{"id":545734,"date":"2026-05-26T20:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=545734"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:13:00","slug":"award-ceremony-for-best-belarusian-poetry-book-to-be-held-in-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/award-ceremony-for-best-belarusian-poetry-book-to-be-held-in-warsaw","title":{"rendered":"Award Ceremony for Best Belarusian Poetry Book to Be Held in Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Natallia Arsennieva Prize for the best Belarusian-language poetry book will be awarded on May 27 during a ceremony at the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>The event has two main goals: to honor the best poetry book written in Belarusian and to commemorate <b>Natallia Arsennieva<\/b>, an outstanding poet whose legacy continues to inspire new generations of Belarusians around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be selected from a shortlist that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ihar Kulikou<\/b>, \u201cNetutseyshaya Dalechynya\u201d (\u201cThe Non-Local Distance\u201d) (Januskevich, 2025)<\/li>\n<li><b>Illia Kulbitski<\/b>, \u201cChronicle of the Denial of Emptiness\u201d (Skaryna Press, 2025)<\/li>\n<li><b>Maks Shchur<\/b>, \u201cTea Collection. Selected Post-Poetry 2007\u20132025\u201d (SayBeat, 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year marks the 10th anniversary season of the prize.<\/p>\n<p>The evening program will include readings by shortlisted authors, the announcement of the winner, a musical performance by the band Lity Taler, and a book fair featuring Belarusian publishers.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s jury includes five literary figures. Publicly announced participants include: <b>Darya Bialkevich<\/b>, poet, translator, songwriter, and arts manager; <b>Nasta Kudasava<\/b>, poet and translator; <b>Vital Ryzhkou<\/b>, poet, translator, and organizer of literary projects; and <b>Andrei Khadanovich<\/b>, poet, translator, and literary scholar.<\/p>\n<p>The prize is organized by the Belarusian PEN Center and the International Union of Belarusian Writers.<\/p>\n<p><b>When:<\/b> May 27, 2026 (Wednesday), 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><b>Where:<\/b> Nowy Teatr in Warsaw (ul. Madali\u0144skiego 10\/16)<\/p>\n<p><b>Language of the event:<\/b> Belarusian (Polish-language programs will be available for guests)<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"info\"><p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/cult_front\">Reform.news cultural news<\/a> on Telegram<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Natallia Arsennieva Prize for the best Belarusian-language poetry book will be awarded on May 27 during a ceremony at the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw. The event has two main goals: to honor the best poetry book written in Belarusian and to commemorate Natallia Arsennieva, an outstanding poet whose legacy continues to inspire new generations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":545733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a166f4ec81bf.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Award Ceremony for Best Belarusian Poetry Book to Be Held in Warsaw"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545734","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\/545734","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=545734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}