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Cyprian Kamil Norwid Awards 2019

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The Cyprian Kamil Norwid Awards for artists active and living in Mazovia were awarded on 23 September 2019 during the gala ceremony at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

The chairmen of the chapters – Małgorzata Komorowska, Krzysztof Masłoń, Lech Śliwonik and Stanisław Wieczorek – announced the names of the winners in five categories.

In the "Work of Life" category, this year's statuette was handed to the classic of contemporary Polish art, sculptor and educator Adam Myjak. Krystyna Janda was awarded the prize in the "Theater" category for the main role in the show Notes from Exile. The novel Needle Eye by Wiesław Myśliwski was recognized as the best book of 2018. The artist Leon Tarasewicz received an award in the field of visual arts for the Jerusalem exhibition presented at the Foksal Gallery in Warsaw.

Janusz Wawrowski became the laureate of the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award 2019 in the "Music" category. The statuette was handed to him by the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Province Adam Struzik and the Chairman of the Mazovian Regional Assembly Ludwik Rakowski. The violin virtuoso received a statuette and a cash prize of PLN 20,000 for the reconstruction of Ludomir Różycki's Violin Concerto and for the performance of the work Polonia on Stradivarius violin.

More information at: http://biuro-prasowe.mik.waw.pl/releases/nagroda-norwida-2019