” by Vasil Sotirov.
Plamen Bozhilov, a bookseller from Slaveykov Square in Sofia, took "Hristo G. Danov" for book distribution, and the award for presentation of the Bulgarian book was awarded to Yuriy Dachev and the program "Recipe for Culture" on BNT2. The regional "Aprilov-Palauzov" in Gabrovo was nominated for library of the year. In the last category - "Electronic Publishing and New Technologies" the prize went to the website "Az Cheta".
Source: Dnevnik
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