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The Tadeusz Bradecki Foundation has announced a new literary award, The Tadeusz Bradecki Prize, created to honour the late international theatre director, actor and writer Tadeusz Bradecki.
The £1,500 prize will be awarded annually to a book in which story-telling fiction and non-fiction writing "combine in an original and exciting way".
For the inaugural Prize, books must have been published in English or in translation into English from a European language between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2024. Alongside the winner, two further authors will receive a cash prize of £750 each. Submissions will open on Monday 30th September 2024 and close on Monday 2nd December, with a shortlist of up to 10 books to be announced on Monday 31st March 2025. The winner will be announced in May 2025.
The judges for the inaugural 2025 prize will be Francis Spufford, who will chair the panel, as well as Krzysztof Zanussi and Carole Welch.
Bradecki’s wife Kate Sinclair, who is setting up the prize, said: "As well as directing, acting and writing, Tadeusz was passionate about reading, every kind of book across borders, genres and subjects. He also loved to enable and encourage other creative folk. So this prize is a love letter, a legacy in his name to celebrate the sort of book he would be excited to read."
Spufford added: "Some of the most exciting things in writing happen between – between genres, between forms, between cultures, between languages. That’s what I’ve found as a writer, and that’s why I’m looking forward to judging this prize. It’s dedicated to the celebration of just those fertile, unpredictable spaces between."
The prize will be officially launched on 23rd May, at a party to celebrate the publication of Bradecki’s book The End of Ends (CB editions). Further information can be found at tadeuszbradeckiprize.com.