{"id":534862,"date":"2026-04-19T15:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=534862"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:14:22","slug":"longlist-announced-for-the-2025-frantsishak-bahushevich-prize-featuring-books-and-media-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/longlist-announced-for-the-2025-frantsishak-bahushevich-prize-featuring-books-and-media-projects","title":{"rendered":"Longlist Announced for the 2025 Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize, Featuring Books and Media Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The jury of the Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize has compiled<\/a> a longlist of works published in 2025 and nominated for the award.<\/p>\n

Out of 24 works included in the full list, 12 have advanced to the next stage of the competition \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

This year, the competition once again demonstrated a diversity of approaches and formats: the longlist includes both books and media projects \u2014 podcasts, blogs and research \u2014 offering new perspectives for studying historical heritage and promoting Belarusian culture.<\/p>\n

Books included in the longlist:<\/h2>\n
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  • \u201cI dauhnej tak peli: Musical Folklore of the Old Believers of Northwestern Belarus\u201d \u2014 Volha Baryshnikava<\/b> (Skaryna Press, London, 2025).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cHidden Heritage. Tales of Belarusian Women\u201d. Volumes 1 and 2 \u2014 BYPROSVET Foundation (BYPROSVET\/Magenta, Warsaw, 2025).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cSimply Out of Love. Reportage Portraits of Memory\u201d \u2014 Hanna Kandratsyuk<\/b> (Publishing House of the Belarusian Culture Centre in Bialystok, Bialystok, 2025).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe Last Witnesses of Hrodna\u201d \u2014 Ruslan Kulevich<\/b> (self-published, Poland, 2025).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cOn \u2018Start\u2019 and in \u2018Temp\u2019: Foot Javelin Throwing in the Orsha Region\u201d \u2014 Artsiom Sizintsau<\/b> (Skaryna Press, London, 2025).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe Circle of the Day\u201d \u2014 Aliaksandra Turava<\/b> (2025, anonymous submission).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cCirculation\u201d \u2014 Yuliya Tsimafeyeva<\/b> (Januszkiewicz, Warsaw, 2025).<\/li>\n
  • \u201cShadows of Foundations\u201d \u2014 Milestone (2025, anonymous submission).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Media, podcasts, film, video\/video series and other:<\/h2>\n
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    • Television project \u201cSarmatian Moustache\u201d \u2014 authored and hosted by Tsimafey Akudovich<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    • \u201cBelarus as a \u2018Cultural Resemblance of Colonial Africa\u2019, or the Anti-Colonial Uprising of Communist Alyaksey Kauka\u201d \u2014 Tatsiana Astrowskaya<\/b> (article in Topos magazine, Vilnius, 2025).<\/li>\n
    • Podcast \u201cLiterary Notes\u201d \u2014 Siarhey Dubavets<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    • Video blog about Belarusian cuisine \u201cPr0Food\u201d \u2014 Siarhey Mazan<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      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 \u2014 those which, according to the jury, not only meet the aims of the prize […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":534861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e537a24db44.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Longlist Announced for the 2025 Frantsishak Bahushevich Prize, Featuring Books and Media Projects"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534862","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=534862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}