Winners of the Baltic Assembly Prizes in 2008
The meeting of the Baltic Assembly Prize Joint Judging Committee of the Baltic Assembly Prizes for Literature, the Arts and Science took place on 14 November 2008 in Riga.
As every year, the members of the Joint Judging Committee gathered in Riga to assess the works nominated by the national judging committees of each Baltic country. The members of the Joint Judging Committee are recognized artists and experts in their field, and this year they were: Berk Vaher, Johannes Saar and Helle Metslang from Estonia; Danielius Mušinskas, Petras Skirmantas, Audrone Nekrosiene and Stasys Vaitekunas from Lithuania; Elita Ansone, Anita Rožkalne and Ilga Jansone from Latvia.
The winners of the Baltic Assembly Prizes in 2008 are the following:
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In Literature:
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Knuts Skujenieks (Latvia), poet. Nominated for his Works in eight volumes, which contain high-quality poetry of particular value, written in prison and in a camp for political prisoners in Mordovia, where poet as Soviet dissident, spent seven years. One of the volumes of the Works is devoted to translations of a very wide spectrum of poetry – from the folklore of various nations of the world to 20th century modernists.
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In the Arts:
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Petras Vyšniauskas (Lithuania), saxophonist. Nominated for the presentation of the Baltic Jazz in the world, fruitful and intensive activity, important to the stage of Baltic Jazz and other genres, work comprising concert tours, teaching, recording and the preparation of various projects.
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In Science:
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Dr. Lembit Vaba (Estonia), linguist, researcher of the Baltic Sea language space, of the ancient Baltic loan words in Baltic-Finnic languages. He has compiled the English-Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian-Russian Dictionary (2005), mapped the Estonian-Latvian language border and rediscovered Estonian language enclaves in southern regions of Latvia.
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Since 1994 a total of 39 prizes for literature, the arts and research work have been awarded; thus, the Baltic Assembly has significantly contributed to the creation of a common Baltic cultural space and the promotion of cultural diversity.
The Prize Awarding Ceremony took place on 5 December in Viljandi, Estonia during the 27th Session of the Baltic Assembly.
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