Call for Entries: 2007 Zora Kipel Prize Competition

[Curt F. Woolhiser]

Call for Entries: 2007 Zora Kipel Book and Article Prize Competition

The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (NAABS) and the family of
Zora Kipel are pleased to solicit entries for the 2007 Zora Kipel Prize
competition. The prizes, $500.00 for books and $200.00 for articles, will be
awarded to the authors of outstanding new publications in the fields of
Belarusian cultural studies, linguistics, literature, history and politics.
Books and articles published between 2003 and 2007 in either English or
Belarusian are eligible. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges made up
of NAABS officers and members. To enter the competition, please send a copy of
your book or article to the following address by June 1, 2007:

Dr. Curt Woolhiser
Harvard University
Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Barker Center 327, 12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-3804

Winners will be announced in the fall of 2007.


Zora Kipel (1927-2003):
an appreciation
By Thomas E. Bird (CUNY-Queens College) (published in full in Zapisy/Annals
(Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences, New York) (New York-Miensk 2004),
27, p. 7).

"Zora Kipel will be remembered by generations to come as a pioneer researcher
who dedicated her life to investigating, rescuing, and helping to preserve
fully and accurately the history and culture of her nation.
   A member of an indomitable generation who survived the Second World War and
went on to build remarkable academic and intellectual careers, she was impelled
by temperament to pursue interests beyond the boundaries of any single
discipline.
    With a flair for responsibility and endowed with unparalleled modesty, she
pursued thoroughness, authenticity, and integrity in both her personal life and
professional work. Courteous and honest in her dealings with others, she was a
cherished cicerone of close friends, visiting scholars, and far-flung
correspondents -- from all of whom she won respect.... "
     "She made a significant contribution to the field of Belarusica through her
research, editing, and collecting, combined with a kaleidoscopic variety of
civic and bibliotecal activities. An omniverous reader, her own research
focused on literary influences. Dr. Jan Zaprudnik has chronicled her
accomplishments in detail." [please see bibliography in Zapisy 27 (2004), pp.
27-34].
    "...Her knowledge, insight and wisdom, her warmth and friendship will be
sorely missed.
      May her memory be eternal!"

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