{"id":527541,"date":"2026-03-22T16:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=527541"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T18:16:23","slug":"full-list-announced-for-the-2025-frantsishak-bahushevich-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/full-list-announced-for-the-2025-frantsishak-bahushevich-prize","title":{"rendered":"Full List Announced for the 2025 Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Belarusian PEN Centre has published the full list of works admitted by the jury of the Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize for 2025.<\/p>\n

This year, dozens of submissions were received \u2014 ranging from books and research to podcasts, videos and multimedia projects. The prize brings together various formats aimed at reflecting on Belarusian history, culture and collective memory.<\/p>\n

A total of 24 works that meet the competition criteria have been included in the full list and accepted for consideration by the jury.<\/p>\n

Books:<\/h2>\n
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  1. \u201cLast Witnesses of Hrodna\u201d \u2014 Ruslan Kulevich<\/b> (self-published, Poland, 2025);<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cBelarusian Literature of the Transformation Period. Outlines of a Misty Landscape\u201d \u2014 Syarhey Kavalyou<\/b> (Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University Press, Lublin, 2025);<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cBelarusian Calendar Encyclopedic Guide\u201d \u2014 Uladzimir Khilmanovich<\/b> (Kni\u017eny Vyraj, Bia\u0142ystok, 2025);
    \n\u201cAnd They Sang Like This Before: Musical Folklore of Old Believers of North-Western Belarus\u201d \u2014 Volha Baryshnikava<\/b> (Skaryna Press, London, 2025);<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cCircle of the Day\u201d \u2014 Alyaksandra Turava<\/b> (2025, anonymised submission);<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cBlood Circulation\u201d \u2014 Yuliya Tsimafeyeva<\/b> (Januszkiewicz, Warsaw, 2025);<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cAt \u2018Start\u2019 and in \u2018Tempo\u2019: Foot-Throwing Game in the Orsha Region\u201d \u2014 Artsyom Sizintsev<\/b> (Skaryna Press, London, 2025);<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cHidden Heritage. Tales of Belarusian Women\u201d, Vols. 1\u20132 \u2014 Tatsyana Haiduk<\/b> (BYPROSVET\/Magenta, Warsaw, 2025);<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cSimply Out of Love. Reportage Portraits of Memory\u201d \u2014 Hanna Kandratsyuk<\/b> (Publishing House of the Centre for Belarusian Culture in Bia\u0142ystok, Bia\u0142ystok, 2025);<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cThe Fog That Envelops You\u201d \u2014 Paulina Kot<\/b> (novella from the book \u201cMake It Before Darkness: Mystical Stories from Belarus\u201d, Pflaumbaum, Vilnius, 2025);<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cCold Lands\u201d \u2014 Alyaksandr Karnaukh<\/b> (Gutenberg Publisher, Krak\u00f3w, 2025);<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cShadows of Foundations\u201d \u2014 Milestone<\/b> (2025, anonymised submission);<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cCarpenter of Life\u201d \u2014 Syarhey Dubautsevich<\/b> (2025, anonymised submission).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Articles, podcasts, video blogs and others:<\/h2>\n
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    1. \u201cBelarus as a \u2018Cultural Resemblance of Colonial Africa\u2019, or the Anti-Colonial Uprising of Communist Alyaksey Kauka\u201d \u2014 Tatsyana Astrouskaya<\/b> (article in Topos magazine, Vilnius, 2025);<\/li>\n
    2. Podcast \u201cHistory on Svaboda\u201d \u2014 author and host Syarhey Ablameyka<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    3. Visual poetry \u201cBelarusian Dudka and Belarusian Smyk\u201d \u2014 author Antos Sivykh<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    4. Podcast \u201cCinema Belarus\u201d, No. 7: Volha Ramanava and Another History of Belarusian Soviet Cinema \u2014 authors and hosts Taras Tarnalitski<\/b>, Yuliya Alyakseyeva<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    5. Podcast \u201cLiterary Notes\u201d \u2014 author and host Syarhey Dubavets<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    6. Podcast \u201cLet\u2019s Work\u201d, Episode 1: A Psychological Session with Barbara Radziwi\u0142\u0142 \u2014 author Yalina Yanouskaya<\/b> (anonymised submission);<\/li>\n
    7. Television project \u201cSarmatian Moustache\u201d \u2014 author and host Timofey Akudovich<\/b>;<\/li>\n
    8. Video project \u201cSmoking the Boar\u201d \u2014 public cultural campaign \u201cBud\u017ama Belarusami!\u201d and Ales Kirkievich<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    9. Video project \u201cTrident and Pahonia\u201d \u2014 public cultural campaign \u201cBud\u017ama Belarusami!\u201d and Ales Kirkievich<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    10. Video blog about Belarusian cuisine \u201cPr0Food\u201d \u2014 author and host Syarhey Mazan<\/b> (2025);<\/li>\n
    11. Podcast \u201cTutaka\u201d \u2014 foundation \u201cTUTAKA\u201d (2025).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The next stage will be the announcement of the longlist of the prize.<\/p>\n

      The Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize was established in 1996 and annually recognises the best works dedicated to the history and culture of Belarus that strengthen Belarusian traditions and restore a connection with the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Belarusian PEN Centre has published the full list of works admitted by the jury of the Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize for 2025. This year, dozens of submissions were received \u2014 ranging from books and research to podcasts, videos and multimedia projects. The prize brings together various formats aimed at reflecting on Belarusian history, culture and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":527540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69c031fb5c1ef.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Full List Announced for the 2025 Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}