The State Literature Prizes for the 2021 editions were awarded by the Deputy Minister of Culture, Mr. Yannis Toumazis, at a special ceremony held at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre, on Monday 12 December 2022.
Specifically: The Prize in the Poetry category was awarded to Maria Kantonidou for her work Stanza. In the Novel category, the Prize was awarded to Kostas Lympouris for his work Athalassa. The Prize in the Short Story/Novel category was awarded to Antonis Balasopoulos for his work The Cube and other stories. Vasiliki Selioti with her work Literature and Trauma - 1974 in Cypriot and Hellenic Literature received the Prize in the category Study (Monograph)/Literature Essay. The Young Writer's Prize was awarded to Michalis Mavrotheris for his work Black Sea, while the winner in the category Literature for Young Children was Chrysothemis Papakonstantinou for her work My Grandfather is from... Kythrea. The Prize in the category Literature for Older Children and Adolescents was awarded to Andri Antoniou for her work Photos on a black background and the Prize for Literary Book Illustration for Children and Adolescents to Chryso Charalambous for her illustration of the work We have the same mum: Stories from Gatuhan.
Congratulating the winners, the Deputy Minister of Culture said that the State Literature Awards are an emblematic institution, which expresses the State's long-standing support for the country's literature, highlighting annually the works that qualify among all our literary production.
At the same time, Mr. Toumazis, the State Literature Awards contribute to the promotion of quality literary creation and the public's access to it, keeping alive the dialogue, the noble competition and ultimately the development of writing and literacy in our country.
The ceremony was opened by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, under the artistic direction of Giorgos Kountouris, while the rationale for the awards was read by the Presidents of the Jury Committees Pantelis Voutouris, Angeliki Yiannikopoulou and Konstantinos Georgiou.
It is worth noting that the institution of the State Literature Awards has been operating since 1968. Since then, 54 years have passed and it continues uninterrupted, while its purpose is to highlight the most important literary works per year, as well as to foster a creative dialogue.
(MB/SX)
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