Polish literary prize
Angelus Award |
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Awarded for | best prose works written in or translated into Polish by a Central European author |
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Country | Poland |
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Presented by | the city of Wrocław |
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Reward(s) | PLN 150,000 (€35,000) |
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First awarded | 2006 |
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Website | angelus.com.pl |
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The Angelus Central European Literature Award also known as Angelus Award (Polish: Nagroda Literacka Europy Środkowej Angelus) is a Polish international literary award established in 2006 and presented by the city of Wrocław, Lower Silesia. The award is given annually for best prose books written in or translated into the Polish language by a living author originating from Central Europe whose works "undertake themes most relevant to the present day, encourage reflection and deepen the knowledge of the world of other cultures."[1]
The winners of the award receive a cash prize amounting to PLN 150,000 (€35,000) and a statuette designed by sculptor Ewa Rossano. Writers eligible for the award must come from Central European countries including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.[2]
Members of the jury selecting the laureates of the award have included Ryszard Krynicki, Mykola Riabchuk, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Stanisław Bereś, Julian Kornhauser, Irek Grin and Krzysztof Koelher.
List of Angelus Laureates
Year | Name | Country | Original title | Polish title | English title | Translator(s) | Ref. |
2023 | Saša Stanišić | Germany / Bosnia and Herzegovina | Herkunft[a] | Skąd | Where You Come From | Małgorzata Gralińska | [3] |
2022 | Edward Pasewicz | Poland | Pulverkopf | Pulverkopf | – | [4] |
2021 | Kateryna Babkina | Ukraine | Мій дід танцював краще за всіх | Nikt tak nie tańczył, jak mój dziadek | My Grandfather Danced the Best | Bohdan Zadura | [5] |
2020 | Goran Vojnović | Slovenia | Jugoslavija, moja dežela | Moja Jugosławia | Yugoslavia, My Homeland | Joanna Pomorska | [6] |
2019 | Georgi Gospodinov | Bulgaria | Физика на тъгата | Fizyka smutku | The Physics of Sorrow | Magdalena Pytlak | [7] |
2018 | Maciej Płaza | Poland | Robinson w Bolechowie | Robinson in Bolechów | – | [8] |
2017 | Oleg Pavlov | Russia | Карагандинские девятины, или Повесть последних дней | Opowieści z ostatnich dni | Tales From the Last Days | Wiktor Dłuski | [9] |
2016 | Varujan Vosganian | Romania | Cartea șoaptelor | Księga szeptów | The Book of Whispers | Joanna Kornaś-Warwas | [10] |
2015 | Serhiy Zhadan | Ukraine | Месопотамія | Mezopotamia | Mesopotamia | Michał Petryk and Adam Pomorski | [11][12] |
2014 | Pavol Rankov | Slovakia | Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy) | Zdarzyło się pierwszego września (albo kiedy indziej) | It Happened On September the First | Tomasz Grabiński | [13][14] |
2013 | Oksana Zabuzhko | Ukraine | Музей покинутих секретів | Muzeum porzuconych sekretów | The Museum of Abandoned Secrets | Katarzyna Kotyńska | [15][16] |
2012 | Miljenko Jergović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Srda pjeva, u sumrak, na Duhove | Srda śpiewa o zmierzchu w Zielone Świątki | Srda Sings At Dusk on Pentecost | Magdalena Petryńska | [17][18] |
2011 | Svetlana Alexievich | Belarus | У войны не женское лицо[b] | Wojna nie ma w sobie nic z kobiety | The Unwomanly Face of War | Jerzy Czech | [19][20] |
2010 | György Spiró | Hungary | Messiások | Mesjasze | Messiahs | Elżbieta Cygielska | [21] |
2009 | Josef Škvorecký | Czech Republic | Příběh inženýra lidských duší | Przypadki inżyniera ludzkich dusz | The Engineer of Human Souls | Andrzej Jagodziński | [22][23] |
2008 | Péter Esterházy | Hungary | Harmonia cælestis | Celestial Harmonies: A Novel | Teresa Worowska | [24][25] |
2007 | Martin Pollack | Austria | Der Tote im Bunker: Bericht über meinen Vater | Śmierć w bunkrze – opowieść o moim ojcu | Dead Man in the Bunker: Discovering My Father | Andrzej Kopacki | [26] |
2006 | Yurii Andrukhovych | Ukraine | Дванадцять обручів | Dwanaście kręgów | Twelve Circles | Katarzyna Kotyńska | [27] |
- ^ Originally written in German. The translated Bosnian and Serbian title is Porijeklo.
- ^ Originally written in Russian. The translated Belarusian title is У вайны не жаночае аблічча (1991 edition) or У вайны не жаночы твар (2019 edition).
Laureates by country
Other finalists
- ^ Ukrainian title. Originally written in Russian.
- ^ Originally written in English. The translated Bulgarian title is Към езерото.
- ^ Originally written in German. The translated Czech title is Winterbergova poslední cesta.
- ^ Originally written in Russian. The translated Ukrainian title is Довгі часи.
- ^ Originally written in English. The translated Bulgarian title is Граница.
- ^ Originally written in German. The translated Romanian title is Clavir în ceață.
See also
References
- ^ "About the Award". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Regulations". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Saša Stanišić Wins Angelus Central European Literature Award". Poland Daily 24. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Edward Pasewicz laureatem Angelusa 2022 Za powieść „Pulverkopf"". Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Nagrody Angelus i Silesius wręczone". TVN24 (in Polish). 17 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Angelus 2020 dla Gorana Vojnovicia, Konrad Góra i Jakub Pszoniak laureatami Silesiusa 2020". Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Nagroda literacka Angelus dla Bułgara. Finał konkursu po raz pierwszy bez powieści z Polski". Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Literacki Angelus dla Macieja Płazy". Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ "Literacka Nagroda Angelus dla Olega Pawłowa". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Varujan Vosganian wins Angelus Central European Literature Award for several nominations". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Serhij Żadan!!! -". angelus.com.pl. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Ukrainian writer wins Central European literary award Angelus". Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus 2014 for Pavol Rankov". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus for Pavol Rankov". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Author Oksana Zabuzhko becomes second Ukrainian to win Polish book prize". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus 2013 for Oksana Zabuzhko". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus Award Croatian Named Most Important Central European Writer". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus 2012". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Svetlana Alexievich Named Winner of the Angelus Central European Literary Award". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Prizes". Archived from the original on 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus 2010". Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus Award For Czech Writer Josef Skvorecky". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus goes to Josef Skvorecky". Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Péter Esterházy wins the Angelus Award". Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Angelus 2008". Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Martin Pollack receives the Angelus Literary Award". Retrieved 2017-12-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Angelus 2006". Retrieved 2017-12-26.