Authors of the best works of 2011 awarded at the Day of Writing in Glubokoye

September 2, Glubokoye /Tatyana Pastushenko - BELTA/. The honorary symbols "Golden Cupid" and diplomas were awarded to the winners of the republican literary competition "Best Work of 2011" in Glubokoye, Vitebsk region, where the Day of Belarusian Written Language is celebrated today, reports a BELTA correspondent. Writers, poets, playwrights, and publicists received awards from the hands of the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, Chairman of the National Organizing Committee for the Preparation and Celebration of the Day of Written Language, Anatoly Tozik. The competition was held in 10 nominations. In the "Poetry" nomination, Vitebsk poet Oleg Saltuk was recognized as the best for his collection of poems "Dve zary". Among prose writers, the winner was the author of historical novels Nikolai Ilinsky. Slavomir Antonovich was awarded the title of best publicist for his book about distinguished people of the republic. In the "Children's Literature" nomination, the award went to Nikolai Malyavko for his work telling children about Yakub Kolas, and in the "Criticism and Literary Studies" nomination, Zenovy Prigodich triumphed for his creative portraits of figures in Belarusian literature and culture. Among playwrights, Fyodor Polochyanin was awarded for his book "Zranenaye serstsa", and among local historians - Anatoly Statkevich-Chebanov for his chronicle of the Belarusian gentry. Yulia Zaretskaya, who wrote the book "Shchaslivyia lyudzi", received the "Golden Cupid" in the "Humor and Satire" nomination. Among translators, the judges singled out Vladimir Skorinkin, who translated the works of Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarch. In the "Song Genre" nomination, Ivan Yurkin won (for a cycle of patriotic songs). The organizers of the "Best Work of 2011" competition, whose awards are presented annually at the Day of Belarusian Written Language, were the Ministries of Information and Culture, the Union of Writers, and the Minsk City Executive Committee. The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus provided conceptual guidance and coordination of the competition. The chairman of the jury is Ivan Saverchenko, Doctor of Philology, leading researcher at the Institute of Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The Chairman of the Union of Writers of Belarus and Chairman of the Public Council for Morality, Nikolai Cherginets, addressed the guests with a welcoming speech. Given that there are a considerable number of foreign writers among the members of the Union of Writers of Belarus, he proposed to Anatoly Tozik to introduce a new nomination next year – "Best Work by a Foreign Author about Belarus". Guests from various countries, representatives of diplomatic missions accredited in Belarus, figures of science and art, and journalists traditionally arrived at the XIX Day of Belarusian Written Language. This year, more than 100 domestic writers became participants of the festival. They were joined by colleagues from Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Serbia, Montenegro, and Turkmenistan. All of them took part in the international round table "Writer. Book. Time", which took place on September 1 in Glubokoye. -0-