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Chapter 4. Annual Szczesny Morawski Prize For The Best Book on The
Sącz Region
Rules of the Szczęsny Morawski Prize
1. The prize is an honorary, annual award bestowed on
the best book of the previous year uncovering new pages in the history
of the Sącz region.
2. The prize was established in 2007 by the Muszyna Almanac,
the Nowy Sącz branch of the Polish Historical Society, the Sącz Yearbook,
Sącz Almanac and the Nowy Sącz District Museum.
3. Candidatures of publications vying for the prize may
be submitted by: government and local-council authorities, trade unions,
professional and creative associations, cultural institutions, associations,
foundations, religious organisations, publishing firms and natural persons
4. Candidatures of publications competing for the prize
should be submitted by the end of February of each year in the form of
completed applications sent to the Chapter secretary at: redakcja@almanachmuszyny.pl.
The application form can be downloaded at: www.almanachmuszyny.pl
and www.sadeczanie.net.
One copy of any book vying for the prize should be sent by registered
post to: "Almanach Muszyny" (Willa "Wanda", ul. Piłsudskiego 56, 33-370
Muszyna. Phone: +48 18 471-48-59). All the submitted publications will
remain in a special section of the Public Library in Muszyna.
5. The prize is awarded by the Chapter which comprises
ex officio: the president of the Nowy Sącz branch of the Polish Historical
Society as Chapter chairman; chief editor of the Muszyna Almanac as Chapter
secretary; and the chairman of the Editorial Committee of the Sącz Yearbook,
chief editor of the Sącz Almanac and the director of the District Museum
in Nowy Sącz , as Chapter members
6. When awarding the Prize, the Chapter takes into account first and
foremost:
- the scholarly and cognitive value of the work vying for the prize,
- the scope of themes dealt with in the publication,
- the type of topics being handled, particularly subjects that have
so far not been discussed in book form,
- use of unpublished archival sources,
- use of unpublished illustrative material,
- the publications editorial excellence.
7. Whenever possible, the Chapter takes its decision
on the basis of consensus; if a vote is required and it ends in a draw,
the chairmans vote resolves the stalemate. If among the books competing
for the prize are works published by institutions whose representatives
are Chapter members, they do not take part in the vote.
8. The Chapter reserves the right not to award the prize
in the event the competing publications fail to fulfil the criteria set
out in paragraph 6.
9. The prize is presented in early July in the Town Hall
of the Little Galician Town in Nowy Sącz in the presence of at least three
Chapter members.
10. The prize is a memorial plaque in the form of an
engraved stone plate set in wood. It is individually created for each
successive edition of the competition.
11. The Chapter will approach the Starost of Sącz to
present each laureate of the Prize a Sącz Silver Apple award.
12. The Chapter is promoting knowledge of the Prize in
scholarly and publishing circles and will also promote the prize-winning
publications themselves.
The award presentation ceremony takes place each year
at the Town Hall of the Little Galician Town in Nowy Sącz in early July
to coincide with the deliberations of the Sącz Press Forum.
The commemorative statuette of the Honorary Szczęsny
Morawski Sącz Region Prize was designed and executed by Sącz monument
conservator Józef Stec. Set upon a 27x27 centimetre oak backing is a green
marble plate with the engraved gilded inscription that reads: SĄDECCZYZNA
(Sącz region) Szczęsny Morawski Prize for the Best Book on the History
and Culture of the Sącz Region. Also displayed is the official emblem
of the Sącz region. As natural raw materials, oak wood and stone symbolise
the natural wealth of the Sącz region, as well as its enduring tradition.
Each year the statuette is created from the ground up and constitutes
an art work that is one of its kind.
Laureates of the Honorary Szczęsny Morawski Sądecczyzna
Prize
I EDITION OF THE PRIZE
The first laureates of the Prize, also honoured with
the Silver Sącz Apple award of the Starost of Sącz, were Piotr and
Tadeusz Łopatkiewicz of Krosno. They were the authors of a two-volume
work, published by the National Museum in Kraków in 2007, whose full title
was: Stanisław Tomkowiczs Inventory of the historical monuments of
Sącz district. The Authors manuscript was published and provided with
a commentary by Piotr and Tadeusz Łopatkiewicz.
The value of that publication may be easily compared
to such monumental works as Szczęsny Morawskis Sądecczyzna or
the works of Father Jan Sygański. The works painstakingly prepared commentary
and solicitously handled manuscript, as well as its rich illustrative
material have made it a publication of great significance to art historians
conducting research in the Sącz region.
Chapter members presented the prize at an award ceremony
held on 4th July 2008 in the Little Galician Town in the presence
of Nowy Sącz Deputy Starost Mieczysław Kiełbasa and MP Bronisław Dutka.
After receiving the prize and diplomas, both authors shared some of the
efforts they undertook in preparing this work and sketched a pen portrait
of Stanisław Tomkiewicz, the author of the manuscript..
II EDITION OF THE PRIZE
The laureate of the prizes second edition was Jerzy
Leśniak. He received it for his book entitled Szkoła Chrobrego
(Chrobry School) 19082008, which was acclaimed as the best 2008 publication
devoted to the history and culture of the Sącz region. The award was presented
by representatives of the contests organisers the Nowy Sącz branch
of the Polish Historical Society, the Muszyna Almanac and the District
Museum of Nowy Sącz. The ceremony took place on 3rd July 2009
at the Town Hall of the Little Galician Town.
In the laudations delivered on behalf of the contest
organisers, Leszek Zakrzewski, president of the Nowy Sącz branch of the
Polish Historical Society, and Bożena Mściwujewska-Kruk, chief editor
of the Muszyna Almanac, emphasised the great contribution of the author
who had assembled a huge volume of facts of immeasurable value to future
researchers of the history of education in the Sącz region. They held
the work up as a model study in school history.
On behalf of Sącz Starost Jan Golonka, the Silver Sącz
Apple was presented to the laureate by Józef Zygmunt, member of the Nowosądecki
District management.
III EDITION OF THE PRIZE
On 2nd July 2012, The Szczęsny Morawski
Prize was awarded for the third time at the Town Hall of the Little Galician
Town. The chapter had selected the book Nowosądecka Lista Katyńska
(Nowy Sącz Katyń list) as the prize-winning book of 2009. Its author
was Jerzy Giza, independence activist and historian, the grandson
of General Józef Giza, the founder and director of the Non-Public Primary
and Middle School in Kraków. He had worked a dozen-odd years on the second
edition of his work. It included the biograms of 224 Sącz-rooted victims
of the Katyń Massacre. The award ceremony was held during the Sącz Press
Forum in the Little Galician Town. Polish Historical Society President
Leszek Zakrzewski delivered the laudation.
The prize was awarded by the chief editor of the Muszyna
Almanac Bożena Mściwujewska-Kruk and the director of the Nowy Sącz District
Museum Robert Ślusarek. On behalf of Nowy Sącz Starost Józef Golonka,
the Sącz Sliver Apple was presented to the laureate in recognition of
his contributions to the culture of the Sącz region by director Ślusarek.
Jerzy Giza expressed his gratitude for the honours bestowed upon him and
delivered a lecture on patriotism.
IV EDITION OF THE PRIZE
On 1st July 2011, while the Second
Sącz Press Forum was under way, the Szczęsny Morawski prize for the best
books on the Sącz region published in 2010 was awarded. In the competitions
fourth edition, the Chapter decided to honour Dr Józef Skrabski,
an adjunct at the History of Art and Culture Institute of John Paul II
Papal University. He was awarded the prize for his work Kościoły Grybowa.
Monografia historyczno-artystyczna (The Churches of Grybów.
An Historical-Artistic Monograph), Kraków 2010, 478 pages. The work
is an historical and artistic monograph tracing the way the passage of
time has influenced the transformation of Grybów churches: the parish
church, the Church of St Bernard (timber structures dating from the 15th
century) and two other mediaeval timber churches which had already ceased
to exist in the 19th century but have been documented with
archival sources.
The prize was awarded by Chapter members: Robert Ślusarek,
Bożena Mściwujewska-Kruk, Leszek Migrała and Nowy Sącz Starost Jan Golonka
who presented the laureate with the Sącz Silver Apple.
V EDITION OF THE PRIZE
On 6th July 2012, during the Third
Sącz Press Forum, the fifth jubilee Szczęsny Morawski prize for the best
book on the Sącz region that appeared in 2011 was awarded at the Little
Galician Town.
In 2012, the Chapter decided to bestow the prize upon
Father Jan Kudelka for his work entitled Kościół na Sądecczyźnie
w godzinie próby 19391945 (The Church in the Sącz region at a time of
trial 19391945). The laudation was delivered by Father Dr Jan Piotrowski,
rector of the Collegiate Chapter in Nowy Sącz. The work contains and outline
of the history of the Church in the Sącz region from 1772 to 1939. It
discusses the main issues of the Nazi occupation in the Sącz region, the
functioning of the Catholic Church in that period and the occupiers reprisals
against the Church and clergy. The author has presented his own point
of view on the Nazi crimes in the village of Biegonice (1939-1941), highlighting
the lay and religious martyrs in the Sącz region during the Nazi occupation.
The great value of this work is its inclusion of many hitherto unknown
personal accounts.
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