Honoring the winners of the literary competitions of the Book Authority in 2019

Damascus-Sana

The Ministry of Culture honored the Syrian General Book Organization in the activities of the Ministry of Culture on the winners of the first three prizes of the Hanna Minh Prize for the novel, Sami Droubi for translation, Omar Abu Risha for poetry, short story for the child, and excellence of the sea for the art of painting directed to the child.

The first prize was awarded to Omar Abu Risha for the poet Zaher Qat for the poem “Thoughts of Two Cups” and the second poet Bashar Areej for the poem “Panorama of War” while Samer Mohammed won the third place for “Sinbad”.

The jury also noted Adnan Halawa's “Festival” poems, “dedication to the soul of the poet Omar Abu Risha” by Bilal Ahmed, “Thinking Aloud… very High” by Areej Saud and “Questions” by Areej Al Thiab.

In the Hanna Minh Prize for the novel won the first place novel "Sheikh and Foul" by novelist Mazen Nafouri, while the second place "novel poisoning" novelist Omar Hammoud and won the third place novel "Chalma .. the way and memories" by novelist Nizar Tarboush.

In the Sami Al-Droubi Award for Translation, he won first place the work translated “Tales of the Greek Night” by Mohammed Al-Dunia and second place the work translated “Literary Criticism in France” by Dr. Ghassan El-Sayed and the third place translated work “Wonders of the World .. 366 Marvel and more” for Hammam Zina.

The short story for the child went to the first prize for the story "magic glasses" for Duha Jawad and won the second story "the first place" by Malik Ajeeb The third prize was awarded the story of "the story of a tree" by Adrian Ibrahim.

In Mumtaz Al-Bahra Award for painting for the child, she won the first prize, Lina Naddaf, the second went to Duha Al-Zuhairy, while the third came equally between Naya El-Khoury and Adawya Diop.

The Director of the Book Authority, Dr. Thaer Zainuddin said in his speech that these awards and other offers by the Ministry of Culture and at the most difficult time is an indication of mobility contributes to the creation of a creative cultural environment is healthy because literary awards help to provide new voices to the arena, explaining that the arbitration committees have worked to align Biblical art and literary and artistic beauty without underestimating the intellectual and moral dimension present in the work.

Salah Al-Saleh, member of the Hanna Minneh Award, Tawfiq Al-Asadi, Sami Al-Droubi Award for Translation, Dr. Rateb Sukkar, Omar Abu Risha Award, Lujain Al-Aseel, Mumtaz Al-Bahra Committee for Painting, and Qahtan Bayrakdar, Member of the Short Story Committee, presented an explanation of the criteria used in evaluating texts and materials. Participate in competitions and choose the most appropriate ones in a way that takes into account the objectives of the competitions.

Rasha Mahfoud