Radio Romania’s Gaudeamus International Book Fair at the end
8,000 book stands were put up as part of this edition.
Articol de Radiojurnal, 25 Noiembrie 2019, 15:10
26th edition of the Gaudeamus International Book Fair, organized in Bucharest by Radio Romania, ended on Sunday with awards for Humanitas, Polirom and ART publishers.
Award for the most sought-after book went to Radu Paraschivescu's volume "The Man who moves Clouds. 7 Stories", released by Humanitas publishing house. In the media awards section, Evenimentul Zilei grabbed the award for best print publication, Pro TV won the award for best TV station, while Europa FM won the radio award. In the news agencies section, the award went to the national news agency Agerpres. The Award for Excellence went to Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi Publishing House. The Antoaneta Ralian translation prize went to Luminita Munteanu, for her translation into Romanian of the Orhan Pamuk series, as well as to Daniel Ionita, the coordinator of the bilingual edition of the anthology titled "Testament. 400 years of Romanian poetry", released in Australia.
8,000 book stands were put up as part of this edition, devoted to the 30 years since the anti-communist revolution of 1989. A total of 900 different events were scheduled, including book launches, debates and book signing sessions.
Source:RRI
