Baltic Assembly Prizes for Literature, the Arts and Science
The Baltic Assembly Prizes for Literature, the Arts and Science were established on 31 October 1993 in order to promote the development of literature, the arts and science in each Baltic country individually, to disseminate these achievements in the other Baltic countries and to recognize the most distinguished achievements in these fields. The idea of establishing such prize rose at the 2nd Session of the Baltic Assembly on 29 May 1992 in Palanga.
The prizes - monetary prize, a certificate and special statuette are awarded annually at the Session of the Baltic Assembly. According to the Statute s on the Baltic Assembly Prizes for Literature, the Arts and Science, the nominations for the prize must be submitted to the national judging committees one month before the awarding of the prize. The national judging committees assess these works and nominate not more than the two best works from the fields of literature, arts and science fields for review by the Joint Judging Committee composed of prominent experts.
Among laureates of the Baltic Assembly Prizes are prominent Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian authors of fiction and poetry, a stage director, composers, musicians, a painter, a premier danseur, as well as scholars and researchers in the fields of archaeology, biochemistry and biophysics, the arts, history, architecture, folklore and literature.
The meeting of the Joint Jury for the Baltic Assembly Prizes 2010 will convene on 24 September 2010 in Riga, whereas the awarding ceremony of the prizes will take place during the 29th Baltic Assembly Session on 22 October 2010 in Riga, Latvia.
