TIRANA, August 1/ATA/ This year marked the 21st anniversary of the Book Fair in Ulqin, an important cultural event of the region, which has brought together Albanian books from all Albanian-speaking space, contributing to the improvement of Albanian language through reading.
A large number of publishing houses, cultural institutions and representatives of literature from Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania, etc., have brought the latest publications to this fair.
The fair consisted of other events like book promotions, discussions, conferences.
Yesterday evening, there took place the prize distribution event of the 21st Book Fair “Ulqini 2022”. The “Olive Branch” award went to writer Xhahid Bushati for the collection of poems “Wandering Sparrow” (Mediaprint). The “Servantes” award went to Erion Gjatolli for the translation from Italian of the novel “Fever” by Jonathan Bazzi (Toena). The “Liburnia” award went to writer Ridvan Dibra for the novel “The Woman You Wanted” (Onufri). The “Olcinium” award went to Fatmir Toçi, author of “Arbëreshët between reality and myth” (Toena).
The prizes were extended to the winners by personalities of the written culture, who were present: by the director of the National Book and Reading Center Alda Bardhyli, writer Odise Kote, translator Bujar Hudhri, academician Neritan Ceka.
The jury that this time evaluated the publishing houses participating in the fair, consisted of personalities in the field: Arta Marku Qëndro (chairwoman), Dorian Koçi (member), Ismet Kallaba (member).
Tomorrow will be the last day of the 21st edition of the Ulqin fair. /j.p/p.s./
