After discussion, a journalistic jury consisting of Dr. Andrey Zahariev, Grisha Atanasov, Svetlana Dicheva, Stefan Dzhambazov and Petko Todorov decided that the Golden Lion plaque in the category for a publishing project of the greatest public importance should be awarded to the Bulgarian History Publishing House for the publication of texts of particular importance in the field of historical reconstruction and filling niches in Bulgarian historical memory. And in particular, the memory of a key historical period for understanding our modernity - between the two world wars. These are the publications "Memories - Dimitar Peshev", "Turbulent Times", "September Days", "Three Hundred Thousand Sofia and Me Between the Two Wars", "A Sacrificial Generation. Memories of a Concentration Camp Survivor".
The journalistic jury also awarded certificates to the publishing houses:
– Agata-A Publishing House – for the two-volume book “Five Minutes with Peter Uvaliev. Radio Conversations”, a document that collects Uvaliev’s radio conversations in black and white;
– IK Zhanet 45 – for the interesting project “When Outside is Inside. Diaries of Isolation” and for the book “The Empire Must Die” by Mikhail Zigar – a valuable work documenting the events in Russia since the beginning of the 20th century;
– Krug Publishing House – for the bold and spectacular publishing project of the simultaneous publication of Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita” in three magnificent designs, two of them by students;
– Obsidian Publishing – for the political science studies “Is Tomorrow Already Here? How the Pandemic is Changing Europe” by Ivan Krastev and “Imitation and Democracy: How the West Won the Cold War, but Lost Itself” by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes, which are a current analysis of the global situation;
– ICU Publishing – for the sensitivity and reactivity of the publishing house to valuable world contemporary literature with a focus on home, path, humanity, trauma and overcoming – publications such as “Drive Your Plow Through the Bones of the Dead” by Olga Tokarczuk, “Forgive the Brave” by Chris Cleave, “Thirst” by Esther Heritsen, “Thrown in America” by Janine Cummins and others.
The journalistic jury decided to honor the team and program director of the Sofia International Literary Festival 2020 with an award for successfully adapting and holding a literary event with an interesting and diverse program in the conditions of a pandemic.
The winner of the annual award, the Golden Lion statuette, for the best publishing project, after a discussion and open voting, the expert jury consisting of Prof. Dr. Andreana Eftimova (chair), Prof. Dr. Vesselina Valkanova, Prof. Kiril Gogov, Prof. Dr. Philology Milena Kirova and Vesselina Raizhekova, determined the Anthology "Collection of Folk Thoughts (Scientific and Literary Part)" in two volumes by the New Bulgarian University Publishing House - for a comprehensive publishing project that includes an original editorial idea that brought valuable and forgotten texts from the Bulgarian Revival and after the Liberation to life, updating them in the cultural thinking of the contemporary Bulgarian, and an ambitious printing execution.
The journalistic jury awarded certificates to the publishing houses:
– Apostrophe – for “The Sailor Who Turned His Back on the Sea” by Yukio Mishima – for a publishing project of high artistic value and for an achievement in the art of translation by Dora Barova;
– IK Jeanette 45 – for “The Drowned and the Saved” by Primo Levi and for the entire series “Memory” – for a publishing project of high social significance, thematizing memory and the fight against the falsification of memory, as well as for the original visual solutions of the covers;
– Colibri Books – for “White Fairy Tale” by Valeri Petrov, a publishing project that synthesizes the art of illustration by a prominent Bulgarian artist with a significant literary work by a Bulgarian author and for “Fables for Children” by Jean de La Fontaine, a publishing project that synthesizes a significant literary work by a world-class author with the art of illustration by a prominent Bulgarian artist;
– Trud Publishing House – for “Bulgarian Czechs”, for a significant research project that recalls the enormous contribution of the Czech intellectual elite to the development of culture, art, science and public life of newly liberated Bulgaria, as well as for good printing.
Congratulations to all those awarded the “Golden Lion” award this year!
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