Prešeren Award

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Prešeren Award (the so-called Grand Prešeren Award) (Slovene: Prešernova nagrada) is the highest Slovenian prize for artistic achievements awarded each year to one or two eminent Slovene artists. It has been bestowed since 1947 on the 8 February national cultural holiday which commemorates the anniversary of the death of Slovene Romantic poet and liberal mind France Prešeren. Since 1962 it has been conferred only for exceptional achievements in the field of arts. Members of the Awards Board are representatives of various artistic disciplines who are nominated by the government and elected in Parliament.

[edit] See also

• Prešeren Foundation Award
• List of Prešeren laureates

[edit] References

• Slovenia: Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards
• A list of Prešeren laureates. Acquired 4 April 2008. (Slovene)
• O nagradah: Galerija Prešernovih nagrajencev Kranj (Slovene)