Russian literary awards list. Are literary prizes necessary? Great Literary Prize of Russia
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The official wording of the Russian Booker is “a prize for the best novel in Russian, first published this year.” The prize was established in 1992 by the British Council, similar to the British Booker. But today the Republic of Belarus is structured completely differently. For example, in England, 4 Booker finalists subsequently received the Nobel Prize. In Russia it is unofficially believed that a prize is given to a potential bestseller. Time will tell how true this statement is.
Who gives?
In Russia there is a Booker Committee, which is headed by Igor Shaitanov (Russian critic, literary critic and editor-in-chief of Voprosy Literatury), and it was to this committee that the management of the prize was transferred. The jury of the Republic of Belarus changes every year. It consists of five people - critics, philologists, writers, and the fifth place is usually occupied by a representative of some other art. Initially, there was a panel of nominators, but now publishers and publishers (for example, magazines) can nominate books for the award.
What do they give?
The prize fund of the Russian Booker this year was $20,000. All other finalists receive one thousand dollars each. The prize is financed as part of British Petroleum's charitable program.
What to read?
The prize winners in recent years have been Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Mikhail Shishkin, Alexander Ilichevsky, Olga Slavnikova, Elena Chizhova, Mikhail Elizarov and others. The biggest incident happened in 2010, when Elena Kolyadina received the prize with her pornographic novel “Flower Cross”.
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One of the largest literary awards in Russia and the CIS. It is given to all genres - from fiction to memoirs and documentaries, which often causes confusion in the shortlists. Both manuscripts and already published works are accepted. Publishers, juries, media, creative unions, and even government bodies and the authors themselves (if the work is published) can nominate for the prize.
Established the “Center for Support of Domestic Literature” award, organized by Alfa Bank, Renova, Mamut, Abramovich, Medved magazine and others. The Board of Trustees of the award, in particular, includes: Stepashin, Shvydkoy, director of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vsevolod Bagno, general director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Dobrodeev, chief of Rospechat Seslavinsky, general director of the Russian State Library Fedorov and other characters. And the chairman of the Council is Vladimir Grigoriev, a book reader and deputy head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications.
Who gives?
The long list is robbed by the Council of Experts. Its chairman is permanently the deputy. editor-in-chief of the New World magazine Mikhail Butov.
The shortlist is decided by the Jury or the Literary Academy. It consists of more than 100 people - professionals from literature, culture, science, art, public figures, journalists, officials and entrepreneurs. The chairmen of the Literary Academy (jury) over the years were: Granin, Radzinsky, Makanin, Bitov, Polyakov, Arkhangelsky and others. The winner is determined by the number of points scored during voting.
Since 2008, readers can also vote for the finalists.
What do they give?
The prize is considered the second largest after the Nobel Prize in terms of the size of the prize fund. It is financed by the Center for Support of Russian Literature, consisting of Russian businessmen and structures.
The winner receives 3 million rubles, the second prize - 1.5 million rubles, the third prize - 1 million rubles.
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St. Petersburg Prize, established in 2001 by the publisher (Limbus-Press) and writer Konstantin Tublin. The prize is also awarded for the best novel of the year written in Russian. The motto of the award is “Wake up famous!”
Who gives?
The unique thing about this award is that you can see who nominated whom. Lists of nominators and nominees are posted on the award website (and these lists are almost more interesting than the award itself). The nominators are appointed by the organizing committee and emphasize that its goals are to gather representatives of all tastes and literary schools. It is also interesting that the winner shares his prize with the person who nominated him!
First, each member of the Grand Jury, which is formed from literary critics of different directions and never meets together, selects 2 works from the long list. Gives one 3 points, the other 1 point.
From those who scored the most points, a shortlist is formed.
And then the Small Jury, which can already consist of anyone (“enlightened readers”), makes its choice. Moreover, the right to break a tie is given to the Honorary Chairman (which is why, for example, through the efforts of Ksenia Sobchak in 2011, the prize was won by Bykov’s passable novel, and not by Figl-Migl’s wittiest work).
By the way, the winner becomes a member of the Small Jury next year.
What do they give?
The winner receives $10,000, which, as we have already said, is divided in a 7:3 ratio between him and the nominator. The remaining finalists each receive $1,000. By the way, an interesting fact - the prize will be given to the author only if he is present at the award ceremony. That is, in St. Petersburg on the last Friday of May.
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The youngest award. Established in 2009 by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation “to identify and support new trends in modern literary literature in Russian.” It ended up on this list and took off thanks to the fact that it attracts prominent critics and literary figures to its ranks. And also because it differs sharply from all other awards in the openness of the voting process - jury members publicly justify their choice in the framework of open debate.
Who gives?
The long list is selected by an Expert Council of three people, and the winner is selected by a jury of 4 people and the Chairman, who has, as it were, 2 votes. And the jury and experts, in turn, are selected by the Prize’s Board of Trustees. These can be writers, critics and other cultural and public figures from any country. The main thing is that they speak Russian and know our lit. context. In the final debate, experts can express their point of view and even give 1 vote to one of the nominees (if all three made the same choice).
By the way, readers can also vote.
What do they give?
As is already clear, NOS is financed by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation. The winner receives 700,000 rubles, the winner of the reader vote - 200,000 rubles, and each finalist - 40,000 rubles.
What to read?
There are very few winners, so we can list them all. Since 2009, respectively: Lena Eltang with the novel “Stone Maples”, Vladimir Sorokin with the story “Blizzard”, Igor Vishnevetsky with the story “Leningrad”, Lev Rubinstein with the book “Signs of Attention”.
The Internet, in turn, chose: “Sugar Kremlin” by Sorokin, “Entre. The Story of One Collection” by Sofia Veshnevskaya, “Skunk Camera” by Andrei Astvatsaturov and “The Young Years of Nurse Parovozov” by Alexey Motorov.
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The Andrei Bely Prize has always stood apart. Firstly, she is almost 35 years old. Secondly, it is non-state, and never has been. In the USSR it was the only regular dissident prize in the field of culture. Thirdly, it was founded by a samizdat magazine. The fate and importance of samizdat in Soviet times is difficult to overestimate.
In 1997, when things got warmer, the prize began to be supported by: the Anna Akhmatova Museum, the New Literary Review and the A-Z Society of Contemporary Art. Now among the supporters are named: “Ivan Limbach Publishing House” and “Amphora”.
Today the prize is awarded in 4 categories: poetry, prose, humanitarian research and for special merits in the development of Russian literature. Award criteria include experimentation and innovation. The award can only be received once.
Who gives?
Prize laureates, members of the Committee and members of the Advisory Council of the Prize can nominate works. Moreover, these may be works published in the last three years.
The committee that decides who should give the prize consists of three parts. The first is the founders of the prize, Boris Ivanov and Boris Ostanin. The second is three permanent members of the Committee invited by the founders. And the third - four temporary juries for a year. All names can be viewed at
The mandatory components of the process of awarding a literary prize are: a) a circle of experts who formulate the number of applicants and make the final decision; b) selection criterion, i.e. formulation of the basis on which this choice is made; c) the prize itself, expressed in monetary terms or having a symbolic meaning (in the latter case, the emphasis is on the significance of the choice by one or another circle of experts) and d) the writers or poets themselves - prize winners, representing this choice.
In contrast to the methods of remuneration adopted in the Middle Ages, when writers were given the status of those close to the court - court poets or writers, accompanied by an appropriate monetary allowance, literary awards, the practice of which became widespread mainly in the 20th century, are a more democratic way of recognizing the merits of writers . Modern awards are one-time in nature and do not formally require any further obligations from writers. However, as experience shows, sometimes receiving a significant status award - international or state - affected the further work of the writer and influenced his fate.
Awards can be conditionally divided into a) international (Nobel, Booker, etc.) and national (Goncourt French, Pulitzer American, national Booker - English, Russian, etc., State Russian, etc.), b) industry ( in the field of fiction, historical novel, etc.), c) personalized - Astrid Lindgren Prize - International Prize in Children's Literature, etc. d) informal – Antibooker, Prize named after. Andrey Bely, etc.
International literary awards.
Nobel Prize in Literature (cm. NOBEL PRIZES) is the most famous and prestigious annual international prize in the field of literature.
Booker International Prize(Man Booker International Prize) – established in 2005. Will be awarded biennially for “creativity, development and general contribution to world fiction” and will be worth £60,000. Unlike the existing Booker Prize, which is open only to citizens of the British Commonwealth and Ireland, the new prize is open to anyone writing in English.
The 2005 laureate was the Albanian poet Ismail Kadare.
IMPAC Award(Improved Management Productivity and Control – Productivity Leader is an international award established in 1996 by Dublin City Council. Nomination rights are available to 185 library systems in 51 countries. The prize is awarded for a work written or translated into English. It is worth 100,000 euros - this is the largest prize that can be received for a single work, and it is awarded in Dublin.
Among the recipients is Moroccan Tahar Ben Jelloun for his novel Blinding absence of light, Edward Jones for the novel Known World.
Literary daggers(Golden Dagger, Silver Dagger, Debut Dagger, Library Dagger, etc.) . The prize has been awarded since 1955 for the best detective novel of the year by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain, an open society for the support of detective writers. Nominations: “Fiction”, “Non-fiction”, “Story”. ( cm. DETECTIVE)
AAI(AAR)Association of American Publishers. Established by the American Writers Association and awarded for the merits of its member publishers. In 2002, the prize for the translation of fiction that promotes mutual understanding between America and Russia was received by T.A. Kudryavtseva, translator of John Updike, William Styron, Norman Mailer, Margaret Mitchell and others.
Liberty Award(Liberty) - founded in 1999 by emigrants from Russia. Awarded for contribution to Russian-American culture and the development of cultural ties between the United States and Russia. The winner receives a diploma and a cash prize. The independent jury consists of three people: Grisha Bruskin, Solomon Volkov and Alexander Genis. Sponsors include Media Group Continent USA and the American University in Moscow.
The prize winners were cultural figures living in America. Among them are V. Aksyonov, L. Losev, M. Epstein, O. Vasiliev, V. Bachanyan, J. Bilington
National Literary Awards.
Booker Prize(Man-Booker Prize for Fiction, Booker Prize) (Great Britain) – an annual British literary award for the best novel written in English by a British or Commonwealth citizen. Its goal is to support and develop the traditions of such a literary form as the novel. The prize was founded in 1969. It was first sponsored by Booker-McConnell plc., and the award was called the Booker-McConnell Prize. Since 2002, the award began to be called “Man Booker”, it is financed by the company “Man Group”. The premium has risen from £21,000 to £50,000.
Awarded by the independent charity The Book Foundation. The winners of the English Booker were: in 1969 – P.H. Newby, Something to Answer For); in 1970 – Bernice Rubens (Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member); V 1971 – V.S.Naipaul In a Free State); in 1972 – John Berger (John Berger, G); in 1973 – J.G. Farrell Siege of Krishnapur); in 1974 – Stanley Middleton Holiday); in 1975 - Nadine Gordimer and Ruth Jhabvala (Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist Ruth Prower Jhabvala, Heat and Dust); in 1976 – David Storey Saville); in 1977 – Paul Scott (Paul Scott, Staying On); in 1978 – Iris Murdoch The Sea); in 1979 – Penelope Fitzgerald (Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore); in 1980 – William Golding (William Golding, Rites of Passage); in 1981 – Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children); in 1982 – Thomas Keneally Schindler's Ark); in 1983 – J.M.Coetzee Life and Times of Michael K.); in 1984 – Anita Brookner (Anita Brookner, Hotel Du Lac); in 1985 – Keri Hulme Bone People); in 1986 – Kingsley Amis The Old Devils); in 1987 – Penelope Lively (Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger); in 1988 - Peter Carey (Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda); in 1989 – Kazuo Ishiguro (Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day); in 1990 – Bayat A.S. (A.S.Byatt, Possession); in 1991 – Ben Okri (Ben Okri, The Famous Road; in 1992 – Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth (Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient; Barry Unsworth Sacred Hunger); in 1993 – Roddy Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha); in 1994 – James Kelman How Late It Was, How Late); in 1995 – Pat Barker (Pat Barker, The Ghost Road); in 1996 – Graham Swift (Graham Swift, Last Orders); in 1997 – Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things); in 1998 – Ian McEwan Amsterdam); in 1999 – J.M.Coetzee Disgrace); in 2000 – Margaret Atwood (Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin); in 2001 – Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang); in 2002 – Yann Martel Life of Pi); in 2003 – D.B.S. Pierre (Peter Warren Finlay), Vernon God Little); in 2004 – Alan Hollinghurst The Line of Beauty).
Among the laureates of the English Booker there are world famous novelists Murdoch, Amis, Golding and others, almost half of the laureates are women. Recently, among the laureates, more and more people come from the countries of the British Commonwealth - Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, etc.
Whitbread Prize. Awarded by the UK Booksellers Association. Laureates receive £5,000; An absolute winner is selected from among the laureates in five categories (“Novel”, “Best First Novel”, “Bibliography”, “Children’s Literature”, “Poetry”) and receives 25 thousand pounds sterling. His work is titled "Book of the Year"
Prix Goncourt(Prix Goncourt) (France) is an annual French literary prize for achievements in the novel genre. The Goncourt Prize is considered one of the most honorable and authoritative in France. And although the size of the prize is nominally symbolic - only 10 euros, the writer is guaranteed large incomes, since after its award, as practice shows, sales of the laureates' books skyrocket.
The Prix Goncourt was officially established in 1896, but began to be awarded only in 1902. The Goncourt brothers left a huge fortune, which, according to the will of Edmond Goncourt, passed to the Goncourt Academy, officially established in 1896. It includes ten of the most famous writers in France, who receive a symbolic fee - 60 francs per year. Each academy member has only one vote and can only cast it for one book. The President of the Academy has two votes.
Members of the Goncourt Academy at different times were the writers A. Daudet, J. Renard, Rosny Sr., F. Eria, E. Bazin, Louis Aragon and others. The first laureate of the Prix Goncourt in 1903 was John-Antoine Naud for his novel Hostile force.
The laureates of the Prix Goncourt were Ahmad Kuruma, Francois Salvain, Amelie Nothomb, Jean-Jacques Choul.
In addition to the Goncourt Prize, in France there are such literary awards as Renaudo, Medici, Femina, and Goncourt for Lyceum Students.
Femina is one of the oldest literary prizes in France, established in 1904. It is awarded by an all-female jury for the best French novel, foreign novel, or essay.
Pulitzer Prize(USA) is one of the most prestigious US awards in the field of literature, journalism, music and theater, and since 1942 - in the field of photojournalism.
The prize was founded by the Hungarian-born American newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. At the end of the 19th century. he skillfully attracted the attention of readers to the newspapers he published. Having lived for 65 years, Joseph Pulitzer died in October 1911, leaving an unexpected will - his last will was the establishment of the School of Journalism at Columbia University and the founding of a foundation in his name. They were left with $2 million for this.
Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded annually on the first Monday in May by the trustees of Columbia University. The formal announcement of the award is traditionally made by the President of Columbia University in April of each year.
In the field of journalism, the prize does not come with a cash prize, but is a gold medal for “Service to the Fatherland” awarded to the publication itself, and not to its journalists. In other areas, the decision is made by an independent jury of 90 experts. The amount of the award is 10 thousand dollars.
National Book Award(USA). Founded in 1950 by a group of publishers. The prize is awarded in four categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's literature. The prize is approximately $10,000 for the laureates, $1,000 for the nominees, a statuette and a medal for contributions to American literature. Sponsor: American National Book Foundation.
Prize named after Cervantes(Spain) is often called the Nobel Prize for Literature in the Spanish-speaking world. It was established in 1979 by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Bonus fund – 90 thousand euros. The prize is presented by the King of Spain on April 23 of each year - the day of Cervantes' death.
Among the award winners are the Spaniard Francisco Umbral, the Chilean Jorge Edwards, and the Spaniard Sanchez Ferlosio.
Prize named after Romulo Gallegosa(Spain) Established in 1967 in memory of the Venezuelan novelist and former president of the country, Rómulo Gallegos. The prize is awarded annually for the best novel written in Spanish and is considered one of the most generous in the Spanish-speaking world: the award is $100,000 and a medal.
State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art, starting from 1992, is awarded annually in the amount of 300 thousand rubles, since 2005 its amount is 100 thousand dollars. The position of chairman of the commission is traditionally held by the heads of the presidential administration. Candidates for the prize are nominated by the editors of newspapers and magazines, publishing houses and public organizations. Among the laureates are V.S. Makanin, V.N. Voinovich, A.G. Volos, K.Ya. Vanshenkin, D. Granin, V.I. Belov, K.H. Ibragimov, G.M. Kruzhkov.
State Prize for the most talented works for children and youth established by presidential decree in 1998. Boris Zakhoder became the 1999 laureate.
State Pushkin Prize of Russia established in June 1994 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of A.S. Pushkin - “for the creation of the most talented works in the field of poetry.” Awarded on a competitive basis annually since 1995 by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the Commission for State Prizes in the Field of Literature and Art under the President of the Russian Federation. Nomination of candidates is carried out by federal executive authorities, executive authorities of the constituent entities of the federation, enterprises, institutions and organizations, public associations, educational institutions, editorial offices of newspapers and magazines. Works submitted for the prize are considered by a special commission (section) chaired by I. Shklyarevsky as part of the commission for State Prizes of the Russian Federation. In 1999, the cash bonus was increased to 1,600 times the minimum wage.
B. Okudzhava Prize established in 1998. The prize winners are poets and creators of original songs for outstanding works. Awarded in the amount of two hundred times the minimum wage established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. At different times, the prize was received by Yuli Kim, Dmitry Sukharev, Alexander Dolsky, Yuri Ryashentsev.
Booker – Open Russia(Russian Booker Prize – Russian Booker, Small Booker Prize) - awarded since 1992 from the funds of a benefactor who for many years wished to remain anonymous. In 2000, his name was revealed - this is the English public figure Francis Green. Since 2002, the regional public organization “Open Russia” has become the general sponsor of the award. The award became known as “Booker – Open Russia”.
Since 2003, the reward has been $15,000; shortlisted finalists receive $1,000.
Initially, the Small Booker Prize was a kind of branch of the “big” Booker Prize. Currently, the Small Booker is awarded not for a novel, but every year for works of different genres. The goal is to encourage the most innovative and supportable directions in the literary process. Over the years, the Small Booker was awarded: for the best book of stories (Viktor Pelevin, Blue lantern), for the best debut in prose (Sergey Gandlevsky ( cm. MOSCOW TIME , Craniotomy), for the best magazines of Russian abroad (“Spring”, “Riga”, “Idiot”, “Vitebsk”), for the best work reflecting the history of literature (Mikhail Gasparov, Featured Articles, Alexander Goldstein (Tel Aviv), Breaking up with Narcissist) and others. In 1999, the prize was awarded for a work that develops the essay genre in Russian literature - the laureate was Vladimir Bibikhin for the book New Renaissance. In 2000, the Yuryatin Foundation (Perm, a group of curators of 4 people) received the award for a literary project, that is, organizational activities for collecting, organizing and presenting literary texts that implement certain ideas and concepts. The prize was awarded for book publishing work (publishing books by authors of modern Russian diaspora, significant authors of the province, young authors of Perm, local history literature), organization and support in Perm of the “Literary Environments in the House of Smyshlyaev” salon, where many famous contemporary writers spoke, especially for this who came to Perm, and a lecture hall where humanities scholars Georgy Gachev, Mikhail Ryklin, Igor Smirnov, Boris Dubin, Sergei Khoruzhy gave short courses of lectures.
The longlist and shortlist of the Big and Small Russian Booker are published in the fall. The shortlist is announced and commented on at a special press conference. The winner is announced in December.
In 2000, the Small Booker Prize was organizationally separated from the Big Booker Prize.
The prize is awarded by a jury that changes partly every year. In addition, every year special experts are invited to work on the jury in the area that this year is encouraged by the Small Booker.
Pushkin Prize of the German Alfred Tepfer Foundation. The Alfred Tepfler Foundation became the source of a whole system of rewarding cultural and scientific figures in European countries. The Pushkin Prize was founded in 1989 to reward writers writing in Russian for outstanding contributions to Russian literature. The prize is 40,000 euros and is awarded with the participation of the Russian Pen Center. Along with the prize, two scholarships of 6 thousand euros each are awarded annually to young writers. Among the recipients are Andrey Bitov, Evgeny Rein.
Andrei Bely Literary Prize. Established in the cultural underground ( cm. SAMIZDAT) in 1978 by the samizdat magazine “Hours” (editors B. Ivanov and B. Ostanin) as the first regular non-state literary award in the history of Russia. The names of the laureates were determined by an anonymous jury. The bonus was a bottle of white wine, an apple, one ruble (similar to the Goncourt franc) and a diploma. Among the laureates, who, as a rule, represented the avant-garde and postmodern sectors of the literary underground, are poets Viktor Krivulin (1978), Elena Shvarts (1979), Vladimir Aleinikov (1980), Alexander Mironov (1981), Olga Sedakova (1983), Alexey Parshchikov ( 1986), Gennady Aigi (1987), Ivan Zhdanov (1988), Alexander Gornoy (1991), Shamshad Abdullaev (1994); prose writers Arkady Dragomoshchenko (1978), Boris Kudryakov (1979), Boris Dyshlenko (1980), Sasha Sokolov (1981), Evgeny Kharitonov (1981; posthumously), Tamara Korvin (1983), Vasily Aksenov (1985), Leon Bogdanov (1986) , Andrey Bitov (1988), Yuri Mamleev (1991); critics and cultural scientists Boris Groys (1978), Evgeny Shiffers (1979), Yuri Novikov (1980), Efim Barban (1981), Boris Ivanov (1983), Vladimir Erl (1986), Vladimir Malyavin (1988), Mikhail Epstein (1991) .
After a break, the prize was recreated by M. Berg, B. Ivanov, B. Ostanin and V. Krivulin in 1997. According to the founders, it was given “the character of a national cultural institute, which aims to support the experimental and intellectual direction in Russian literature, searches in the field of language , reflecting changes in the mentality and speech practice of the new generation, but taking into account the experience of Russian modernism, most clearly expressed in the work of Andrei Bely, whose significance we consider unchanged against the backdrop of the most incredible changes in our cultural climate.”
Awarded in four categories: poetry, prose, criticism and cultural theory. There is also an award “for special merits”, which remains, as before, the prerogative of an anonymous jury. To the traditional financial reward is added a notarized agreement for the publication of a book of the laureate’s essays over the next year in the special series “Andrei Bely Prize Laureates.” The names of the laureates were first announced in St. Petersburg, later as part of the Moscow Exhibition-Fair of Intellectual Books, on Andrei Bely’s birthday - October 26.
Antibooker – annual bonus; created in 1995 under Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Since 1996, it has been awarded separately for prose (“The Brothers Karamazov”), poetry (“The Stranger”) and drama (“Three Sisters”). Since 1997, the prize has been awarded for literary criticism and literary criticism (“Ray of Light”) and non-fiction (“Fourth Prose”) since 2000.
Aelita– The oldest prize in Russia for science fiction prose, was established in 1982 by the Union of Writers of the RSFSR and the editors of the Ural Pathfinder magazine. Awarded annually for the best science fiction book of the previous two years at the festival of science fiction lovers in Yekaterinburg. The amount of monetary reward is not disclosed. The first honorary laureates of the Aelita Prize were A. and B. Strugatsky.
Prize« Debut"was established in 2000 by the International Generation Foundation for authors under 25 years of age writing in Russian. Has seven nominations: “Large Prose”, “Small Prose”, “Poetry”, “Drama”, “Film Story”, “Publicism”, “Literature of Spiritual Search”. The winners in all five categories receive the honorary “Bird” prize.
All-Russian Literary Prize named after St. blg. Prince Alexander Nevsky« Faithful sons of Russia» established by the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra with the blessing of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga with the support of the Writers' Union of Russia. Awarded in the categories “Poetry”, “Fiction”, “Documentary and journalistic prose”, “Book for children”, “Criticism and literary criticism”, “Magazine and Newspaper”. The commission consists of priests, members of the Union of Writers of Russia. The main principles for determining the winners are high artistic style based on Orthodox spirituality, professionalism, historical authenticity, and patriotic orientation.
The prize is awarded annually in January. For first places the medal “Literary Prize named after St. Blessed Virgin Mary” is awarded. Book Alexander Nevsky", a certificate and a cash prize of $2,000. For second and third places - certificates and cash prizes. The first place winners receive the right to become members of the commission for the next year. Among the awarded are Yu. Kozlov, E. Yushin.
National Prize named after. A. and B. Strugatsky(ABC Award) was established in 1999 by the “Center for Contemporary Literature and Books” with the assistance of the literary community of St. Petersburg and the support of the administration and Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The award encourages “realistic trends in fiction, connections with the past, present and future of real earthly people.”
Prize laureates E. Lukin, V. Mikhailov, M. Uspensky, N. Galkina, S. Lukyanenko, V. Pelevin.
Apollo Grigoriev Prize established in 1997 by the Academy of Russian Contemporary Literature as a “professional expert prize for the best work of the year in all genres, except criticism, literary criticism and cultural studies.” Sponsors of the award are ONEXIMbank (1997), State Bank (since 1998). Nominators are all members of the Academy. A jury is selected by lot (chairmen: 1997 - Peter Weil; 1998 - Alexander Ageev; 1999 - Sergey Chuprinin; 2000 - Alla Latynina; 2001 - Evgeny Sidorov; 2002 - Andrey Nemzer), which determines three laureates, and then announces the winner of the main prize. The main prize is awarded $25,000; other laureates are awarded laptops and printers (a writer's workstation) worth $2,500 each.
Ivan Petrovich Belkin Prize, established by the EKSMO publishing house and the Znamya magazine, is the only prize in Russia named after a literary hero, established in 2001. Awarded for the best Russian story of the year. The right to nominate is enjoyed by the editors of newspapers and magazines, creative organizations, as well as professional literary critics. Monetary reward: the laureate - 5 thousand dollars, the authors of the remaining four stories included in the short list are rewarded in amounts of 500 dollars. The coordinator of the award is Natalya Ivanova. Chairmen of the jury: in 2001 - Fazil Iskander, in 2002 - Leonid Zorin.
« Bronze snail» Established in 1992 by Andrei Nikolaev and Alexander Sidorovich as the personal prize of B.N. Strugatsky (he is the chairman and only member of the prize jury). Awarded in the categories “Large Form”, “Medium Form”, “Small Form”, “Criticism/Publicism” at the traditional annual conferences of science fiction writers, critics, translators, and publishers in Repino near St. Petersburg.
Prize« Northern Palmyra"established in 1994. Awarded by the jury (O. Basilashvili, A. German, Y. Gordin, A. Dodin, A. Panchenko, A. Petrov, B. Strugatsiy, A. Ariev, etc.) for a literary work created in Russian language and published in St. Petersburg, in nominations: poetry; prose; journalism and criticism; book publishing. The prize was sponsored by the Credit Petersburg Bank (1995) and the St. Petersburg Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1996). According to the regulations, the nomination commission analyzes St. Petersburg literature throughout the year and nominates the most talented works, in its opinion. Upon completion of this work, 7 applicants remain in each section of the award. Voting takes place anonymously, works are not discussed so that jury members do not put pressure on each other.
Literary Prize named after. Alexandra Solzhenitsyn is awarded by the foundation, founded by A.I. Solzhenitsyn in 1997, as a reward to Russian writers “whose work has high artistic merit, contributes to the self-knowledge of Russia, and makes a significant contribution to the preservation and careful development of the traditions of Russian literature.” The prize may be awarded for a novel, a story or collection of stories, a book or series of poems, a play, a collection of articles, or research. The permanent jury includes A. Solzhenitsyn, N. Struve, V. Nepomnyashchy, L. Saraskina, P. Basinsky, N. Solzhenitsyn. The monetary amount of the award is 25 thousand dollars.
Triumph. Awarded by the Russian Independent Foundation for the Encouragement of Highest Achievements of Literature and Art, established by JSC LogoVAZ in the summer of 1992. The names of applicants are proposed by members of the jury, as well as experts, and are not announced in advance. The names of the laureates are determined by a permanent jury, which includes V. Aksenov, A. Voznesensky
International Sholokhov Prize established in 1993 by the magazine "Young Guard", the publishing house "Modern Writer" (now "Soviet Writer"), MSPS and the writers' joint-stock company. The current founders are MSPS, the Union of Artists of Russia, the publishing house "Soviet Writer", Moscow State Open Pedagogical University named after. M.A. Sholokhova. The permanent chairman of the jury is Yu. Bondarev. The monetary support for the prize is not disclosed; the laureates are awarded diplomas and medals.
National bestseller. Established in 2000 by the National Bestseller Foundation. Prose works in Russian are nominated for the prize. The winner receives a prize of 10 thousand dollars. Among the awarded are M. Shishkin, V. Pelevin, A. Garrosa and A. Evdokimov, A. Prokhanov and L. Yuzefovich.
Prize named after P.P.Bazhova established in November 1999 on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the writer by the Sverdlovsk branch of the Literary Fund of Russia and the financial and industrial group “Jewels of the Urals”. The competition has actually stepped beyond the regional framework and acquired the status of an all-Russian one. The prize is awarded annually for achievements in literary activity not only to representatives of the Ural region, but also to writers from other Russian territories for works on Ural themes. Five nominations: “Prose”, “Poetry”, “Drama”, “Literary Studies”, “Publicism”. Each laureate receives a sum of money in the amount of 10 thousand rubles, as well as specially cast gold and silver medals.
Prize named after Boyana established by the Council of Governors of border cities and regions of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The Regulations on the Prize say that it is “awarded for works that carry the light of Slavic spirituality, rooted in Slavic mythology and folklore and affirming the ideas of friendship and brotherhood of the Slavic peoples.”
Prize named after F.M.Dostoevsky was established by the Writers' Union of Russia together with the Association of Russian Writers of Estonia and the non-profit association “Prize named after. F.M. Dostoevsky ". It was first awarded in the year of the 180th anniversary of the writer’s birth. The prize is awarded to writers who have made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of Russian literature and culture, both in Estonia and Russia, and in other countries.
Among the awarded are Valentin Rasputin, Geir Kjotso, Anna Vedernikova, Anatoly Builov, Rostislav Titov, B.N. Tarasov.
Prize named after Igor Severyanin was established by the Russian faction of the Riigikogu and is awarded annually to cultural figures who have made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of Russian cultural life in Estonia and Estonian cultural life among the Russian-speaking population of the country.
All-Russian Literary Prize named after Sergei Yesenin« O Rus', flap your wings..."is an annual open competition of works by Russian poets, established by the National Foundation for the Development of Culture and Tourism and the Union of Writers of Russia in 2005. Awarded in four categories: "Big Prize" - poetic works (poems and poems) are accepted for the competition; "With a Seeking Look" - critical works on Russian poetry, “Song Word” – texts of poems set to music (at least 3), “Russian Hope” – poetry of young people (18–30 years old). No later than October 3 of the current year, the award committee announces the names of the laureates.
Contest« Scarlet Sails"for the best publications for children and youth was established in 2003 by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting and Mass Communications.
As the development of modern literature shows, literary awards have become an integral part of literary life, presenting unique ratings of works and writers. Of course, this method of labeling raises certain criticisms due to the subjectivity of choice, bias (when they choose “their own”), considerations of the political situation, etc. However, despite all the disadvantages, the practice of awarding literary prizes will obviously continue, since it represents a clear and accessible way of structuring and evaluating literary works.
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Top 15 literary awards, the laureates and nominees of which are worth paying close attention to. If you're wondering what to read, take a look here!
1. National Literary Award "Big Book"
The prize was established in 2005 and is one of the most prestigious awards awarded for works of large form published in Russian in the reporting year.
The prize winners over the years were Dmitry Bykov, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Leonid Yuzefovich, Vladimir Makanin, Pavel Basinsky, Mikhail Shishkin, Zakhar Prilepin.
The award jury consists of about 100 people, which ensures the independence and breadth of the award’s expertise. The monetary fund is 5.5 million rubles, of which 3 million goes to the first prize winner. Becoming a winner of this award means not only attracting reader attention to the book, but also increasing consumer demand.
2. Nobel Prize in Literature
On the one hand, the prize, established by the Swedish chemical engineer, inventor of dynamite and industrialist Alfred Nobel, is the most prestigious in the world. On the other hand, it is one of the most controversial, criticized and discussed prizes in the world. Many critics consider the award to be politicized and biased. However, whatever one may say, the writer to whom it is awarded wakes up in the morning famous throughout the world, and sales of his books increase sharply.
Russian writers received the prize five times: 1933 - Bunin, 1958 - Pasternak (who refused the prize), 1965 - Sholokhov, 1970 - Solzhenitsyn, 1987 - Brodsky.
3. Pulitzer Prize
One of the most honorable US awards in the fields of literature, journalism, music and theater, invariably attracting the interest of readers around the world.
4. Booker Prize
It is rightfully considered one of the most prestigious literary prizes awarded for a work written in English. Salman Rushdie, Richard Flanagan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Iris Murdoch, Julian Barnes, Coetzee, Ondaatje and many others. The list of laureates since 1969 is impressive, some of them later becoming Nobel laureates in literature.
5. Prix Goncourt for Literature
France's main literary prize, established in 1896 and awarded since 1902, is awarded to the author of the best novel or collection of short stories of the year in French, but not necessarily living in France. The prize fund is symbolic, but its award brings fame, recognition and increased sales of his books to the author.
The prize winners were Marcel Proust (1919), Maurice Druon (1948), Simone de Beauvoir (1954).
6. Yasnaya Polyana Award
Established in 2003 by the museum-estate of L. N. Tolstoy “Yasnaya Polyana” with the support of Samsung Electronics.
Awarded in four categories: “Modern Classics”, “XXI Century” - the 2015 laureate was “Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes” by Guzeli Yakhina, “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth" and "Foreign Literature".
7. “Enlightener” Award
The Enlightener Award for the best popular science book in Russian was established in 2008 by the founder and Honorary President of the Vimpelcom company (Beeline trademark) Dmitry Zimin and the Dynasty Non-profit Program Fund in order to attract readers' attention to the educational genre, encouragement authors and creating the prerequisites for expanding the market of educational literature in Russia.
8. Writer of the Year Award
The National Literary Award “Writer of the Year” was established by the Russian Union of Writers with the aim of finding new talented authors who can make a contribution to modern literature. Laureates receive contracts to publish their works, financed by the Russian Writers' Union. The competitive selection of authors is carried out on the literary portal Proza.ru.
9. National Prize "Russian Booker"
The prize was established in 1992 on the initiative of the British Council in Russia as the Russian equivalent of the Booker Prize and is awarded for the best novel in Russian published in the reporting year. Its laureates were Bulat Okudzhava, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Vasily Aksenov.
10. National Bestseller Award
Established in 2001. The motto of the award is: “Wake up famous.” “The purpose of the award is to reveal the otherwise unclaimed market potential of prose works distinguished by high artistry and/or other merits.”
The prize winners were Leonid Yuzefovich, Zakhar Prilepin, Dmitry Bykov, Victor Pelevin.
11. “NOS” Award
Established in 2009 by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation “to identify and support new trends in modern literary literature in Russian.” The main feature of the award is the openness of the decision-making process, namely: the jury is obliged to publicly justify the choice of finalists and winner in a talk show in the presence and with the participation of journalists, writers and the cultural community. In addition to the winner of the main prize, the winner of the reader's vote is also determined.
12. “BOOK” Award
All-Russian competition for the best literary work for children and youth, in which the final decision is made by a jury consisting of young readers aged 10 to 16 years.
13. “Debut” Award
An independent literary prize for authors writing in Russian and not older than 35 years. Established in 2000 by Andrey Skoch’s Generation Foundation. The award coordinator is writer Olga Slavnikova. It is important that a contract for the publication of his work is concluded with the prize winner in each category.
14. Book of the Year Award
Established in 1999 by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications. Awarded during the MIBF in nine categories.
15. International Children's Literary Award named after Vladislav Krapivin
Established in 2006 by the Ural Writers Association. The prize accepts works for children and teenagers. It is important that the work be written in Russian with a volume of at least 1.5 author’s pages (60 thousand characters with spaces).
There are a large number of different awards in the field of literature, some of them are very prestigious, and some are not so much. The main goal of the awards is to highlight a truly unique and outstanding creation from the multitude of literary works. A book that has received an award is usually published in large quantities. And the more famous the prize is, the more people will want to buy this particular book. What awards are the most prestigious?
1. Nobel Prize in Literature
This prestigious award is given annually for achievements in the field of literature. The winners are mainly writers from Europe and the United States, so the award is often criticized for bias. Among Russian authors, Ivan Bunin, Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Sholokhov, Joseph Brodsky, Alexander Solzhenitsyn received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2. Pulitzer Prize
This American prize has been awarded since 1911. The main prize is 10 thousand US dollars. Despite the fact that laureates almost never appear on book bestseller lists, the prize is considered one of the most prestigious in the literary world.
3. Prix Goncourt
The French literary prize has been awarded annually since 1903. According to the statute, the prize can be awarded to any author only once during his lifetime. Over the years, the Prix Goncourt was awarded to Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir, and Alphonse de Chateaubriand.
4. Booker Prize
For many, this prize is the most prestigious in the world of English-language literature. The winner is awarded a check for 50,000 British pounds. Four times in history, Booker laureates have also received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
5. Southeast Asian Literary Award
This international literary prize recognizes the best poetry and prose works by authors from ASEAN countries. The Chairman of the Prize Organizing Committee is the Prince of Thailand, Prem Purachatra.
6. ABS premium
The Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Prize is awarded for the best works of science fiction written in Russian. The award winners are Evgeny Lukin, Kir Bulychev, Dmitry Bykov.
7. Russian Booker
This prize is awarded for the best novel in Russian. The laureates of the Russian Booker were Bulat Okudzhava, Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Vasily Aksenov. Along with the main prize, the “Student Booker” is also awarded, the jury of which includes undergraduate and graduate students.
8. Runet Book Prize
The annual award in the field of literature is presented to laureates selected both by popular vote and by an expert commission.
9. Prize H.K. Andersen
This prize is awarded in the field of children's literature both for the works themselves and for their illustrations. The prize winners were Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Gianni Rodari.
10. Liberty Award
The award was established in the United States by emigrants from Russia in 1999. It is awarded for contribution to the development of Russian-American culture and strengthening international ties between countries. The laureates were V. Aksenov, M. Epstein, V. Bachanyan, O. Vasiliev.
Material prepared by S.Yu. Goncharuk, methodologist of the State Medical Center for Dog and Medical Medicine
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ALL-RUSSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL
(regardless of the place of residence of the authors and the subject of their works)
ANDREY BELY AWARD
The oldest independent literary prize in modern Russia - first awarded in 1978 by the editors of the Leningrad samizdat almanac “The Hours”. Since that time, in accordance with the changing eras, it has gone through several transformations, but has retained unchanged the spirit of nonconformism and focus on the new and unusual. And also a corresponding unique “prize fund”: a bottle of vodka, one apple and one ruble. Despite this, the award enjoys constant respect in the professional community.
Main nominations: “Poetry”, “Prose” and “Humanities”.
Among the 2018 award winners are Andrei Sen-Senkov, Pavel Pepperstein, Valery Shubinsky, Yan Kaplinsky.
In 2018, the prize winners were the poet, as well as prose writers Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky and
Over the years, Vladimir Krupin, Olesya Nikolaeva, Viktor Nikolaev, Alexey Varlamov, Yuri Loshchits, Alexander Segen, Stanislav Kunyaev, Nikolai Agafonov, Valentin Kurbatov, Valery Ganichev, Yuri Bondarev and Yuri Kublanovsky became laureates of the Patriarchal Prize.
At various times, Naum Korzhavin, Evgeny Yevtushenko, Evgeny Rein, Sergey Gandlevsky, Victor Sosnora, Inna Lisnyanskaya, Timur Kibirov, Oleg Chukhontsev, Alexander Kushner became laureates of the Poet Prize.
The NOS Prize was established in 2009 by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation. A special feature of the prize is the public discussion between the “prize jury” and the “prize experts” (both are appointed by the board of trustees headed by I. D. Prokhorova). The name of the award is proposed to be deciphered as “New Sociality” and “New Literature”. The boundaries of this novelty become the subject of two lively discussions - in Krasnoyarsk, in progress (in this case, a short list is determined), and in Moscow (in this case, the winner is determined). The monetary component of the award is 700,000 rubles.
In 2018, as a result of the debate, Maria Stepanova was chosen as the winner for the novel “In Memory of Memory,” and online voting brought victory to the novel “iPhuck 10” by Viktor Pelevin. The “Critical Community Prize” was awarded to Lyudmila Petrushevskaya for her novel “We Were Stolen. History of Crimes".
The winners over the years were Vladimir Sorokin, Alexey Salnikov, Alexey Tsvetkov Jr., Lev Rubinstein, Igor Vishnevetsky, Andrey Astvatsaturov.
In 2018, the winner in the “Modern Russian Prose” category was Olga Slavnikova with her novel “Long Jump”; in the “Foreign Literature” category the prize was won by the Israeli writer Amos Oz for the novel “Judas” (translator of the book Viktor Radutsky). The special prize "Readers' Choice" went to Maria Stepanova for her novel "In Memory of Memory"
The prize winners were Andrei Rubanov, Vladimir Makanin, Orkhan Pamuk, Andrei Bitov, Guzel Yakhina, Roman Senchin, Yuri Bondarev, Evgeniy Vodolazkin, Valentin Rasputin, Fazil Iskander, Mikhail Tarkovsky, Zakhar Prilepin, Vasily Belov.
Website of the Voloshin Festival and Prize: voloshin-fond.com
Over the years, the prize winners were Vsevolod Emelin, Lada Puzyrevskaya, Alexander Kabanov, Andrey Rodionov, Natasha Romanova, Maxim Zhukov, Andrey Permyakov.
DELVIG AWARD
Prize “For Fidelity to the Word and the Fatherland” named after the first editor of the Literary Newspaper, Anton Delvig. Established by Literaturnaya Gazeta as an annual Russian national award in 2012.
Creative organizations and/or publishing houses can nominate works.
Prize fund - 7,000,000 rubles: three first prizes of 1,000,000 rubles each (with the presentation of the “Delvig Gold Medal”), six second prizes of 500,000 rubles each (with the presentation of the “Delvig Silver Medal”), four “Debut” prizes 250,000 rubles each (with the presentation of diplomas to the laureates).
Only books published in the current year are accepted for the competition. For example, in the 2016 season, books published from January 2014 to October 2015 were considered. Applications were accepted from October 15, 2015 until January 31 2015. In 2016, it was decided not to divide the laureates into “gold”, “silver” and “bronze”. All received the Golden Delvig award.
The laureates of the prize over the years were Andrey Dementyev, Alexander Prokhanov, Sergey Shargunov, Yuri Lyubimov, Vladimir Lichutin, Magomed Akhmedov, Maria Semenova.
DMITRY GORCHEV LITERARY PRIZE
In St. Petersburg in memory of the most popular prose writer on the Runet - Dmitry Gorchev. The prize supports realistic and meta-realistic short fiction written in Russian, regardless of the author’s place of residence and citizenship.
In the 2018 season, the award is awarded in one category. Genres: short story, essay, travel diary, fairy tale, grotesque, absurdist realism. In 2018, the prize for three winners is 20,000, 10,000 and 7,000 rubles. The winners will be awarded on September 27, Dmitry Gorchev’s birthday. The winners in 2018 were Vyacheslav Denisov, Tatyana Zamirovskaya, Ilya Danishevsky.
Over the years, Andrei Krasnyaschikh, Lera Manovich, Evgeniy Babushkin, and Alexander Gonorovsky became laureates of the Dmitry Gorchev Prize.
SPECIALIZED
(establishing a number of restrictions for authors)
LYCEUM
Alexander Pushkin Literary Prize for young writers and poets no older than 35 years. Established in 2017.
The competition accepts literary and artistic prose works (novels, stories, collections of stories and/or short stories) with a volume of 4 to 12 author's printed sheets (from 160,000 to 480,000 printed characters) and poetic works with a volume of 150 to 700 lines that have not previously been nominated for national literary awards. Prize winners are determined in two categories - poetry and prose, in each of which three prizes are awarded. The short list is announced in May, and the award ceremony takes place on June 6, the birthday of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.
RUSSIAN PRIZE
The Russian Prize was established in 2005 and is one of the five most prestigious Russian literary awards. Authors who write in Russian and permanently reside outside the Russian Federation can be nominated. A partially rotating jury awards prizes in three categories - “short prose”, “large prose” and “poetry”, as well as a special prize for the preservation of Russian literature abroad. Nomination of manuscripts and autonomy are allowed. The cash value of the first prize in each category is 150,000 rubles. A publishing program is provided, carried out in partnership with capital publishing houses.
The laureates of the “Russian Prize” at the end of 2016 were: Gennady Rusakov (“Poetry”), Tatyana Dagovich (“Small Prose”) and (“Large Prose”).
Among its laureates are Bakhyt Kenzheev, Boris Khazanov, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Anastasia Afanasyeva, Marina Paley, Vladimir Lorchenkov, Mariam Petrosyan, Marianna Goncharova, Dina Rubina, Andrey Polyakov, and others.
The winner of the 5th season of the award (2017-2018) was Oleg Aronson with the book “The Powers of the False. Experiences in non-political democracy".
RAINBOW
The Russian-Italian literary prize "Rainbow" was established in 2010 by the Litistituti im. A. M. Gorky and the Verona non-profit association “Understanding Eurasia”.
The competition is held in two categories: “Young Writer” and “Young Translator”. Citizens of the Russian Federation aged 18 to 35 can take part in it. Stories and translations into Russian that have not been published before (including on the Internet) and have not been submitted to other competitions, no more than 10 thousand characters with spaces, are allowed to participate.
The amount of the prize in the “Young Writer” nomination is 5,000 euros, in the “Young Translator” nomination - 2,500 euros.
The best works, five each from Russia and Italy, are published in the literary almanac of the Rainbow Prize.
Among other things, the award winners annually go on a “creative trip” to another country. In 2013, Italians traveled through the cities of the Central region, in 2014, Russian writers traveled through Northern Italy, in 2015, Italians traveled through famous cities.
In 2017, the jury noted the works of prose writers Elena Tulusheva and Elisa Guidotti, as well as translators Yana Bogdanova and Jacopo Vigna-Taglianti.
This season the work was accepted until November 15, 2018, The award ceremony will take place in May 2019 in Turin.
Prize Regulations: on the website of Banca Intesa.
MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR
“Manuscript of the Year” is the first prize in Russia that considers not published works, but manuscripts—original author’s texts. Only young, previously unpublished authors' manuscripts participate in the competition. The prize was established by the Astrel-SPb publishing house (AST) in 2009.
The 2018 Grand Prix was awarded to Nadezhda Shcherbakova for her manuscript “Shapito”. She was awarded a laureate diploma, a valuable prize and, most importantly, the right to publish a manuscript on a royalty basis in one of the leading publishing houses in Russia -. The awards went to three laureates, as well as winners in the special categories “Fantasy”, “Children’s Literature”, “Horror”, “Young Adult”, “Modern Prose”, “Teenage Fantasy”.
BELYAEV PRIZE (ALEXANDER BELYAEV PRIZE)
The annual Russian literary prize, awarded for scientific, artistic and popular science works, has existed since 1990. Named after the Russian Soviet science fiction writer Alexander Romanovich Belyaev, but refused to accept science fiction works in favor of educational literature. The prize is awarded to writers, translators, literary critics, as well as publishing houses, paper and online periodicals. The prize does not have a monetary component, it consists of a breast medal and a diploma (for twice laureates - a table medal and a diploma; for three times laureates - a silver breast medal and a diploma), awarded on behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Belyaev Prize, the Council for Fantastic, Adventure and Scientific Art literature and the Writers' Union of St. Petersburg.
The work of any author living in the Russian Federation or abroad can be nominated for the prize if it is written and published in Russian.
In 2018, the laureates were S. Dobryshevsky and A. Piperski in the category “scientific and fiction book”, Igor Lisov for the translation of a scientific and fiction book, the publishing houses RIPOL classic and Palmyra, as well as the magazines “Technology for Youth” and “Cosmonautics News” were awarded. .
Website of the Belyaev Prize and Festival: alexandrbelyaev.ru
ANTONOVKA. 40+
International literary competition in memory of the poet, prose writer, playwright and critic A. K. Antonov for authors over 40 years old. Works of a humanistic nature are accepted for participation in the competition in the following categories: “Poetry” (a selection of poems or a poem of no more than 350 lines); “Prose” (short story or story no more than 2 author’s sheets); “Dramaturgy” (no more than 2 plays), “Literary criticism” (1 work or selection of no more than 1 author’s sheet); "Reader's Choice Award", "Late Debut"; “No women, sir!” (for a work without female characters); "Maecenas".
The laureates will be awarded a diploma and the symbol of the Prize - a bust of A.K. Antonov. The award fund depends on the attraction of sponsorship funds and is determined separately each year.
LIBMISSION
All-Russian journalistic prize. The mission of the award is “to qualitatively improve the understanding of the current social situation in Russia by people reading in Russian.” The purpose of the prize is “to attract public attention to scientists, popularizers, and publicists who, through their works, contribute to analytical research and education of Russians and systematically clarify the current situation in Russia and in the world. The award seeks to find, identify and celebrate those who help clear the public consciousness, explain to the reader, listener, and viewer what is happening in Russia and in the world.”
The prize is awarded annually in two categories: analytics and journalism. Applicants in the “analytics” nomination can be authors of books about the current socio-political process; in the “journalism” nomination authors are awarded for a large series of informative publications in the media.
Applicants for participation in the competition may be: editorial offices of the media, public organizations, members of the jury of the award, members of the Council of the Liberal Mission Foundation.
DIGITAL JOURNALISM COMPETITION #RuMirDigital
The 1st International Digital Journalism Competition is organized by the Russkiy Mir Foundation. “The prize awarded based on the results of the Competition is a professional award and is designed to encourage the media, public organizations, as well as authors who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Russian segment of the Internet and popularizing the preservation of the Russian language and culture abroad using social networks.”
Organizations, journalists from Russian-language media and online publications, bloggers, journalism students who are creators and authors of content for accounts (pages, magazines) on social networks can take part in the competition.
Winners are selected in two categories: “Best foreign Russian-language media account on a social network” and “Popular author’s blog (account).” Within each nomination, the First Prize is established in the amount of 150,000 rubles. The First Prize laureates will also be awarded diplomas and memorial signs from the Russkiy Mir Foundation.
PRIZES FOR TRANSLATORS
READ RUSSIA
The only Russian prize for the best translation of works of Russian literature into foreign languages. Established with the support of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, the Institute of Translation and Rospechat as part of a project of the same name aimed at popularizing and distributing Russian literature abroad.
In 2016, the prize will be awarded for the translation of works of Russian literature into the following world languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, German, Polish, French, Japanese. Translations published by foreign publishers in 2014 and 2015 are accepted for the competition.
The winners of the award receive special diplomas and a medal, as well as a monetary reward of 5,000 euros for the translator and 3,000 euros in the form of a grant for the publishing house to cover the costs of translating another work of Russian literature.
According to the results of the 4th season (2016-2018), in the nomination “Classical Russian Literature of the 19th Century” the award was given to Marta Sanchez for “Sevastopol Stories” by Leo Tolstoy, in the nomination “Literature of the 20th Century” - Anne Coldefy-Focard and Geneviève Joannet for "April of the Seventeenth" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in the nomination "Modern Russian Literature" the winner was Oliver Ready for "Rehearsals" by Vladimir Sharov, in the nomination "poetry" - Kiril Kadiysky for "Selected" by Fyodor Tyutchev. A total of 178 applications were submitted from 33 countries.
RUSSIA - ITALY. THROUGH THE CENTURIES
The International Literary Prize is awarded for the best translation from Russian into Italian and is awarded to both the translator and the publisher for works published within the last two years. Established in 2007 on the initiative of the Yeltsin Foundation. Since 2010, the official partner of the award is the Yeltsin Presidential Center. The main prize is a bronze open book by sculptor Viktor Kryuchkov in a leather case and a monetary reward that the translator and publisher receive.
In 2015, the main prize was awarded to Ornella Discaccati for the translation of Platonov’s novel “Chevengur”, as well as a prize and diploma for the translation debut of Giacomo Foni for the translation of Nikolai Berdyaev’s book “Philosophy of Inequality. Letters to enemies."
Translator Awards Page on the website of the Yeltsin Presidential Center.
NORA GAL AWARD
The prize was established in 2012, on the centenary anniversary of the outstanding Russian translator Nora Gal (1912–1991). The founders of the prize are its heirs, literary critic and editor, literary figure and translator Dmitry Kuzmin.
The material content of the main prize since 2015 is 50,000 rubles. Since 2016, a young translator for work that allows him to hope for further professional and creative growth may be awarded an incentive prize in the amount of a grant for travel and accommodation at the residence for poets and translators “Ozolnieki” (Latvia).
In 2018 the main prize was awarded to Svetlana Silakova(Moscow) for the story by Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) “Stars and Saints.”
Nominations for the 2019 award have ended March 15th, the winners will be awarded on April 26, the day before Nora Gal’s birthday.
GORKY PRIZE
The International Literary Gorky Prize was established in 2008 by the Chernomyrdin Regional Public Foundation, the Gorky Prize Association and the municipality of Capri with the aim of encouraging and developing creative activity in the field of fiction and literary translation in Russia and Italy. The Gorky Prize is awarded in two main categories - “Writers” and “Translators”. The list of works proposed for consideration by the jury consists of works in the genre of long prose (novel, story), published in translation (in Russian or Italian, respectively) within twenty years preceding the year of the competition.
The award nominees alternate between Russian and Italian writers.
The winners of the 9th season of the Gorky Literary Prize were Laura Salmon, author of translations of Sergei Dovlatov’s books into Italian, and Emanuele Trevi, author of the novel “Some of the Written Things.”
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK
Established in 2009 by the children's publishing house Rosmen. First of all, to find new authors. In this regard, it allows and encourages self-nomination. The jury of the award consists mainly of Rosman employees and authors published there. There are three categories - for ages 2–8 years and 10–16 years, as well as (for artists). The main prize of the competition is a contract with Rosman to publish the winning book. However, editors sometimes take into work works from the short and long lists.
BOOK
All-Russian competition for the best literary work for children and youth, organized by the Center for the Support of Russian Literature (which holds the Big Book Award). “Kniguru” is the only competition in the world that accepts both artistic and educational works, and the final decision is made by an open jury consisting of readers aged 10 to 16 years.
The winner receives 500,000 rubles, the second and third place holders receive 300,000 and 200,000 rubles, respectively.
In 2018, Ilga Ponornitskaya (the story “Izo”) took first place; 708 authors took part in the competition; the jury selected 15 works for the short list.
SHORT CHILDREN'S WORK
A competition organized in 2010 by the publishing house “Nastya and Nikita”. Held twice a year - in spring and. Over six years, eighteen books were published as a result of the competition.
Anyone over the age of 18 can become a children's writer. For this it is necessary until September 30, 2019 year to register the work on the competition website. The competition is held in three categories: literary texts for children (fairy tales and short stories), educational texts for children (travel books, knowledge, biographies) and “Notes of a Naturalist” (artistic and educational prose for children about Russian nature).
You can read about these and other children's competitions.
