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Klara presenter Katelijne Boon (59) has won the very first Grand Prize Martine Tanghe, the VRT language prize for “creative and excellent language use”. Radio 1 voice Sofie Lemaire (40) wins the audience award. It is the first time that the award has been dedicated to news anchor Martine Tanghe, who died last year from cancer. Tanghe, an icon of public broadcasting, was herself praised for her clear pronunciation and clever language.
The jury had some nice words for Boon, who has been lending her voice to the classical music channel for more than twenty years. “She has the unique talent of building a sincere conversation without being pompous. With her clear language she does not create distance but closeness. When she speaks, there is a southern sun in the radio.”
Radio 1 presenter Sofie Lemaire, who has been hosting the radio program for many years Sofie’s world chats to each other, won the audience award. “She proves every day that clear and neat language does not conflict with spontaneity,” said the jury.
The winners received the language prize, which previously existed under the name of the Jan Wauters Grand Prize, from the new Minister of Culture Caroline Gennez (Vooruit).
(WVB)
