At a solemn ceremony in the courtyard of the Hristo G. Danov House-Museum in the Old Town, the winners of the 2022 National Award "Hristo G. Danov" were announced yesterday. Among the official guests were the Regional Governor Yordan Ivanov, owners of Plovdiv publishing houses, writers, poets, translators, artists, media and friends of the book. The awards were determined on a competitive basis in two rounds, as at its first meeting, the jury determined the nominations in the eight sections, and in the second meeting before the ceremony, it was decided who this year's winners of the award are.
The musical host of the event, which has been organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Plovdiv since 1999, was Maestro Micho Dimitrov - a virtuoso violinist and concertmaster of the State Opera - Plovdiv, winner of numerous international and national awards, including an Honorary Diploma at the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, a Special Prize at the First International Chrysler Competition, Vienna, Austria, the Myra Hess Foundation Award in London, the Alfred Gibson Memorial Award in London, the Youth Lyre, the Golden Badge for Merit to the Varna Summer International Music Festival, the Musician of the Year in the Allegro Vivace of the Bulgarian National Radio, the Golden Lyre of the Bulgarian Chamber Music and Drama Theatre and many others. At the idea of Maestro Dimitrov, the talented graduates of the Dobrin Petkov National Music and Drama Theatre, also violinists, the brothers Boris and Simeon Stoychevi, also participated with their musical performances. The ceremony was hosted by Emilia Kamenova.
The winners in each of the 8 sections received their awards from the members of the jury: Plamen Panov – Deputy Mayor for Culture, Archaeology and Tourism of the Municipality of Plovdiv, Anton Baev – writer, poet, chairman of the Writers’ Association Plovdiv, Dr. Silva Khacheryan – Head of the Regional Activities Department at the Municipality of Plovdiv, Dimitar Minev – Director of the Ivan Vazov National Library Plovdiv, Dr. Boyko Lambovski – translator, poet, publicist, Prof. Dr. Magdalena Kostova – Panayotova – literary critic, Ivan Esenski – poet and Tonya Goranova – artist, illustrator.
Yuriy Valkovski – Deputy Minister of Culture and chairman of the jury awarded the Grand Prize for overall contribution to the national literary culture, which is determined by the Minister of Culture. Its winner was posthumously the poet and literary critic Marin Bodakov. It was received by Bodakov's wife, Zornitsa Hristova, in the presence of their children.
Here are this year's winners of the National Award "Hristo G. Danov" for contribution to Bulgarian literary culture by category:
1. Bulgarian publishing house
Hermes Publishing House
2. Author of Bulgarian fiction
Hristo Dobrotinov, author of the book "Fireflies Will Show You the Way" by Hermes Publishing House
3. Translator of fiction
Vasil Samokovliev, for the translation of the book "Weddings in the House", by Bohumil Hrabal, published by "Kolibri"
4. Author in the field of humanities
Ivan Marazov, author of the book "Golden Utopia", published by "Zahari Stoyanov"
5. Author of a children's publication
Maya Dalgacheva, author of the book "What It's Like to Be a Mother", by "Janet 45" Publishing House
6. Artist or design and layout of a book
Yasen Gyuzelev, artist of the book "Orpheus and Eurydice" by Ivan B. Genov, "Kolibri" Publishing House
7. Presentation of the Bulgarian Book
National Library "St. Cyril and Methodius" for the "Pismena" Club
8. Library Work
Regional Library "Lyuben Karavelov" - Ruse.
Source: Ministry of Culture
Photos: Plovdiv Municipality
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