NordenBladet – On 23 November the laureate of this year’s Betti Alver literary award will be announced in the Library of the University of Tartu. There are brand new authors among the nominees, but there are also names that have already been heard of earlier.
The Betti Alver literary prize is based on Betti Alver’s last will that indicated the wish to award the author of a noteworthy debut piece in poetry or prose in Estonian language that has been published during the year from one All Souls’ Day to the next.
There are also those authors considered that have previously published non-fiction texts or drama works, and those who have previously published in other languages. This year the prize will be awarded for the 26th time.
This year the jury was represented by Taavi Eelmaa (laureate in 2020), Helle Maaslieb, Berit Petolai, Triin Ploom-Niitra and Mihkel Samarüütel, and 33 works were evaluated. The jury selected seven nominees from the debutants:
Aliis Aalmann, poetry collection “Verihaljas” (Kultuurileht)
Anna Kaare, poetry collection “InteГрация” (Kultuurileht)
Ilmar Lehtpere, poetry collection “Kodutud luuletused” (Verb)
Natalja Nekramatnaja, poetry collection “Sinine pojeng” (Tuum)
Olav Osolin, novel “Kus lendab part” (Varrak)
Rait Piir, prose collection “Hinged mõõgateral” (Lummur)
Ave Taavet, prose collection “Valerahategija” (Kultuurileht)
The literary award will be granted by the Estonian Writer’s Union Tartu division, with the support of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia. The volume of the prize is 2000 euros and it comes with the respective certificate.
Source: NordenBladet.ee