Full List of Nominees for the Jerzy Giedroyc Prize Announced

The general list includes 22 books, with six authors indicated as encrypted, reports Belarusian PEN.

The books included in the full list were published both in Belarus and abroad — in Poland, Lithuania, and other countries.

Full list:

1. "Threads" — Makar (Janushkevich, 2025)
2. "I Am the Meat Dzmiter Cooked" — Dzmiter Vishnyou (Skaryna Press, 2025)
3. "Vera — The Filibuster's Daughter" — Valiantsin Viarkeyeu (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
4. "Life's Carpenter" — Siarhei Dubautsevich (encrypted participation)
5. "The Square" — Dzmiter Zalozny (encrypted participation)
6. "Domesticated" — Anton Zaremba (encrypted participation)
7. "Simply Out of Love. Reporter's Portraits of Memory" — Hanna Kandratsyuk (Center for Belarusian Culture in Bialystok, 2025)
8. "Cold Lands" — Aliaksandr Karnaoukh (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
9. "The Lyre Player" — Aliaksandr Kastsiukovich (encrypted participation)
10. "Who Are You, Drone?" — Hanna Kruchkova (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
11. "Mosa" — Dzmiter Kres (Lohvinau, 2025)
12. "Significant Days" — Tsimur Kudzelich (Skaryna Press, 2025)
13. "Oswald's Game. Quest" — Aliaksandar Lukashuk (Kamunikat.org, 2025)
14. "An Apple in a Suitcase" — Uladzislau Navazhylau (Grunwald Publishing, 2025)
15. "The Bonfire Was Burning Out" — Yazep Paniamonskikh (encrypted participation)
16. "Euphoria" — Maryia Parkhimchyk (Pfliyaumbaum, 2025)
17. "Train to Poznań" — Aliaksei Pravalotski (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
18. "Family" — Zbykh Slupouski (Haliiafy, Maraton, 2025)
19. "Bow and Death in Hrotna" — Dzianis Trusau (Kamunikat.org, 2025)
20. "One Two Three Four Two" — Piotr Umanski (RozUM Media, 2025)
21. "Pentacontar" (Books 1 and 2) — Artsiom Shukanau (Gutenberg Publisher, 2025)
22. "An Attempt at Experimental Self-Construction" (Books 1 and 2) — Maks Shchur (SayBeat, 2025)

The jury included writer, culturologist, editor Siarhei Kalienda; journalist and writer, last year's Giedroyc Prize laureate Siarhei Dubavets; translator, editor, and literary critic Yana Bernatovich; Belarusian playwright, critic, poet, literary critic Siarhei Kavalyou; and writer, translator, and literary critic Hanna Yankuta.

Next, a longlist will be determined, then a shortlist (6 books), and the award ceremony itself will take place on November 7 in Gdańsk.

This year, the award will be presented for the 15th time. Its first laureate in 2012 was Pavel Kastsiukevich for the book "Belarusian National Team in Minor Sports."

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