Thirteenth of July Award

Thirteenth of July Award
Native nameTrinaestojulska Nagrada
TypeState Distinction
Awarded forNotable works in the fields of Science, Arts, Culture, Sports & Economy
DateMontenegro Statehood Day (13th of July)
CountryMontenegro
EligibilityCitizens of Montenegro and Organizations based in Montenegro
First award2005
Final award2025
Total62

The Thirteenth of July Award (Montenenegrin:Trinaestojulska nagrada) is the highest state distinction in Montenegro and the most prestigious award of the country, awarded to individuals and organizations in the fields of Science, Art, Culture, Sports and Economy, conferred on the Montenegrin Statehood Day in July 13th.[1][2][3][4]

Award

The award is divided in 2 forms: The Annual Award, awarded every year to 3 individuals/organizations whose specific work (Books, Research) is deemed of exeptional importance to Montenegrin Culture, Art, Sports, Science or Economy, and the Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded to individuals whose entire body of work represents outstanding contributions to Montenegrin Culture, Art, Sport, Science or Economy.[1][5][6]

The recipients of the awards are selected by a Jury Panel, which reviews a list of nominees across the fields of Science, Art, Culture, Sport and Economy. By Montenegrin law, no more than one award should be given per field in a given year.[7][8]

Recipients

Lifetime Achievement Award
Year Recipient
2012 Marina Abramović[9]
2014 Vojo Stanić
2016 Veljko Bulajić[10]
2018 Vukić Pulević[11]
2024 Dragan Koprivica[12]
Annual Award
Year Recipient 1 Recipient 2 Recipient 3
2005 Pero Lompar[13] Vukić Pulević[13] Žuvdija Hodzic[13]
2007 Božidar Ivanović[14] Veljko Radović[14] Mladen Lompar[14]
2009 Rajko Todorović Team Of Authors Consisting on Goran Radović, Aleksandar Keković & Slavica Stamatović. CID Publishing House
2010 Luka Lagator[15] Radoslav Rotković[15] Primorac Water Polo Club[15]
2011 Slobodan Milatović[16] Žarko Mirković[16] Šerbo Rastoder[16]
2012 Branko Baletić[17] Budućnost Women`s Handball Club[17] 13th of July Vineyard[17]
2013 Radul Knežević[18] Ilija Lakušić[18] Gojko Čelebić[18]
2014 Gojko Kastratović[15] Aleksandar Čilikov[15] Niko Martinović[15]
2015 Ljubomir Đurković[19] Vesna Kilibarda[19] Srđan Vukčević[19]
2016 Mladin Šobić[20] Milorad Popović[20] Igor Đurović[20]
2017 Miodrag Šćepanović[21] David Kalaj[21] Svetozar Savić[21]
2018 Krsto Andrijašević[22] Aleksa Asanović[22] Adnan Čirgić[22]
2019 Dragan Perović[23] Božidar Sekularac[23] Pavle Goranović[23]
2020 Institute of Public Health of Montenegro[24] Ranko Lazović[24] Živko Andrijašević[24]
2021 Tomo Pavićević[25] Srđan Bulatović[25] Darko Nikčević[25]
2022 Jelena Tomašević[26] Senad Gačević[26] Andrei Nikolaidis[26]
2023 Roman Simović[27] Naod Zorić[27] Predrag Uljarević[27]
2024 Andrija Radulović[28] Branislav Sekulić[28] Nikola Marojević[28]
2025 Miloš Karadaglić[a][29][30] Bećir Vuković[29] Veljo Stanišić[29]

Notes

  1. ^ Karadaglic publicly rejected the award

References

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