{"id":4799,"date":"2025-06-16T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libribookline.com\/atadtak-a-libri-irodalmi-dijakat\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:05:05","slug":"atadtak-a-libri-irodalmi-dijakat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libribookline.com\/en\/atadtak-a-libri-irodalmi-dijakat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Libri Literary Prizes have been awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At this year\u2019s celebration of literature, readers\u2019 favorites were recognized in 12 categories.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Tam\u00e1s N\u00e1ray, Bea Bib\u00f3k, Marcsi Borb\u00e1s, Erika Bartos, Anna Kar\u00e1dy, M\u00f3r B\u00e1n, Emeran Mayer, and Edith Eva Eger are among those who received this year’s Libri Literary Prizes. The book retailer rewarded the most successful books of 2024 based on readers’ votes, and in addition to the categories overhauled last year, this year saw the first-ever prizes awarded for the most-read psychology and gastronomy books. At the gala associated with the Festive Book Week, poet Ott\u00f3 Tolnai, writer Istv\u00e1n Csuk\u00e1s, and graphic artist Ferenc Sajdik were honored with memorial and lifetime achievement awards for their work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This year, Libri is once again drawing attention to the outstanding achievements of the domestic book industry and readers’ favorite books. The book retailer first presented literary prizes in 2016, and in 2024\u2014after a one-year hiatus\u2014the most widely read authors of the year received the prestigious award in even more categories than before. The Libri Literary Prizes were presented at a ceremony held on June 13 at the Budapest Music Center as part of the Festive Book Week.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cReading and the value-creating power of books are perhaps even more important now than ever before. At Libri, we are aware of this task and responsibility, and we work every day to ensure that our books can reach all the places where they are needed. <\/em>However, without authors and readers, all this would be an impossible mission,\u201d said Gyula K\u00f6bli<\/strong>, managing director of Libri, at the award ceremony.<\/p>\n\n

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Orsolya Stefanie Ludvig and Gyula K\u00f6bli present the award to Anna Kar\u00e1dy and M\u00f3r B\u00e1n.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Libri, as a committed supporter of culture, considers the promotion of reading and contemporary Hungarian literature as one of its main tasks. As part of its social responsibility, its goal is to share the books of authors who have greatly contributed to the enrichment of our intellectual and cultural heritage with as wide an audience as possible. In their ninth season, the Libri Literary Prizes will once again evaluate readers’ choices, with a total of 12 expanded categories for this prestigious award.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe love all books, all styles and genres equally, and we believe that outstanding achievements can be found in any category. It is extremely exciting to see which topics and authors attract readers’ attention each year. <\/em>We want to reflect their choices with the Libri Literary Prizes\u2014that is, we recognise the most widely read and most popular books with the prizes awarded,\u201d added Orsolya Stefanie Ludvig<\/strong>, Libri’s marketing and communications director.<\/p>\n\n

In 2024, Tam\u00e1s N\u00e1ray<\/strong>‘s novel Ap\u00e1m szerint (According to My Father) became the favorite work of fiction of the year. Although N\u00e1ray was unable to attend the award ceremony in person, he explained in a video message why he considers the Libri Literary Prize so important: \u201cWe creative people tend to say that we don’t work for awards. However, there are valuable awards and more valuable awards \u2013 for me, the latter include those awarded by the public, because ultimately we work for the public, our readers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Orsolya Stefanie Ludvig and Gyula K\u00f6bli present the award to author Zolt\u00e1n L. D\u00e9zsi and the Korda couple.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

In 2024, Emerald Mayer<\/strong>‘s book A b\u00e9l-agy kapcsolat<\/em> (The Gut-Brain Connection) became the audience’s favorite of the year, while one of the most popular authors in the field of psychology of our time, Edith Eva Eger<\/strong>, was recognized for her work A balerina<\/em> (The Ballerina) in the non-fiction category. The award for the most successful debut book of the year went to Zolt\u00e1n L. D\u00e9zsi<\/strong> for his book,\u00a0A Korda<\/em> (Korda). In addition to domestic bestsellers, the most popular work of fiction beyond Hungary’s borders was also recognised. This year, the award for the most successful book abroad went to M\u00f3r B\u00e1n and Anna Kar\u00e1dy<\/strong> for their collaborative novel Lillaf\u00fcredi kar\u00e1csony<\/em> (Christmas in Lillaf\u00fcred).<\/p>\n\n

The authors spoke with particular emotion about their work and the popularity of their spy thriller across borders: \u201cEvery writer dreams of their story reaching far and wide, so it’s a very special feeling for me that our novel has been so well received in Transylvania, Upper Hungary, Vojvodina, Carpathian Ruthenia, and anywhere else where Hungarian is understood,\u201d<\/em> said Anna Kar\u00e1dy<\/strong>. Her co-author, M\u00f3r B\u00e1n<\/strong>, added: \u201cIt’s fantastic that our book has become so popular beyond our borders. It gives me particular joy that an entertaining novel can be a source of amusement and relaxation anywhere in the world, in any corner of the globe. I hope that the story we have written truly speaks to the entire nation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Once again, the most significant authors of children’s literature and their works occupy a prominent place among the winners of the Libri Literary Prizes. The Children’s Book of the Year award went to Erika Bartos<\/strong>, author of Ki kicsoda? (Who’s Who?), the latest volume in the Bogy\u00f3 and Bab\u00f3ca series, which is the first book experience for many young children. In the children’s literature category, the authors of Pom-pom mes\u00e9k<\/em> (Pom-pom Tales) and A nagy ho-ho-ho horg\u00e1sz<\/em> (The Great Fi-fi-fi Fisherman) series, which have been influential reading and cartoon experiences for generations, were recognized with a lifetime achievement prize given to writer Istv\u00e1n Csuk\u00e1s<\/strong> (posthumously) and graphic artist Ferenc Sajdik<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

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Orsolya Stefanie Ludvig and Gyula K\u00f6bli present the award to Erika Bartos.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The award for historical non-fiction book of the year went to G\u00e1bor G. Fodor<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Orb\u00e1n kontra Soros<\/em> (Orb\u00e1n versus Soros), while the award for the most successful business book of 2024 was presented to D\u00e1vid S\u00f3lyomi<\/strong> for his work T\u00fal az osztal\u00e9kon<\/em> (Beyond the Dividend). This year, for the first time, awards were also presented for the best psychology and gastronomy books of the year, with Bea Bib\u00f3k<\/strong> receiving recognition for her self-help book Ellopott feln\u0151ttkor<\/em> (Stolen Adulthood), while last year’s award for the best gastronomy book went to Marcsi Borb\u00e1s <\/strong>for her publication Magyarorsz\u00e1g finom<\/em> (Hungary is Delicious). The Libri Literary Memorial Prize was also presented to contemporary poet Ott\u00f3 Tolnai<\/strong>, who passed away this spring at the age of 84, for his selection of poems entitled Wilhelm-dalok<\/em> (Wilhelm Songs), first published in 1992.<\/p>\n\n

Authors’ prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

  1. In the category of audience favorite of the year<\/strong>, Emerald Mayer:\u00a0A b\u00e9l-agy kapcsolat<\/em>\u00a0(Kulcslyuk Publishing)<\/li>
  2. In the category of fiction book of the year<\/strong>, Tam\u00e1s N\u00e1ray:\u00a0Ap\u00e1m szerint<\/em>\u00a0(Libri Publishing)<\/li>
  3. In the category of non-fiction book of the year<\/strong>, Edith Eva Eger:\u00a0A balerina<\/em>\u00a0(Openbooks)<\/li>
  4. In the category of the most successful debut book of the year<\/strong>, Zolt\u00e1n L. D\u00e9zsi:\u00a0A Korda<\/em>\u00a0(Free Spirit Publishing)<\/li>
  5. In the category of historical non-fiction book of the year<\/strong>, G\u00e1bor G. Fodor:\u00a0Orb\u00e1n kontra Soros<\/em>\u00a0(Public Foundation for Research into Central and Eastern European History)<\/li>
  6. In the category of business book of the year<\/strong>, D\u00e1vid S\u00f3lyomi:\u00a0T\u00fal az osztal\u00e9kon<\/em>\u00a0(A4C Books)<\/li>
  7. In the category of the most popular book of the year beyond the border<\/strong>, M\u00f3r B\u00e1n \u2013 Anna Kar\u00e1dy:\u00a0Lillaf\u00fcredi kar\u00e1csony<\/em>\u00a0(Hitel Publishing)<\/li>
  8. In the category of children’s book of the year<\/strong>, Erika Bartos:\u00a0Bogy\u00f3 \u00e9s Bab\u00f3ca \u2013 Ki kicsoda?<\/em>\u00a0(Self-published \u2013 Pozsonyi)<\/li>
  9. In the category of psychology book of the year<\/strong>, Bib\u00f3k Bea:\u00a0Ellopott feln\u0151ttkor<\/em>\u00a0(Libri Publishing)<\/li>
  10. In the category of gastronomy book of the year<\/strong>, Marcsi Borb\u00e1s:\u00a0Magyarorsz\u00e1g finom<\/em>\u00a0(Stratcomm. Kft.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n

    Memorial and lifetime achievement prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

    1. In the Libri Literary Memorial Prize<\/strong> category, Ott\u00f3 Tolnai:\u00a0Wilhelm-dalok<\/em>\u00a0(Jelenkor)<\/li>
    2. In the Lifetime Achievement Prize in Children’s Literature<\/strong> category, Istv\u00e1n Csuk\u00e1s and Ferenc Sajdik, illustrator<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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