The 2015 Gaudeamus Book Fair closes its doors
Highlights of the 2015 Gaudeamus Book Fair which came to an end on Sunday.
România Internațional, 23.11.2015, 13:51
One of the most important events of its kind in Romania and abroad, the 22nd edition of the Gaudeamus International Book Fair, organized by Radio Romania, came to an end on Sunday in Bucharest. Over 125,000 visitors, by 8 thousand more than the previous year, over 3.2 million euros in proceeds, over 300 publishers and more than 700 events made Gaudeamus “the most read book fair at the most listened to radio”, the motto of the 2015 edition.
Head of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation Ovidiu Miculescu:
“Radio Romania strongly supports Romanian literature, poetry and history books, novels and books in general, and I would take this opportunity to recall that the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation is the only public radio in Europe to organize and sponsor such a far-reaching cultural event”.
The guest of honor at the 2015 Gaudeamus book fair was the GADIF, the Group of Francophone Embassies, Delegations and Institutions in Romania. On the last day of the fair, the organizers awarded prizes to publishers based on a public vote. This year as well Humanitas was voted the best publishing house, followed by Rao and Nemira publishers. The public voted Igor Bergler’s The Lost Bible as the most coveted book. Media awards were given to the Adevarul daily, to PRO TV television station, to GOLD FM radio and to the Agerpress news agency.
The “Antoaneta Ralian” awards for best translations were given to Ruxandra Cesereanu and George Volceanov. In turn, Cartier Publishers awarded Radio Romania a prize of excellence for unsparingly “keeping the book market at high standards”. The Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest was also granted the Education Award. “The Books Return Home”, the book-donation project run by Radio Romania every year, was also a success.
The 5,000 books donated by visitors and exhibitors will go to public libraries in Rupea, Brasov County and Scoreiu, Sibiu County. Since the project was launched back in 2010, over 140,000 books were donated at Gaudeamus, reaching over 340 libraries in areas to which Radio Romania is broadcasting.
(Translated by: Vlad Palcu)
