{"id":1277,"date":"2013-09-26T06:02:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T06:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/projects_en\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T14:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T14:27:45","slug":"projects_en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/projects_en.html","title":{"rendered":"Our projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Workshops for translators<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our weekly classes help beginners familiarize themselves with the key trends and artistic approaches in the field of literary translation. Participants study translations in various literary genres and with guidance from Andrej Khadanovich learn to finetune their own translations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Litara (Letter), Adam Hlobus\u2019 School of Creative Writing<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The school targets 15-18-year-olds who learn and practice their writing skills in the form of literary miniatures based on the world and Belarusian literature classics: Sei Shonagon, Janka Bry\u013e, Matsuo Basho, Ramon Gomez de la Serna<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2569\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/globus11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"892\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/globus11.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/globus11-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/globus11-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/globus11-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Residence for young writers<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/residence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">The program<\/a> enables young writers aged under 35 to spend two weeks in Vilnius and focus on writing. It is co-funded by the Belarusian Human Rights House and the Embassy of Lithuania in Minsk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Masterclasses for young authors<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young authors from across the country come together to spend several days getting to know each other and meeting with professional writers. They streamline their texts and discuss the works of fellow authors with the help of experienced poets, prose writers, translators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The Literary Radio<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The website <a href=\"http:\/\/litradio.by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">litradio.by<\/a> is an archive of audio records featuring authors and translators reading out their own works. Every author has her or his own page with a bio and the list of works available for reading and listening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/161767550&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The Book of the Year Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writers and translators select <a href=\"https:\/\/kniha.by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">the best Belarusian book through online voting<\/a>. The winner is one book written in Belarusian or Russian in the genres of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and essay-writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ciotka Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-founded by the Union of Belarusian Writers, it is given for the best Belarusian-language book for children and teenagers in the two categories: Best Literary Piece and Best Artistic Presentation. <a href=\"https:\/\/ciotka.by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">Ciotka award<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is supported by the Local charitable organization Viartannie Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2575\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56603245_2080338358731727_3921303805513170944_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56603245_2080338358731727_3921303805513170944_o.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56603245_2080338358731727_3921303805513170944_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56603245_2080338358731727_3921303805513170944_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56603245_2080338358731727_3921303805513170944_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56603245_2080338358731727_3921303805513170944_o-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/gedroyc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">is the main independent prize<\/a> for fictional and documentary prose in the Belarusian language. Founded in 2012, it is given annually by the PEN Belarus and the Union of Belarusian Writers with the support from the Polish Institute in Minsk. In 2019 the list of funders includes among others Borovtsov&#038;Salei Law Firm, Terasoft and Svetlana Alexievich. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/giedroyc.by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: @giedroyc.by<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2591\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/45265408_258331541695417_5037764967672053760_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1927\" height=\"1285\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/45265408_258331541695417_5037764967672053760_o.jpg 1927w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/45265408_258331541695417_5037764967672053760_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/45265408_258331541695417_5037764967672053760_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/45265408_258331541695417_5037764967672053760_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/45265408_258331541695417_5037764967672053760_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1927px) 100vw, 1927px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Maksim Bahdanovi\u010d Debut Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-founded by the Union of Belarusian Writers and supported by the Local charitable organization Viartannie Foundation. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/debut.html\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Debut<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recognizes the best debut book written in or translated into the Belarusian language by an author or a translator aged under 35. The organizers invite submissions in the genres of poetry, prose and literary translation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Natallia Arsennieva Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2017, it honors the best poetry book in the Belarusian language. <a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/arsenneva.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">The award<\/a> is co-organized by the PEN Belarus, the Union of the Belarusian Writers and the World Association of Belarusians \u201cBa\u0107ka\u016d\u0161\u010dyna\u201d in partnership with the Orsa-Romano Cultural and Educational Foundation and the charity fund at the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paezija\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: @paezija<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Carlos Sherman Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/sherman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">This award<\/a> for the best literary book translation into Belarusian was founded in 2016 by the PEN Belarus, the Union of the Belarusian Writers and the\u00a0 Local charitable organization Viartannie Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pieraklad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: @pieraklad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1732\" height=\"1154\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0770.jpg 1732w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0770-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0770-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0770-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_0770-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1732px) 100vw, 1732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Michal Aniempadysta\u016b Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is given for the best Belarusian-language book cover design. <a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/aniempadystau.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">The award<\/a> is co-founded by the PEN Belarus, Belarusian Union of Designers, Flying University, H&#038;L, Open Culture Foundation, Belsat TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vokladka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: @vokladka<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2596\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qktQC61z63M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qktQC61z63M.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qktQC61z63M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qktQC61z63M-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qktQC61z63M-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/qktQC61z63M-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>A<\/b><b>le\u015b<\/b><b> Adamovi\u010d Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 1995 in honor of PEN Belarus founding member Ale<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u015b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Adamovi\u010d, <a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/premija_adamovicha.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">the award<\/a> is given annually for the best piece of journalism on urgent contemporary problems. In some cases, it may go to an initiative, phenomenon or event considered significant for Belarusian culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Franci\u0161ak Bahu\u0161evi\u010d Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 1994, <a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/premija_bahushevicha.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">this award<\/a> recognizes the best historic prose and goes to authors, whose books foster the revival of national consciousness and promote Belarusian identity. An outstanding initiative, phenomenon or event, deemed of significance to Belarusian history, may also be awarded in some cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Franci\u0161ak Aliachnovi\u010d Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded jointly with the Belarusian Service of Radio Liberty\/Radio Free Europe in 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/premija_aliakhnovicha.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">the award<\/a> goes (not annually) to authors for the best work in any genre in Belarusian and Russian, written in prison. Authors are free to submit published works or manuscripts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2593\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9797F163-B4BE-4EC7-9F70-3D767907DDA0_w1023_r0_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9797F163-B4BE-4EC7-9F70-3D767907DDA0_w1023_r0_s.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9797F163-B4BE-4EC7-9F70-3D767907DDA0_w1023_r0_s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9797F163-B4BE-4EC7-9F70-3D767907DDA0_w1023_r0_s-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Intellectual Book Festival Pradmova<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pradmova.by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">This festival of intellectual books<\/a> brings together and facilitates communication for all those involved in the book-publishing process: publishers and authors, editors and critics, illustrators and designers, translators and readers. Organizer: Kni\u017eny Ofis (Book Office). PEN Belarus is one of the festival\u2019s main partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pradmova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FB: @pradmova<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2594\" src=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56508720_647950902295072_3717284084334985216_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/ loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56508720_647950902295072_3717284084334985216_o.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56508720_647950902295072_3717284084334985216_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56508720_647950902295072_3717284084334985216_o-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56508720_647950902295072_3717284084334985216_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/56508720_647950902295072_3717284084334985216_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Micha\u015b Stra\u013eco\u016d International Poetry Festival \u201cPoems on the Pavement\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded by the Union of Belarusian Writers and PEN Belarus in 2012, the festival\u2019s program regularly includes a poetry slam, literary readings, discussions, presentations of books and book series, musical performances, etc. The festival brings together poets from Belarus, Germany, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshops for translators Our weekly classes help beginners familiarize themselves with the key trends and artistic approaches in the field of literary translation. Participants study translations in various literary genres and with guidance from Andrej Khadanovich learn to finetune their own translations. Litara (Letter), Adam Hlobus\u2019 School of Creative Writing The school targets 15-18-year-olds who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17306,"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277\/revisions\/17306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}