Ales Adamovich Award Shortlist Published
Belarusian PEN announced the shortlist for the Ales Adamovich Award, which for 30 years has recognized works that become an important voice of their time.
The finalists include:
- Siarhei Sashuk with the collection "Voice of the Generation of Freedom" (Polatskiya Labirynty publishing house, 2025);
- Volha Kastsiuk with the book of short stories "Dubovye Yablochki" (Skaryna Press publishing house, 2025);
- compiler and editor of the collection "I Come to You, People" Alena Kazlova (Pflyaumbaum publishing house, 2025);
- Yurka Lyashchynski and Yakub Sushchynski with the reportage "Memory in Svislach" (Belarusian Radio Racyja, 2025);
- Artsiom Shukanau with the novel "Pentakvantar" (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025);
- Maryia Parkhimchyk with the novel "Euphoria" (Pflyaumbaum publishing house, 2025).
Ales Adamovich (1927—1994) was a Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic, and public figure, one of the founders of Belarusian PEN.
The award named after him has been presented since 1995 for works dedicated to topical problems of our time.