Yesterday evening, a solemn ceremony of assigning the award “Bosanski stećak” to the best poets within the 53rd edition of the Sarajevo Poetry Days was held in the City Hall.
“We gathered dozens of writers from B&H, the region and the world. I feel at ease and I am happy because I saw that this city loves poetry. All lectures were highly visited, discussions were intense.” – said the president of the Writers Association of B&H, Dževad Karahasan.
The winners of the “Bosanski stećak” award are: Juan Goytisolo (Spain), Boris Novak (Slovenia), Christopher Merill (USA), Tadeusz Rozevicz (Poland), Abdulah Sidran (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Luko Paljetak (Croatia), Ivan Kordić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Stevan Tontić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mahmud Derviš (Palestine), Ottó Tolnai (Hungary), Petar Gudelj (Croatia), Ibrahim Hadžic (Serbia), Mirjana Stefanović (Serbia).
The award was also assigned posthumously to Mirko Kovač, Jaša Zlobec and his father.
The mayor of Sarajevo Ivo Komšić congratulated to all winners.
The award “Bosanski stećak” was established in 1999 and it’s being assigned since, as a symbol of B&H and its consistency.
The award is assigned to the distinguished foreign or local poet whose work shows literary, aesthetic persistence in the context of humanistic and etic principles.
The event started on September 24th and will last until September 28th.
(Source: Oslobođenje / photo: Damir Ćumurović)
