The jury of the Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize has compiled a longlist of works published in 2025 and nominated for the award.
Out of 24 works included in the full list, 12 have advanced to the next stage of the competition — those which, according to the jury, not only meet the aims of the prize but most vividly and originally explore themes of Belarusian history, culture and national identity.
This year, the competition once again demonstrated a diversity of approaches and formats: the longlist includes both books and media projects — podcasts, blogs and research — offering new perspectives for studying historical heritage and promoting Belarusian culture.
Books included in the longlist:
- “I dauhnej tak peli: Musical Folklore of the Old Believers of Northwestern Belarus” — Volha Baryshnikava (Skaryna Press, London, 2025).
- “Hidden Heritage. Tales of Belarusian Women”. Volumes 1 and 2 — BYPROSVET Foundation (BYPROSVET/Magenta, Warsaw, 2025).
- “Simply Out of Love. Reportage Portraits of Memory” — Hanna Kandratsyuk (Publishing House of the Belarusian Culture Centre in Bialystok, Bialystok, 2025).
- “The Last Witnesses of Hrodna” — Ruslan Kulevich (self-published, Poland, 2025).
- “On ‘Start’ and in ‘Temp’: Foot Javelin Throwing in the Orsha Region” — Artsiom Sizintsau (Skaryna Press, London, 2025).
- “The Circle of the Day” — Aliaksandra Turava (2025, anonymous submission).
- “Circulation” — Yuliya Tsimafeyeva (Januszkiewicz, Warsaw, 2025).
- “Shadows of Foundations” — Milestone (2025, anonymous submission).
Media, podcasts, film, video/video series and other:
- Television project “Sarmatian Moustache” — authored and hosted by Tsimafey Akudovich.
- “Belarus as a ‘Cultural Resemblance of Colonial Africa’, or the Anti-Colonial Uprising of Communist Alyaksey Kauka” — Tatsiana Astrowskaya (article in Topos magazine, Vilnius, 2025).
- Podcast “Literary Notes” — Siarhey Dubavets.
- Video blog about Belarusian cuisine “Pr0Food” — Siarhey Mazan.
The Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize, established in 1996, annually recognises the best works dedicated to the history and culture of Belarus. It aims to support research, artistic and media projects that strengthen the Belarusian cultural space and contribute to the restoration of historical memory.
