A publishing project about the laureates of the Union State Prize is being implemented in the Year of Books in Belarus

July 13, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A publishing project about the laureates of the Union State Prize in Literature and Art will be implemented in the Year of Books in Belarus. This was announced today at a creative meeting with the recipient of this high award for 2011-2012, Georgy Poplavsky, by the First Deputy Minister of Information of Belarus, Lilia Ananich, BELTA correspondent reports. According to her, the proposal to prepare a book about our contemporaries - laureates of the prize - in the Year of Books was born today and found support from the Standing Committee of the Union State. "This award has been presented for ten years. During this time, many renowned creators, both Belarusians and Russians, have become its laureates. These are people who, through their work, strengthen Belarus and Russia, the brotherhood of our peoples," said Lilia Ananich. She emphasized that all the information necessary for the project's implementation is available, as is the demand for this project and the need to educate young generations by the examples of high creativity and high service to the peoples. "We must showcase such people, such personalities as much as possible. After all, when asked who is a hero of our time today, these are recognized heroes in art and literature. Today we honor them and would like the friendship between Belarus and Russia to continue to strengthen on their high creativity and spiritual feat," wished the First Deputy Minister of Information. Speaking about the recognized masters of art of the last century, Lilia Ananich noted that great things are seen from a distance. "It is important that even now, in the present time, this greatness is seen and appreciated. In Belarus, for example, there is the "For Spiritual Revival" prize, which is awarded by the head of state," concluded the First Deputy Minister. The Union State Prize in Literature and Art has been awarded every two years since 2002. During this time, its laureates have included actors Alexey Petrenko, Rostislav Yankovsky, Alexander Kalyagin and Vladimir Gostiukhin, playwright Alexey Dudarev, theater director Sergey Artsibashev, writers Ivan Shamyakin and Stanislav Kunyaev, artists Mikhail Savitsky and Valentin Sidorov, composer Alexandra Pakhmutova and maestro Mikhail Finberg, People's Artist of the Republic of Belarus Leonid Shchemelev, the author's team consisting of People's Architect of Russia Yuri Grigoriev, sculptors of Belarus Lev Gumilevsky and Sergey Gumilevsky, sculptors of Russia Yuri Orekhov and Grigory Orekhov, as well as the author's team consisting of People's Artists of the USSR Alexey Tkachev and Sergey Tkachev. -0-