{"id":134213,"date":"2025-04-14T17:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134213\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"prix-voltaire-shortlist-includes-belarusian-publishers-kandrusievic-strocau","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134213\/","title":{"rendered":"Prix Voltaire shortlist includes Belarusian publishers Kandrusievi\u010d, Stroca\u016d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The shortlist of the 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire includes Belarusian writers and publishers Nadzieja Kandrusievi\u010d and D\u017amitry Stroca\u016d, the International Publishers Association reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IPA&#8217;s Kristenn Einarsson said Prix Voltaire honors publishers fighting for &#8220;their freedom to recognize the remarkable work of a creator and to try to bring it to readers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shortlist also includes Mohamad Hadi (Lebanon), Amar Ingrachen (Algeria), Michel Moushabeck (USA) and Georgy Urushadze (Russia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The association said writer and translator Kandrusievi\u010d founded the Koska publishing house in Belarus in 2018. It specialized in printing Belarusian translations of children&#8217;s books by Scandinavian authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poet Stroca\u016d has lived in Germany since 2022. He had a publishing house in Minsk, Vinograd, but the authorities have revoked its license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The author of 18 books of poetry in Russian and a member of Belarusian PEN, Stroca\u016d was arrested during protests in Belarus in 2020 and served a jail sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Berlin, he has founded Hochroth Minsk, a platform for Belarusian and other exiled writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Einarsson said events around the world show that freedom of expression can shrink quite rapidly, which will also affect freedom to publish. These rights must be constantly fought for, as evidenced by the presence of \u00e9migr\u00e9 publishers on the shortlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yanushkevich-POZ-20240714.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus blocks access to online bookstore<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 18, Pozirk. Kniha\u016dka, the Warsaw-based bookstore selling books in Belarusian, says that access to its website has been blocked in Belarus. The online bookstore was launched by publisher Andrej Janu\u0161kievi\u010d, who fled political reprisals. In January 2023, Belarusian officials &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/110034\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 14, Pozirk. The shortlist of the 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire includes Belarusian writers and publishers Nadzieja Kandrusievi\u010d and D\u017amitry Stroca\u016d, the International Publishers Association reported. The IPA&#8217;s Kristenn Einarsson said Prix Voltaire honors publishers fighting for &#8220;their freedom to recognize the remarkable work of a creator and to try to bring it to readers.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-134213","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prix Voltaire shortlist includes Belarusian publishers Kandrusievi\u010d, Stroca\u016d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 14, Pozirk. 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