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Results of the Literary Awards Ceremony Hertfordshire Press 2018!

The successful activity of the Eurasian creative Guild in 2019 speaks for themselves. On January 11, the Annual Awards Ceremony Hertfordshire Press took place. The ceremony was held in the cultural capital of Great Britain in the elite place of London writers - British Library. More than 30 of the brightest representatives of the creative elite of Great Britain and Eurasia attended the ceremony in one of the most prestigious halls of the British Library - Eliot Room.

The award ceremony was held by David Parry (fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, first Chairman of the Eurasian Creative Guild (London), and the winners in the nominations were awarded by Marat Akhmedjanov (publisher of Hertfordshire Press and vice president of Eurasian Creative Guild).

The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Tajikistan - Mr.Masud Khalifazoda. Also at the event were representatives of the embassies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.

The special guests of the ceremony were:

• Representative (CATBIG) - Peter C Lindsay
• Film producer - Pierre Sandler
• National artist of Tajikistan - Tolib Shahidi
• Famous architect and poet - Andrew Ria
• A representative of the magazine “London Review of Books” - Sara Roth
• Actress Theater and Cinema - Jerry Skins
• As well as representatives of the British Library and other guests

In 2019, for the ceremony were nominated 15 authors, editors, and translators and were announced the winners in the following nominations.

Winners in nominations:

• Best Bestseller of the Year: Ermek Amanshayev for the collection “Song of Butterflies”
• Best Author of the Year: Gulsifat Shakhidi for the book “Tales of Grandma Gulsifat”
• Best Translator of the Yearа: Caroline Walton for the book “The world dissolves, like a dream”(Leila Aliyeva)
• Best Editor of the Year: John Farndon for the book "Recycled" (Anna Komar) 
• Breakthrough of the Year: Rahima Makhmut for the book “Land Drenched in tears” (Soyungul Chanicheff) 
• Best Book Book Series ECG 2018: Shahsanem Murray “Cold Shadows”

Церемонию награждения провел Дэвид Перри (член Королевского общества искусств), а награды победителям в номинациях вручил Марат Ахмеджанов (издатель Hertfordshire Press и вице - президент Eurasian Creative Guild, London).

На церемонии присутствовал посол Таджикистана в Великобритании - Масуд Халифазода. Также на мероприятии были представители посольств Казахстана и Азербайджана.

Почетными гостями церемонии стали:

• Председатель (CATBIG) - Питер Линдсей
• Кинопродюсер - Пьер Сандлер
• Народный артист Таджикистана - Толиб Шахиди
• Известный архитектор и поэт - Эндрю Риа
• Представитель журнала “London Review of Books” - Сара Pот 
• Актриса Театра и кино - Джерри Скинс
А также представители Британской библиотеки и другие гости

В этом году на церемонию было номинировано 15 авторов, редакторов и переводчиков, и в теплой и поистине торжественной церемонии были объявлены победители в следующих номинациях.

Победители в номинациях:

• Лучший бестселлер года: Ермек Аманшаев за сборник "Песня мотылька "
• Лучший автор года: Гульсифат Шахиди за книгу "Сказки бабушки Гульсифат"
• Лучший переводчик года: Кэролайн Уолтон за книгу "Мир растворяется, как мечта" (Лейла Алиева) 
• Лучший редактор года Джон Фардон за книгу "Recycled" (Анна Комар) 
• Прорыв года: Рахим Махмут за книгу "Земля, пропитанная слезами" (Soyungul Chanicheff) 
• Лучшая книга Книжной серии ECG 2018: Шахсанем Мюррей “Холодные тени”

Как и было обещано, самым интригующим моментом для всех гостей церемонии Hertfordshire Press стало объявление обладателя гранта от издательства Hertfordshire Press в номинации Лучшее художественное произведение конкурса Open Eurasian Literature Festival & Book Forum-2018, и мы с гордостью сообщаем, что победительницей номинации стала Лина Ди за сборник рассказов “Лютевилль”.

We thought that the final of competition will be finally today, but now we will wait until January 12! ... every day...)

And a few words about "Direville":

"Direville" is a collection of 9 short stories about the life of a fantasy city in Western Europe in the first half of the XX century:

1. Her Hand Had a Life of its Own
2. A Dwarf in a Box
3. An Old Woman in a Grey Hat
4. The Princes of Direville
5. Screech Beetle and a Special List
6. The Burning Lace
7. Mumble
8. Everything in Its Time
9. Direville: the festival

It all started with the first story about the "Hollywood doll" wich had own secret, by that time I didn't know what It may come. But the story impressed me so much that I decided to write another one.
When I finished a second story about a mysterious dwarf, I realized that it launched it triggered something in my brain and I wanted to build a whole city,...a mystical and mysterious world. These emotions overwhelmed me and now I am finishing working on the second part of "Direville" and writing a third part. 
And despite some problems, I am very happy now!
Thank you very much!
It's very important for me!