HOMER - The European Medal of Poetry and Art is a medal awarded to outstanding creators in the world of

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. The

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was established in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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, in 2016. The jury awards artists whose work, with simplicity and beauty, conveys universal messages to the world. The artists are selected on the basis of enriching the "pantheon of their spiritual father,

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

Chamber of medal

* Dariusz Tomasz Lebioda, * Zhao Si Fang, * Vania Angelowa, * Marco Scalabrino, * Barbara Orlowski, (Germany–Brasil), * Angelica Kret, * Gulala Nouri (Iraq–Kurdistan), * Athanase Vantchev de Thracy, * Olimpia Iacob, * Isaac Goldemberg, (Peru–USA), * Hassanal Abdullah, (Bangladesh–USA), * William Wolak, * Naoshi Koriyama, * Peter Thabit Jones, * Sung-Il Lee, * Helen Bar-Lev, * Jarosław Pijarowski, * Maria Mistrioti, * Adnan Özer, * Sona Van, * Libor Martinek, (Czech Republic)

Laureates of medal

* Jidi Majia, (China 2016), * Gagik Davtian, (Armenia 2016), * Ataol Berghamoglu, (Turkey 2016), * Stanley H. Barkan, (USA 2017) *

Tomas Venclova Tomas Venclova (born 11 September 1937) is a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature. He is one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. In 1977, following his dissident activities, ...

, (Georgia 2017) * Tim Lilburn, (Canada 2017) * Sultan Catto, (USA 2018)

References

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