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Nominations for the Plovdiv Awards have been released

Nominations for the Plovdiv Awards have been released

5/12/2010 3:24:40 PM
The nominations for the prestigious Plovdiv Award has been released yesterday. There are three nominations in each categories. the winners are expected to be selected by the jury a day before the official award-giving ceremony, taking place May 20 at the Plovdiv Drama Theater.

Category of Journalism:

Kamen Kolarov
Penka Kalinkova and Pepa Koshinska
Liubomir Minchev

Category of Literature:

Velichka Nastradinova
Stefan Bonev
Alexander Sekulov

Category of Literary Translation:

Aneta Tosheva
Ivan Atanassov
Zdravka Petrova

Category of Architecture:

Ilko Iliev
Radion Petrov
Dimiter Dimitrov

Category of Photography/Director of Photography:

Assen Tihov
Violin Paleykov
Nikolay Minchev

Category of Art for Children:

Buratino Ballet Studio
Plovdiv Puppet Theater
Zhelka Tabakova

Category of Fine Art:

Vihra Grigorova
Rumen Zhekov
Galina Lordeva

Category of Theater:

Team of the Plovdiv Puppet Theater
Alexey Kozhukharov
Nikolay Lambrev

Category of Music:

Nayden Todorov
Academic Folk Choir
Ivan Spassov
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