Schwentner Award

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Schwentner Award

Dimičeva 13, SI-1504 Ljubljana

http://www.gzs.si

info@gzs.si

Phone386 (0) 1 589 8000

Organised byAssociation of Book Publishers

Irma Butina, Director

irma.butina@gzs.si

The Schwentner Award has been given annually since 1985 by the Association of Book Publishers of the Chamber of Publishing, Bookselling, Graphic Industry, Radio and TV Media (GZS-ZKGM) for lifetime achievement in the field of publishing and book trading and for developing and facilitating reading culture at home and abroad. The ceremony takes place during the Slovene Book Fair. The award was named after Lavoslav Schwentner (1856–1952), the first contemporary Slovene publisher.

The recent winners are Zdravko Duša in 2014, Jože Zupan in 2013, Iztok Ilich in 2012, and Marij Maver in 2011, Aleš Berger in 2008, etc.

See also

• Slovene Book Fair
• Association of Book Publishers

External links

• List of the Schwentner Award recipients (in Slovenian)
• Slovene Book Fair website (in Slovenian)
• Lavoslav Schwentner on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)
• Lavoslav Schwentner on Kamra portal (in Slovenian)