THIRD SEASON OF THE RUSSIAN-ITALIAN LITERARY AWARD "BELLA"
Automatic translateThe Russian-Italian literary award "BELLA" was established in memory of the outstanding Russian poet of the twentieth century, Bella Akhmadulina - in a sign of her special creative affection for Italy, to commemorate the humanistic unity of Russian and Italian cultures, in order to support and encourage new poetry in Russian and Italian.
This is a thrice unique poetic award: 1) it is given for one poem to a poet under the age of 36; 2) she has two resultant juries, Russian and Italian; 3) she is the only one who defines the best critical essay of the year on contemporary poetry.
In 2015, which was declared the Year of Literature in Russia, ceremonial events within the framework of the Russian-Italian literary award BELLA were included in the Action Plan of the Year of Literature, approved by the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Organizational Committee for the Year of Literature in the Russian Federation Naryshkin S.E.
Prize events are held in cities iconic for the work of Bella Akhmadulina. That is why the organizing committee decided to hold poetry readings and the award ceremony of the 2014 laureates on Kaluga land.
The prize is awarded annually to young authors of poetry from Russia and Italy, as well as authors of essays on poetry in the following categories:
"Italian poem" - for Italian authors aged 18 to 36 years;
"Russian poem" - for Russian-language authors aged 18 to 36 years;
"Literary - critical or bibliographic essay on modern poetry";
“Touch of Kazan” - for the poetesses of the Republic of Tatarstan aged 18 to 36 years.
Founders of the award: Non-profit partnership “Society of Friends of Tarusa - Development Assistance” (Russia), Association “Know Eurasia” (Italy), Journal “Foreign Literature” (Russia), Literary Institute named after A.M. Gorky (Russia), Ministry of Culture of the Kaluga Region (Russia).
ITALIAN JURY AWARD:
- Stefano Gardzonio - Chairman of the Italian jury, professor of Slavic studies (in the field of literature and language) at the University of Pisa, since 1999 President of the Association of Italian Slavists, member of the International Committee of Slavists and the International Committee for the Study of Central and Eastern Europe;
- Alessandro Niero - Professor of the University of Bologna, translator from Russian, English and Polish;
- Davide Rondoni - Italian poet;
- Annelisa Alleva - professor, translator, essayist;
- Maria Ida Gaetta - President of the Roman Literary Festival.
RUSSIAN JURY AWARDS:
- Natalia Ivanova - Chairman of the Russian jury, literary critic, Doctor of Philological Sciences, President of the Russian Literary Initiative Foundation;
- Mikhail Eisenberg - poet, essayist;
- Maxim Amelin - poet, translator, editor-in-chief of OGI publishing house;
- Andrey Aryev - literary critic, prose writer, critic, co-editor of Zvezda magazine;
- Boris Messerer is a full member of the Academy of Arts of the Russian Federation, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, winner of two State Prizes of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, member of the Council of the Society of Friends of Tarusa.
The interests of the two juries were common: to find the very poem and present it to the public. In 2013, the award ceremony was held in Verona. The Russian finalists were the poets Ksenia Charyeva and Alexey Porvin; Laureate - Alexander Vergelis; the Italian jury recognized the winner of the young talented poet from Rome Carlo Carrab for the poem "Introduzione". For the best essay on poetry, Maria Stepanova and Alexei Konakov were shortlisted; Laureate - Alexander Zholkovsky.
In 2014, the award ceremony was held in Kazan. The finalists in the nomination “Russian poem” were Alexei Kudryakov and Alexander Stesin, the jury was announced the winner of the jury Grigory Knyazev; the winner in the Italian nomination was Julia Rusconi with the poem Quando la gente. The best essay recognized work of Irina Surat “Wrong word. Question about Eremenko, ”the shortlist also included Alexey Konakov and Evgeny Abdullaev. In addition, a new nomination “Touching Kazan” was announced in Kazan, the winner of which was the Tatar poetess Louise Yansuar.
REGULATIONS OF THE THIRD SEASON OF THE AWARD
- acceptance of works for the award - until March 1, 2015;
- Winners Announcement - April 10, 2015;
- Awarding ceremony, honoring laureates - May 22
- 2015, Kaluga Regional Drama Theater, Kaluga;
- youth poetry readings - May 23, 2015, Tarusa.
Works for the Prize in Russian can be nominated by the editors of literary magazines, publishers, literary associations, universities, famous critics and poets.
Works for the Prize in Italian can be personally nominated by the authors of poetic works, as well as by creative associations.
Within the framework of the press conference, which will be held on FEBRUARY 12, 2015 at 11.00 , the initiators, founders and members of the organizing committee of the award will talk about the concept of the BELLA award, the importance of Kaluga land in the work of Bella Akhmadulina, and will share their plans for the third season of the award as part of the Year of Russian Literature.
Among the participants of the press conference:
- Tatyana Yurlova - initiator of the award, chairman of the board of the Society of Friends of Tarusa, member of the organizing committee;
- Pavel Suslov - Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region;
- Boris Messerer - full member of the Academy of Arts of the Russian Federation, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of two State Prizes of the Russian Federation, chairman of the organizing committee, member of the board of the Society of Friends of Tarusa, member of the jury;
- Natalia Ivanova - chairman of the Russian jury, literary critic, doctor of philological sciences, president of the Russian Literary Initiative Foundation;
- Marina Biryukova - Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region;
- Galina Shchetinina - Advisor to the Federal Press and Mass Media Agency;
- Natalya Verzilina - head of the urban settlement "City of Tarusa";
- Alexander Krivovichev - Director of the Kaluga Drama Theater;
- Mikhail Simonyan - artistic director of the Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra;
- representatives of the founders, organizing committee and public organizations of Kaluga.
A press conference will be held in the building of the Information, Educational and Exhibition Center of the Kaluga Museum of Fine Arts at the following address: Kaluga, ul. Lenin, d. 103