'Playwriters are Writers, too' Award for Contemporary Dramatic Text - Encouragements and Fails

U radu se analizira suvremena hrvatska dramska produkcija od 1990. do danas u kontekstu nagrada za poticanje dramskoga pisma, ponajprije Nagrade Marin Držić koju dodjeljuje Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske, ali i ostalih nagrada za suvremenu hrvatsku dramsku riječ. Pored šireg razmatranja motiva, mehanizama i uopće problematike nagrađivanja kao poticanja nacionalne dramske produkcije, nastoje se razmotriti i stvarni učinci dodijeljenih nagrada na objavljivanje i, napose, izvođenje dramskih tekstova te uopće na njihovu recepciju, prijepori kojima je proces nagrađivanja rezultirao, kao i udio nagrađivanja u kanonizacijskim procesima.
The paper examines the contemporary Croatian drama from 1990 till today in the context of Croatian literary awards for playwriting, such as Marin Držić Award established by the Ministry of Culture, and other similar awards. The paper discusses the motives and mechanisms behind the Croatian literary awards, as well as the idea of using literary awards to stimulate national playwriting, and considers the effects of literary awards in publication, theatre production and reception of awarded plays, the debates initiated by the literary awards, and the role of literary awards in canon formation.