TIRANA, Jan 10 /ATA/ – The National Literature Awards for 2023 were announced at a special ceremony at the National Book and Reading Center on Friday.
The winners were picked among thousands of book titles, but five candidacies for each category were selected for the final phase.
The jury awarded the Best Novel of the Year prize to writer Besnik Mustafaj and his novel “Fati i marrë” (Crazy Fate). The prize was awarded in recognition for the courage and imagination in creating an “alternative” history, where it will take just changing a tiny detail in history centuries ago to help us find a better, and most importantly, more sensitive Albania; where the heroes are more vulnerable and humane; where women speak, even with the body language.
The prize Best Literary Research Book of the Year went to author Pëllumb Xhufi and his book “Albania and the Desperate End of the Century” (Shqipëria dhe fundshekulli i dëshpëruar).
The best translation prize was awarded to translator Ana Kove for “The Tin Drum” by Gunter Grass.
The best Poetry Collection of the Year award was handed over to Entela Tabaku for her poetry book “Qeramikiana”, and the best Stories Collection of the Year prize was awarded to author Shpëtim Kelmendi .
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