Bartosz Bielenia, Weronika Szczawińska, Dominika Słowik, Weronika Gęsicka, Jakub Józef Orliński, Błażej Król and Dawid Ciślak have become laureates of Polityka weekly "Passports" award for 2019. A special award, Creator of culture, went to Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.
"Passports" are being awarded each year by the Polityka weekly. The awards are symbolic identity documents which help artists to go out into the world. Passports are handed out to young talented creators pushing boundaries in art, who in a special and original ways contribute to promoting of Polish culture at home and across the world". The awards have been handed out since 1993. Rules hold that laureates can receive "Passports" only once.
Laureates were announced on Tuesday at a grand ceremony in Teatr Polski in Warsaw.
Special award
A special award, Creator of culture, went to Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. She accepted the prize from the hands of Kasia Kieli, President and Managing Director for Discovery Networks EMEA region, and Professor Janusz Fogler, chairman of the board of ZAiKS Association.
"Thank you very much. I'd like to boast that my "Passport" turned 24 today and I think it's the same age as many nominees and laureates. I could actually call myself a mom here," Olga Tokarczuk said.
List of laureates for 2019
Literature: Dominika Słowik
Film: Bartosz Bielenia
Theatre: Weronika Szczawińska
Classical music: Jakub Józef Orliński
Popular music: Błażej Król
Visual arts: Weronika Gęsicka
Digital culture: Dawid Ciślak
Creator of culture: Olga Tokarczuk
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English