The ceremony for the 2014 State Literary Awards took place on Sunday at the Danaos cinema in Athens, with the Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas commenting that “books are still entirely necessary, even in the worst financial circumstances, so that we may carry on as civilized people”.
The awards for 2014 are as follows:
Grand Prize of Literature: Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
Novel Award: Dimitris Nollas
Short Story/Novella Award: Kostas Mavroudis
Poetry Award: Panos Kyparissis
Essay/Critique Award: Vaso Alexandraki
Testimony/Biography/Chronicle/Travel Literature Award: Giorgos B. Dertilis
Newcomer Award: Lefteris Kalospyros and Eleftheria Kyritsi
Promotion of Dialog on Socially Sensitive Issues Award: Alexandros Stefanidis
Translation of Foreign Literature into Greek Award: Giorgos Blanas
Translation of Greek Literature into a Foreign Language: Birgit Hildebrad
Additionally, the committee awarded the Mandaragoras and Themata Logotechnias periodicals for their contribution to modern Greek literature.
