Writer Pavel Kolmačka won the state award for literature on Sunday night. The jury awarded him for the novel Canto ostinato: Samhain, experiences close to winter. Dagmar Hartlová, who has been mediating Swedish and Norwegian literature for the Czechs all her life, became the speaker of the State Prize for translation work. The evaluators emphasized her important educational activity.
Six other celebrities also received awards from the Ministry of Culture from Sunday’s gala evening at the New Stage of the National Theatre.
“We have excellent authors and creators who, above all in challenging times, such as the one we live in now, give inspiration and hope,” said Minister of Culture Martin Baxa from ODS. “Among other prizes, the State Prize for Literature has a unique position because of its status, and we see it as unstoppable, above all for the special tradition of the day -today, which continued from the awarding of state awards before the war. Czechoslovak Republic,” he said.
State prize for literature it has been awarded on the recommendation of a jury appointed by the Minister of Culture since 1995. However, it follows a tradition that was established as early as 1920 and was broken in 1948.
After a recent change in the rules, it will evaluate either an important original work of Czech literature, as it was this year, or a lifetime achievement, as it will be next year. Baxa gave thanks on Sunday Pavlo Kolmačkova not only for his literary works, but also for his heroic ideas. A recent colon received Jaroslav Seifert Award, he thanked the jury, the editors of the prize-winning book and his loved ones.
Dagmar Hartlová, who translated the most works into Czech from Sweden, won the prize for translation. “The translated literature itself has the greatest value and the largest share of the prize, because Scandinavian literature has had an almost mysterious and inexplicable appeal to the Czech reader from the very beginning,” she said.
The award of the Ministry of Culture for his contribution to the theater was awarded to set designer and costume designer Marta Roszkopfová for her unique and inspiring contribution to Czech scenes with great international influence. Art historian and curator Hana Rousová received the fine arts prize for her innovative interdisciplinary approach, opening up problematic topics and questions, and for her informal inspirational influence on the younger generation.
For music, conductor Petr Altrichter takes home the award for his lifetime work with domestic and foreign orchestras, for his artistic flexibility and authenticity. Daniel Sobotka, conductor of the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, accepted the award for him.
In architecture, Miroslav Šik received an award for connecting domestic and global creation, for the inspiring concept of analogical architecture and an important pedagogical imprint on the thinking of several generations of architects.
Screenwriter and actor Karel Smyczek was awarded for his contribution to cinematography and audiovisual production for his contribution to Czech film and television production, with an emphasis on the authoritative confidence with which he enriched audiovisual production. Czechoslovak audio in the 1970s and 1980s, and for his benefits in his work for children and youth.
As a reminder, the same award was given to the director Karel Vachek for his contribution to the creative exploration of the possibilities of documentary film, exploring its limits and crossing it, as well as his pedagogical work at FAMU Prague, which had a profound effect on several generations.
2024-11-03 22:19:00
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