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BookWorld Prague 2002PRESS RELEASE - FINAL: BookWorld 2002 - 8th International Book Fair BookWorld 2002
MAIN ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME The venue of the book fair has hosted 143 programmes attended by 230 writers and important figures from 25 countries of the world. LITERATURE FROM THE VISEGRÁD COUNTRIES Literary exhibition of the Visegrád countries mainly focused on books recently published by publishers of fine literature in Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. The Czech Republic has introduced translations of Czech literature into other languages from a state subsidy programme. The joint exhibition was prepared in co-operation with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute's literary group in Cracow and Polish Institute in Prague, Index - Association of Independent Publishers and Slovak Cultural Institute in Prague, Translation Fund of the Hungarian Book Foundation in Budapest and Hungarian Culture Centre in Prague. The International Visegrád Fund (IVF), with its seat in Bratislava, has provided the organisers with support in the form of co-operation on the V4 countries' literary presentation and has also been acquainting book fair visitors with its activities. SYMPOSIA AND SEMINARS APOLLINAIRE – AN OPEN BOOK (9 – 11 May, Klementinum and Charles University -Faculty of Philosophy) International symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the great poet's visit to Prague in 1902. Organised by CU-Faculty of Philosophy in co-operation with the French Institute in Prague and Prague City Hall. COPYRIGHT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CZECH-FRENCH LITERARY RELATIONS (9 May at 1.00 p.m. – Lecture Theatre - Balcony) Organised by the French Institute in Prague EUROPEAN UNION AND THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY (10 May at 12.00 noon – Business Centre – Central Hall) Seminar for publishers organised in co-operation with Literature Across Frontiers.
AWARDS AND ANTI-AWARDS PREMIA BOHEMICA Traditional Writers' Guild's award for foreign Bohemicists' contribution to the promotion of Czech literature was presented at the book fair to the Finnish Bohemicist Eero Balk. RACK AND SMALL RACK Another traditional award for the worst translation of the year in the fields of fiction and non-fiction. Rack was presented to the Eight Digests of World Authors, ADONAI, Praha 2001, collective of authors Small Rack to the book by A.V.Koržakov – Boris Jelcin From Dawn Till Dusk - published by Votobia, translation by Iva Černá MIROSLAV IVANOV AWARD FOR NON-FICTION LITERATURE 2nd annual competition for awards presented by the Non-Fiction Literature Authors' Club committee Antonín Benčík – Utajovaná pravda o Alexandru Dubčekovi /The Hidden Truth About Alexander Dubček/ Miloš Hubáček – Odsouzená loď /The Condemned Ship/ Jiří Kovařík – Napoleonovo ruské tažení 1812 /Napoleon's Russian Campaign 1812/ Special Award: Vojtěch Zamarovský Annual Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Kvaček SF, FANTASY AND HORROR ACADEMY AWARDS Best Original Book – Leonard Medek and Františka Vrbenská: Stín modrého býka /The Shadow of a Blue Bull/ (Straky na vrbě) Best Original Short Story – Vladimír Šlechta: Boží kopírka /God's Copying Machine/ (Ikarie) Best Foreign Book – Scot Orson Card: Enderův stín /Ender's Shadow/ (Laser-Books) Best Horror – Clive Barker: Třetí kniha krve /The Third Book of Blood/ (Laser-Books) Best Fantasy – Neil Gaiman: Američtí bohové /American Gods/ (Polaris) Best SF – Neal Stephenson: Diamantový věk /The Diamond Age/ (Talpress) Best Magazine - Ikarie VYŠEHRAD PUBLISHERS' AWARDS have been presented to Zuzana Mayerová for her translation of the book by Toni Morrison Ráj /Paradise/, Věra Frolcová for her original work Velikonoce v české lidové kultuře /Easter in the Czech Folk Tradition/, painter Zdeněk Ziegler for his long-term co-operation with Vyšehrad Publishers and graphic design supervision of the Harmonie series, and Václav Konzal for his lifetime achievements and contribution to Vyšehrad Publishers. COMPETITIONS FOCUS ON READERS (snapshot with a book) 2nd annual photography competition organised by Svět knihy in co-operation with Fotografie – Magazín 1.Veronika Souralová – Night Reader or a Nanny?, In a Lamp's Light 2.Václav Noga – Seven-League Boots 3.Ivan Císař - On the Way Home 3.Jaroslav Jiřička – untitled READER IN THE 3RD MILLENNIUM First annual literary competition organised by Svět knihy and The Literary Academy (Josef Škvorecký University), in which essays were evaluated in two age groups on the topic of "Reader in the 3rd Millennium" Overall Winner Martina Janošková 0-25 years category 1st Markéta Vagenknechtová, 2nd Milan Kočica, 3rd Michaela Jelínková 26-100 years category 1st Jan Losenický, 2nd Ivo Fencl, 3rd Pavel Pavliš COMPETITIONS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CZECH BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2001 Exhibition of winning books from the namesake competition organised every year by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and The National Literary Museum. PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR Exhibition of winning works from the 5th annual competition organised by the Fotografie - Magazín journal. Calendars: Síla energie 2002 /The Power of Energy 2002/ feat. photographs by Jindřich Štreit, Ministerstvo zdravotnictví /The Ministry of Health/ by Jindřich Štreit Stará Praha /Old Prague/ by K. Bellman, R. Bruner – Dvořák, J. Eckert, F. Fridrich PVT 2002 by Jan Pohribný History, Theory, Critique: Jindřich Štyrský by Karel Srp, Jaroslav Rössler by Vladimír Birgus, Krkonoše by Pavel Scheufler Thematic Publications: Obecní d?m hlavního města Prahy /City of Prague Municipal House/ by Václav Jirásek and Václav Šedý, České sklo /Czech Glass/ by Gabriel Urbánek, Konec chleba, počátek kamení… /End of Bread, Beginning of Stones…/ by Dagmar Hochová Catalogues: Pedagogové Institutu tvůrčí fotografie, New York /Pedagogues from the Institute of Creative Photography, New York/ by Eva Fuka Monographs: Emilia Medková, U nás 1968-1990 /Our Country 1968-1990/ by Pavel Štech, Markéta Luskačová, Ďábel v nás /The Devil Within/ by Jan Šibík Topographic, Tourist or Souvenir Publication: Praha v náladě mlhy a slunce /Prague in the Moods of Fog and Sun/ by Tomáš Štanzel,Vltava v Praze /Vltava in Prague/ by Jan Reich, Dobrý den, Brno /Hello Brno/ by Petr Danie DICTIONARY OF THE YEAR 2001 Exhibition and competition for the best dictionary of the year organised by the Union of Interpreters and Translators. Among the various exhibitions at the book fair one could also find a glass-case featuring dictionaries entered in the Dictionary of the Year competition. The total of 72 dictionaries has competed, published between BookWorld 2001 and BookWorld 2002. The expert jury has singled out 5 titles. The awards ceremony with the relevant publishers and/or authors in attendance took place on Saturday, 11 May, at 1.00 p.m. on the balcony of the Industrial Palace's central hall. (publishing houses Universum, Lingea, Palacký University in Brno and Leda, Sinologist prof. Švarný, Marta Chromá and Reza Mirchi). LIBER 2002 Competition and display of book graphic design and illustrations by students of fine art schools. 1st Place – Klára Vlková, 2nd Magdalena Bartáková, 3rd Alena Vařeková cover design – Bedřich Kocman, typography – Jakub Šenkyřík, originality – Alena Žaloudíková, free graphic art – Alice Brunová schools: 1st-2nd Place University of West Bohemia - Plzeň and Secondary Fine Art School Ostrava ORGANISING COMMITTEE PARTNERS The following important Czech and foreign institutions and cultural organisations are partners of the BookWorld 2002 organisers: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall, National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Centre of International P.E.N., Writers' Guild, Translators' Guild, Mercator Centre (University of Wales) and Literature Across Frontiers, Galica Association and Charles University Institute for Romanesque Studies and others. Book Fair in Numbers: Total stand area - 3252 sq. m Countries represented (28): Austria, Belgium, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan (R.O.C), USA, Venezuela Number of visitors: 26 000 Number of journalists registered at the book fair: 373 (40 from abroad)
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