01 December 2020
Winners of Iakob Gogebashvili Children's and Youth Literary Award are announced

The winners of Iakob Gogebashvili Children's and Youth Literary Award are:

Best Poetry book

  • Tamar Pkhakadze - Alphabet (Palitra L Publishing)

Best Prose Book

For little children aged 3-6 years:

Lela Tsutskiridze - The adventures of Datunia Bru (Shemetsneba Publishing House)

For children aged 7-12 years

  • Lela Tsutskiridze - Snowball and Little White Owl Tusura (Palitra L Publishing) 
  • Vaso Guleuri / Natia Janashia - Snowball and friends (Palitra L Publishing)

For adolescents 13+

  • Diana Anfimiadi - We, the knights in the Panther's Skin (Artanuji Publishing)

Best illustrated Book

For little children, aged 3-6 years:

  • Nino Chitaishvili -My first "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" ("Karchkhadze Publishing")

For little children aged 7-12 years:

  • Nana Melkadze - Chabua Amirejibi, Contemplations (Palitra L Publishing)

Best Children's Drama

  • Elene Matskhonashvili - Chrunti

Best Debut

  • Giorgi Jincharadze - Tsikara (Zoliani Kata)

Best translated children's/youth book

  • Zaza Chiladze, Gia Chumburidze - Mark Twain, The Adventures of Hucklberry Finn (Intelekti Publishing)

Lali Japarashvili was given the award for outstanding contribution to children's literature. 

The jury could not reveal the winner for the nomination Best children’s/youth innovative project.

The winners were annnounced by a jury of five members: Irma Malatsidze, Teona Bekishvili, Lika Chapiaze, Tea Lomidze, Olesia Tavadze.

Iakob Gogebashvili CHildren's and Youth Literary Award was created in 2017 by The Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia and Writers’ House. The Award is annual and aims to motivate and encourage children's authors.

Due to the epidemic situation in the country, the award ceremony was held online. 

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