TIRANA, May 14 /ATA/ –Fatos Kongoli, Kim Mehmeti, Adrian Civici, Skënder Buçpapaj and Çun Lajçi have triumphed in the sixth edition of the national book fair in Fier.
Tens of activities on a marathon agenda were capped by an awarding ceremony.
Out of 132 competing books of different genres, the fair jury composed of academician Ali Aliu (chairman) and Flutura Açka and Erenestina Halili (member) managed to select the best.
The award for the best novel went to the writer Fatos Kongoli for the novel ‘Little liars” characterized by perfect originality, unique discourse codes, neatly intertwined events and a running narrative” (Toena publishing house).
The award for the best narrative prose went to the writer Kim Mehmeti for “Midnight Prayers’ book – a subtle literary refinement, pure language and mastery of complexity and construction of the subject. The book is an enrichment to Albanian short prose “(Agora Publishing House).
The best publicity book prize went to Adrian Civici for ‘Trip in Three Era’ – a dialogue with Alda Bardhyli, which narrates a completely different story about communism, transition and capitalism “(Onufri).
The best poetic book went to poet Skënder Buçpapaj for the book ‘Imgur’ – the symbiosis of poetic imagination and philosophical perception. (Onufri).
This fair exhibited 5 thousand book titles, of which 1 200 were new editions. Around 100 publishing houses promoted book authors from Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and other Albanian speaking territories.
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