Ovid Prize

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Ovid Prize
Latin Poet Ovid.jpg
Imaginary depiction of Ovid with laurel wreath (from an engraving)
Location Neptun, Romania
Presented by Romanian Cultural Institute and Romanian Writers' Union
Rewards€10,000 Ovid Prize; €5,000 Ovid Festival Prize
First award2002
Website www.uniuneascriitorilor.ro

The Ovid Prize was a literary prize awarded annually between 2002 and 2011 by the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Romanian Writers' Union to an author from any country, in recognition of a body of work. It was named in honour of the Roman poet Ovid, who died in exile in the former Greek Black Sea colony of Tomis (today's Constanța in Romania). Laureates were awarded 10,000 euros.

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The Ovid Festival Prize, worth 5,000 euros, was established in 2002. Recipients include George Szirtes, Tomaž Šalamun, and Ismail Kadare. The prize underwent a change of mandate in 2007. Starting from 2008, it was awarded to a prominent young talent.[ dubious – discuss ] In 2012 the prize was suspended due to lack of money.

History

Both Prizes are the joint initiative of the Writers' Union of Romania and the Romanian Cultural Institute (Romanian : Institutul Cultural Român). The winners are nominated by the Festival jury. The awards ceremony takes place during the Days and Nights of Literature Festival (Romanian : Zile și nopți de literatură) held jointly in Neptun and Mangalia in June. The Prize is also referred to as the Ovidius Prize.

Past recipients include Orhan Pamuk, [1] Andrei Codrescu, [2] Amos Oz, [3] Jorge Semprún [4] and António Lobo Antunes.

The 2011 Laureate was the Czech writer Milan Kundera. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the jury, Kundera, who could not attend the ceremony, accepted the award. Kundera donated the prize to Humanitas Publishing House, which has published most of his works in a Romanian translation, with the mention that the money should go to assisting Romanian literature. [5]

The 2012 edition was cancelled due to lack of funds. [6]

List of laureates

Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa (2010).jpg
Mario Vargas Llosa
Orhan Pamuk Orhan Pamuk3.jpg
Orhan Pamuk
Amos Oz Amos Oz by Kubik.JPG
Amos Oz
Ismail Kadare Ismail Kadare.jpg
Ismail Kadare

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2003

2002

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References

  1. 1 2 "Orhan Pamuk Official Web Site". www.orhanpamuk.net.
  2. 1 2 "Andrei Codrescu: Going Home Again". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Amos Oz receives Romanian Ovidius Prize".
  4. ↑ "Ovid Literary Prize Awarded to Spanish Author Jorge Semprun". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Milan Kundera and Ognjen Spahic awarded at "Days and Nights of Literature" Festival". Nine O' Clock - first exclusively daily publication to appear in English language in Romania. 14 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Un semnal trist pentru lumea scriitoricească". 8 June 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Milan Kundera – laureatul din 2011 al Marelui Premiu Ovidius". adevarul.ro. 13 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "Jean d'Ormesson reçoit le prix Ovide". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  9. ↑ "Péter Esterházy şi Joey Goebel – premiaţi la "Zile şi nopţi de literatură"". Observator Cultural.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Romania Culturala". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "Among the participants, Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who received the festival's Ovidius Prize". Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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