Aliaksandr Kastsiukovich wins Giedroyc Prize main award for the book “Lirnik”

The winners of the 15th Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Prize, awarded for the best prose book of the past year, were announced in Gdansk. The main prize went to Aliaksandr Kastsiukovich for the book "Lirnik", the prize's Telegram channel reported. The jury's wording of its decision: "for high mastery of the word and deep empathy" (translation).

The jury awarded first and second places to works that entered the competition in encrypted form. For security reasons, the real names of the authors and the titles of these books are not being made public for now.

The ceremony took place on 7 November. The broadcast of events surrounding it began at 14:00, and the ceremony itself at 19:00. The programme included meetings with shortlisted authors Aliaksandr Karnavukh, Dzianis Trusau and Artsiom Shukanau, as well as a discussion on women in literature. Taking part were Tatsiana Nedbai, Toni Lashden, Valeryia Vaukahonava, Valiantsina Andreyeva and Anna Yankuta. The book fair before the evening celebrations opened at 12:00.

The prize was established on 28 December 2011. The 2023 laureate, according to Belarusian media, was Hanna Kandratsiuk from Podlasie.