Actors Klāvs Mellis and Ance Strazda of the theater troupe “Kvadrifrons” are responsible for the management and drama of the “International John Baltvilks Award 2021” ceremony.
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Aija Kaukule, “Latvijas Avīze”, JSC “Latvijas Mediji”
On July 24, the Latvian Council for Children’s and Youth Literature (LBJLP) will celebrate the 77th birthday of the writer Jānis Baltvilks and present the “International Jānis Baltvilks Prize 2021”, praising the brightest authors and artists of children’s and young people’s literature. The award ceremony will be held for the 17th time.
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“The Jānis Baltvilks Prize is the largest national prize in children’s and young people’s literature – it annually objectively evaluates the yield of all children’s and young people’s books from May last year to May.
We select the works that are really high-quality and do not follow the recommendations of the publishers, so there are also works that may not be in the focus of “Laligaba” (Latvian Literature of the Year Award), ” and the jury evaluates the youth book awards as a whole – both text and visual must be successful.
The Baltvilka Prize maintains a high level in children’s and young people’s literature, and the winners of the prize are further shown – the international environment, LBJLP as the Latvian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) nominates both Hans Hans Andersen Prize and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize and IBBY Honorary List. ”
Debtors stronger than ever
The Jānis Baltvilks Prize is awarded in five categories – “Children’s and Youth Literature”, “Book Art”, the best debutant receives a special JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” award “Jaunaudze”.
The prize is also awarded for the best international children’s and youth literary work and its translation – in 2021 it was awarded to the French writer Delfine de Vigan for the novel “No and I” (“John Roze’s publishing house”, 2021), as well as to the translator Inta Šmitei.
“This year’s work is a bit less than last year, but for the first time there is a very strong debut – there has been no special competition in this category next year, but this year’s debutants are so strong that they are nominated for other awards than just the debut award,” says S Tretyakov.
A total of 63 books, 32 translated literature works and 31 original literature editions were discussed this year – 13 of them were included in the “short list”.
“Planet Book” in the Botanical Garden
For the third year in a row, the Jānis Baltvilks Award Ceremony will take place in the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia.
“We have loved this garden very much – it really corresponds to the theme of the Baltvilka Prize, also when evaluating the works, we always make sure that the works depict nature, the freshness and rhythm of the Baltvilks language. how the wind chills there or, as in another year, the rain rattles, ”explains S. Tretyakova.
The central theme of the ceremony this year is the theme “Planet Book”.
“Our writers and literary translators have mysteriously offered many alien stories this year. Perhaps this is due to the fact that we do not know where and why what is happening now is happening – the pandemic and the associated restrictions in which we live. However, books give us the freedom to fantasize and be free, ”says S. Tretyakov.
As every year, a special musical event is expected at the ceremony – solo songs with poetry by Jānis Baltvilks created especially for this event will experience a musical premiere. The author of the songs is composer Madara Pētersone, they will be performed by mezzo-soprano Zane Rozenfelde and accordionist Māris Rozenfelds.
Readings and walking trail “Zīlīte”
Every year, in connection with the Jānis Baltvilks Prize, readings of the latest children’s literature take place, in which both the winners and nominees and debutants of the previous years of the Baltvilks Prize take part.
This year, the public event has been replaced by a video reading of the upcoming works of seven authors, which will be shown on the LNL “YouTube” channel.
July 24 at 11.00 The moment of remembrance of Jānis Baltvilks will take place in the 1st Forest Cemetery. On July 25, at 14.00 Sunday walk dedicated to the poet Jānis Baltvilks in Smīle Parish, Smārde Parish, Tukums Region – opening of Baltvilka’s creative and meditation trails.
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