Hugo Award
This award can be called one of the most democratic: its laureates are based on the results of voting by registered participants in the World Convents of Science Fiction Fans WorldCon (therefore, the award is considered "reader's"). The Hugo Award is a science fiction literary award. It was established in 1953 and is worn by Hugo Gernsbeck, creator of the first dedicated science fiction magazines. The award is given annually to the best fiction published in English. The winners are awarded a figurine in the form of a rocket taking off. The award is given in the following categories:
. Best Novel (Best Novel)
. Best story (Best Novella)
. Best Short Story (Best Novellette)
. Best Short Story
. Best Fiction Book (Best Related Book)
. Best Production, Large Form (Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form)
. Best Direction, Small Form (Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form)
. Best Professional Editor (Best Professional Editor)
. Best Professional Artist (Best Professional Artist)
. Best Semi-Prozine (Best SemiProzine)
. Best fanzine (Best Fanzine). Best Fan Writer
. Best Fan Artist
The list of winners of this and other fantastic awards can be found on the Russian Science Fiction website (www.rusf.ru). Separately, the John Campbell Award is awarded - “Most Promising New Author of the Year”, which is received by a science fiction debutant. Along with the Hugo Award, the Gandalf Award is sometimes awarded - not for a specific work, but for a significant contribution to the development of the fantasy genre.
Cervantes Prize
The Cervantes Literary Prize, established by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1975, is valued in the Spanish-speaking world no less than the Nobel Prize. The monetary part of the "Spanish Nobel Prize" is 90 thousand euros, it is annually awarded to the next laureate by the King of all Spain Juan Carlos in the homeland of the author of Don Quixote - in the town of Alcala de Henares, which is 50 kilometers from Madrid.
James Tait Award
The oldest literary award in the UK is the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, which has been awarded by the University of Edinburgh since 1919 to the best novelists and authors of biographical works. Evelyn Waugh, Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene, Ian McEwan became its laureates at different times.
Orange Award
There is an Orange Prize for women writers in the UK who write in English. The winners are awarded a bronze statuette with the affectionate name of Bessie and a check for a nice sum of £30,000. The jury of the award is exclusively women. http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/
Nobel Prize in Literature
The award, established by the Swedish chemical engineer, inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel and named after him as the Nobel Prize, is the most prestigious and most criticized in the world. Of course, this is largely due to the size of the Nobel Prize: the award consists of a gold medal with the image of A. Nobel and the corresponding inscription, a diploma and, most importantly, a check for a sum of money. The size of the latter depends on the profits of the Nobel Foundation. According to Nobel's will, drawn up on November 27, 1895, his capital (initially over 31 million SEK) was placed in shares, bonds and loans. The income from them is annually divided into 5 equal parts and becomes prizes for the most outstanding world achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace-building activities. Particular passions flare up around the Nobel Prize in Literature. The main claims against the Swedish Academy in Stockholm (it is she who identifies the most worthy writers) are the decisions of the Nobel Committee themselves, and the fact that they are made in an atmosphere of strict secrecy. The Nobel Committee announces only the number of applicants for a particular prize, but does not name their names. Evil tongues also claim that the prize is sometimes given for political rather than literary reasons. The main trump card of critics and detractors is Leo Tolstoy, Nabokov, Joyce, Borges, who were bypassed by the Nobel Prize ... The award is awarded annually on December 10 - the anniversary of Nobel's death. The Swedish king traditionally awards Nobelian writers in Stockholm. Within 6 months after receiving the Nobel Prize, the laureate must deliver a Nobel lecture on the subject of his work.
International Prize named after G.-Kh. Andersen
Thanks to the German writer Ella Lepman (1891-1970) for the appearance of this award. And not only for that. It was Mrs. Lepman who ensured that by the decision of UNESCO, the birthday of G.-Kh. Andersen, April 2 is International Children's Book Day. She also initiated the creation of the International Council for Children's and Young Adults' Books (IBBY) - an organization that brings together writers, artists, literary scholars, librarians from more than sixty countries. Since 1956, IBBY has been awarding the International G.-H. Andersen, which, with the light hand of the same Ella Lepman, is called the "small Nobel Prize" in children's literature. Since 1966, this award has also been given to illustrators of children's books. The laureates receive a gold medal with the profile of a great storyteller every 2 years at the next IBBY congress. The award is given only to living writers and artists.
Astrid Lindgren International Literary Prize
Immediately after Lindgren's death, the Swedish government decided to establish a literary award named after the world-famous storyteller. “I hope that the Prize will fulfill the dual role of serving as a reminder of Astrid and her life's work, as well as promoting and promoting good children's literature,” said Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson. The Astrid Lingren Memorial Award, an annual International Literary Prize for Children and Youth, aims to draw the world's attention to literature for children and adolescents and to children's rights. Therefore, it can be awarded not only to a writer or artist for an exceptional contribution to the development of a children's book, but also for any activity to promote reading and protect the rights of the child. The monetary content of the award is also attractive - 500,000 euros. The lucky winners of the award are determined by 12 honorary citizens of the country, members of the State Cultural Council of Sweden. By tradition, the name of the winner of this award is announced every year in March in the homeland of Astrid Lindgren. The award is presented to the laureate in May in Stockholm.
Grinzane Cavour
In 2001, UNESCO declared the Grinzane Cavour Prize an "Exemplary Institute for International Culture". Despite the short history of existence (established in Turin in 1982), the award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in Europe. It got its name from the Turin castle of the 13th century: Count Benso Cavour, the first prime minister of united Italy, used to live there, and now the headquarters of the award is located. The main goal of "Grinzane Cavour" is to familiarize the younger generation with literature, for which the jury includes both venerable literary critics and schoolchildren. About a thousand teenagers from Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the USA, Cuba and Japan vote for the books of the authors nominated for the award. http://www.grinzane.it/
Goncourt Prize
The main French literary prize - Goncourt (Prix Goncourt), established in 1896 and awarded since 1902, is awarded to the author of the best novel or collection of short stories in French, not necessarily living in France. It bears the name of the French classics of the Goncourt brothers - Edmond Louis Antoine (1832-1896) and Jules Alfred Huo (1830-1869). The younger, Edmond, bequeathed his vast fortune to the Literary Academy, which became known as Goncourt and established an annual prize of the same name. The Goncourt Academy includes 10 of the most famous French writers who work for a nominal fee of 60 francs per year. Everyone has one vote and can give it for one book, only the president has two votes. The members of the Goncourt Academy at different times were the writers A. Daudet, J. Renard, Roni Sr., F. Eria, E. Bazin, Louis Aragon ... Now the charter of the Goncourt Academy has changed: now the age of the jury members of the prestigious Goncourt Prize should not exceed 80 years. Initially, the award was conceived as an award to young writers for the originality of talent, new and bold searches for content and form.
Booker Prize
Any resident of the Commonwealth of Nations or Ireland can receive the Booker Prize, whose novel in English is considered worthy of world fame and 50 thousand pounds sterling. The award has been presented since 1969, sponsored by the Man Group of Companies since 2002, and officially named The Man Booker Prize. First, an annual advisory committee of publishers and writers, literary agents, booksellers, libraries, and the Booker Prize Foundation compiles a list of about one hundred books. The committee also approves a jury of five people - well-known literary critics, writers, scientists, public figures. In August, the jury announces a "long list" of 20-25 novels, in September - six participants in the "short list", and in October - the laureate himself. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the award, a special award "Booker of all times" appeared. Its laureate was to be Bukeriat, whose work was considered by readers to be the best novel in all the years of the award's existence. In 2008, the monetary part of the prize amounted to more than one hundred thousand US dollars (50 thousand pounds).
International Booker Prize
This award was established in 2005 and is a "relative" of the regular "Booker". It is awarded every 2 years to the author for a work of art written in English or available to the general reader in translation into it.
The Carnegie Medal
The word "medal" can be found in the title of many "children's literature" awards. For example, to receive The Carnegie Medal will honor the absolute majority of writers. This very prestigious award has been presented since 1936 and always enjoys the attention of the general public. The jury consists of representatives of the association of librarians. List of laureates: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/list.html
IMPAC
The world's largest premium amount for a single literary work - 100 thousand euros. It is given to laureates of the international award IMPAC, established in 1996 by Dublin City Council. In this city, sung by Joyce, the rewarding takes place. Although the headquarters of the international company IMPAC (Improved Management Productivity and Control), whose name the award bears, is located in Florida and has no direct relation to literature. IMPAC is a world leader in productivity improvement, working on projects for major corporations and organizations in 65 countries. To qualify for the competition, a work must be written or translated into English and must withstand fierce international competition: 185 library systems in 51 countries are eligible to nominate applicants. Award website
Are literary awards necessary?
Chairman of the board of a non-profit association
Kunst im Dialog e.V. (Germany),
consultant for a number of German publishing houses on
Russian literature and book publishing market in Russia,
literary agent
There are a myriad of literary prizes in the world. Many of them appeared quite a long time ago. Prizes in the field of literature are the encouragement of authors, both moral and material. This action is of great importance for the development and further creativity of both the author himself, who received the prize, and the literary process, which, in turn, influences the ideology of the state. If we continue this chain further, we will see the impact on the position of the nation in the world community and on the world community itself. As you know, the largest and most prestigious world prize in the field of literature is the Nobel Prize, established by Alfred Bernhard Nobel and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy.
This publication will focus on the literary awards of the Russian Federation and their impact on literary and social processes in Russia and the world.
The institution of literary awards in the Russian Federation is quite developed. Prizes for the best literary works were awarded back in Tsarist Russia, in the middle of the 19th century, but they were common for both writers and scientists. Later, at the end of the 19th century, the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences established a special literary prize, and already in the USSR, before the Great Patriotic War, the Stalin Prize for Literature was established. If we take the total number of literary awards in Russia, then we can count several hundred of them. Many not only large, but also small provincial cities have their own literary awards, which indicates a high level of their culture. The purpose of Russian literary awards is to increase the social significance of Russian literature and draw attention to it. Individual awards have their own specific goals. For example, Yasnaya Polyana supports authors who follow the morality and ideals of Leo Tolstoy, the ideals of humanistic prose and poetry, whose works express the centuries-old traditions of Russian culture.
Judging by the list of awards that exist today on the Internet, there may be several dozen in one or another large city, and they are usually named after Soviet and Russian writers - Anna Akhmatova, Fyodor Abramov, Yuri Mamleev, and others. There are also prizes awarded by thick magazines such as Znamya, Novy Mir, Yunost, etc.
The main literary awards in Russia are Big Book, Russian Booker, National Bestseller. There are equally well-known, but smaller ones, for example, NOS (New Literature), which was established by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation. Almost every award has several nominations, due to which more authors can be noted and encouraged. The main difference between the NOS award and others is that the evaluation and argumentation of the jury members for each candidate for the award takes place in public. By the way, another difference from most awards is that there is also a reader's vote.
The Russian Booker Prize is a subsidiary of the British Booker Prize. This award was first presented in 1969, and the Russian Booker in 1992.
The Big Book has an incredibly large expert council - more than a hundred people. The selection of the main laureates of this award is very impressive. Right during the solemn presentation, in another room, the final small jury gathers, such a last resort that distributes the three prizes included in the Big Book.
Yasnaya Polyana and the Belkin Prize are less significant prizes, but they have their place in the literary process.
The Russian Prize was established to support authors who write in Russian but live abroad, and is also awarded for the best translation of works of Russian literature.
Debut Award - for the best young authors. Moreover, there are many nominations in this award: prose, poetry, dramaturgy, short story, criticism. Many other literary prizes can be named, but the purpose of this article is to analyze the internal processes in literature, which are influenced by such external factors as the awarding of literary prizes.
Literary awards are enterprises that have a directorate, accounting department, employees who organize and conduct the process of accepting and reviewing works, forming a jury, organizing a PR campaign and the final award ceremony. A very important point is funding. It can be both public - for example, the Agency for Press and Mass Communications supports the Big Book Prize, or private - the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation finances the NOS Prize, which is managed by his sister Irina Prokhorova, the Generation Foundation finances the Debut Prize, etc. d.
Of particular note is the Enlightener award for the best books in the field of popular science literature. It was established in 2008 by Dmitry Zimin, founder of the Dynasty Foundation. The purpose of the award is to popularize science and expand the market for popular science literature. There are two categories in this award - natural sciences and humanities. In addition, the award also has a cash equivalent.
There are literary prizes that are awarded by publishing houses. Naturally, the presentation of such an award to the author of the same publishing house is absolutely meaningless. Besides, it's not entirely clear. After all, the purpose of the award is to celebrate a work that has become an event in the literary process. And having chosen the work of this particular author for publication in its journal, the publishing house has already singled it out from the general list. Nevertheless, when evaluating the reasons for receiving the award, in this case, preference is still given to the authors of this publishing house, and new ones, perhaps more talented ones, pass by. Here harm is done both to the author, who was not noted, and to literature as a whole.
Often the choice of the jury is based not on the actual uniqueness of the text, but on the preferences of the jury members, whose composition is not always constant. For example, in the jury of the Russian Booker Prize, its members and chairman change every year. This does not contribute to an objective assessment of the works submitted for the award. As a result, the winners are determined by a jury consisting of random people with different taste preferences. It does not do without purely human sympathies and antipathies of the jury members to the authors participating in the competition. This does not always contribute to stimulating the literary process, and from the point of view of morality, it is also not entirely correct. Some experts propose to reform or reorient the goals and objectives of literary prizes and, in this regard, the nature of such prizes. First of all, this applies to literary trends. Now, the main winners are works not of traditional trends, such as realism or its varieties that allow some deviation, but works that are considered innovative, that is, unrealistic. The term "postmodernism" is a ticket to the community of shortlisted members and award winners. The principles of specialization of various awards by genre and form are proposed. There are calls for the jury to consider works nominated for awards not as entertainment reading, but as an object of study. The specialization of literary prizes, according to experts, would enhance their ability to orient the reader, who will be informed about the essence of the work that received the prize, awarded for the performance of specific tasks in literature.
Valery Pecheikin (photographer - Ira Polyarnaya)
Like any business, some awards die if they are run by non-professionals or if funding is cut off, especially during an economic crisis.
Literary awards are integrated into the book publishing industry. Prizes in the field of literature are a tool for promoting Russian literature to the reader, not only Russian, but also foreign. Literary agents know that immediately after the announcement of the shortlists, and especially after the award is given to the author, foreign publishers approach him, because the award is a navigator for the publisher in the search for authors who, if their books are published, can make a profit. The award makes the names of new authors known, but even this does not guarantee that the works that won the prize will be published. An interested publisher, if he sees no prospects for selling the book, for example, due to the not very high quality of the text or even due to the political orientation of not only a particular text, but also the author himself, is unlikely to accept it for publication. Prizes, of course, enliven cultural life, people discuss, argue, express their opinion. It can be said that literary awards are a sociocultural phenomenon that attracts the attention of not only specialists, but also the reading community as a whole and the individual reader to modern literature. At the same time, the reputation of one or another writer is formed. And not necessarily positive. The status of an author who has been awarded a prestigious award immediately rises - he becomes a laureate. But in the future, if he does not receive other awards or his books are not published abroad, his rating may gradually fall. And vice versa, a talented author who has not been awarded a prize also acquires a special status - he becomes a hero who is undeservedly, for some, perhaps secret reasons, clamped down by literary experts. But his fame does not bring him large circulations of books and awards. This is a kind of dissidence. I must say that the path to the award and even to the long list, and even more so to the short list, is very difficult. Being shortlisted for a literary award is already a direct path to an award.
Authors awarded a literary prize are of interest not only to readers and publishers. Prizes divide the authors into groups: the first - those who are awarded the prize; the second - those who got into the short lists; the third is everyone else, although this group often contains more talented writers than the first two. Such authors include, for example, Yuri Nechiporenko and Daniel Orlov, who have received several minor literary awards, including network ones, but have not yet received a significant award in the field of literature.
Authors may not be in the forefront for various non-literary reasons. Often - because of the political position of the author or the text itself. This reason is also an obstacle to the publication of the author's work abroad, where there is a strong binding of authors to an ideology that meets the declared "Western values".
Literary awards are undoubtedly useful, but at the same time harmful. We can say that awards are killers of literature. There is a displacement of the criterion of artistry. Some authors write for a prize, such as the Big Book. Already well-known authors, marked by literary awards, allow themselves to simply "disperse the text" to the format of a thick book. Although there have been cases of awarding the Big Book Prize to a work of the usual format. As already mentioned, the fate of the book and the author depends on the tastes of the jury members and other subjective reasons.
Separately, one can note the positive role of the Debut Award, which gave the green light to many young authors who have already become famous. This, for example, is Valery Pecheikin, a playwright who successfully collaborates with the Gogol Center, where his plays are staged, which can be called innovative in a good way.
If you draw a line under everything written, we can say that despite all their shortcomings, awards are needed. Without them, it is already difficult to imagine the literary process and the reading community, as well as book publishing and book distribution.
The boom in literary awards in Russia is a sign of the last 20 years, but it cannot be said that they were invented only now. What, if not a prize, were, for example, rings, snuff boxes and other valuable gifts that Emperor Alexander I liked to give to writers in abundance. It is known that in 1802 alone the tsar spent an unheard-of amount for that time - 160 thousand rubles to encourage writers .
The main Soviet prize, the Stalin Prize, became a direct continuation of the imperial tradition. Now this is rarely remembered, but at first its fund was formed from the fees that Stalin received for publishing his works in different countries. That is, it was also a personal royal award of 100 thousand rubles. After the death of the leader, the Stalin Prizes were replaced by Lenin Prizes (10,000 rubles) and State Prizes (5,000). It was enough money to buy a car.
The era of independent awards came in 1991 with the establishment of the Russian Booker. Russian literature then received reinforcements in the form of British money. The Booker Prize itself is of British origin, its name comes from the name of the Booker company, famous for the production of canned vegetables. In the early 1990s, Booker's agents drew attention to the vast field of activity that Russian literature represented, with no clearly expressed material gain being pursued. As, by the way, in most other literary awards, their founders are more likely to be driven by image considerations.
The Russian Booker did not remain the only major award for long. In 1995, the leadership of Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in fact, its owner, Boris Berezovsky) established a competing award, which they called Antibooker. Its size was 12,001 dollars, that is, a dollar more than the "Russian Booker". In 2001, with increased pressure on Berezovsky and the institution of criminal cases against him, Antibooker ceased to exist.
But by that time, players began to appear on the field of Russian literary awards one after another. To date, their number has reached six hundred. "Trud" remembered the main ones.
Established in November 2005.
Prize fund: With a prize fund of 5.5 million rubles, it is one of the largest in the world. The size of the first prize is 3 million rubles, the second - 1.5 million, the third - 1 million.
Who gives money: the founders are the Ministry of Culture, Rospechat, the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, but the financial component is mainly provided by Gazprom.
Distinctive feature: awarding not only works of art, but also literature in the non-fiction genre.
Established in 2008 on the personal initiative of Anatoly Chubais.
Prize fund: One prize of $50,000 is awarded.
Who gives money: at first it was supported by RAO UES of Russia, with the departure of Chubais from there, it came under the wing of the Energy of the Future Foundation specially established by the businessman.
Distinctive feature: Only living modern poets can become laureates. Among the laureates are Sergei Gandlevsky, Timur Kibirov, Alexander Kushner.
Established in September 2003.
Prize fund: the prize in the nomination "Modern Classics" is equal to 900 thousand rubles, in the nomination "Literature of the XXI century" - 750 thousand.
Who gives money: established by the Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate in Yasnaya Polyana and the South Korean company Samsung Electronics, which is the sponsor of the award.
Distinctive feature: supports the works of contemporary authors who develop the humanistic ideas of Leo Tolstoy.
Established in 1998 by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Prize fund: 25 thousand dollars.
Who gives money: The Alexander Solzhenitsyn Foundation, founded by the writer in 1974 and collecting royalties from all editions of his book The Gulag Archipelago.
Distinctive feature: Awarded to writers living in Russia who created their works after the 1917 revolution. Genres: prose, poetry, dramaturgy, literary criticism and literary criticism.
Established in March 2009.
Prize fund: 700 thousand rubles. Reader's Choice Award - 200 thousand rubles.
Who gives money: Established by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation. Part of the Book World project led by publisher Irina Prokhorova.
Distinctive feature: created to support new trends in modern Russian literature.
Established in December 1991.
Prize fund: 12 thousand dollars.
Who gives money: The main sponsor is British Petroleum.
Distinctive feature: Being the first post-Soviet award, it is distinguished by an emphasis on dissident literature. Among the laureates are Vasily Aksenov, Georgy Vladimov.
Established in 2001 on the initiative of literary critic Viktor Toporov.
Prize fund: 10 thousand dollars.
Who gives money: The premium fund is formed from the funds of the investment and construction company "Vistkom".
Distinctive feature: the best novel of the year is celebrated. Information about which of the nominees nominates whom is open.
The biggest awards in the world
Nobel (Sweden) - 1.05 million euros
Chino del Duca (France) - 300 thousand euros
Dublin (Ireland) - 100 thousand euros
IMPAC (Ireland - USA) - 100 thousand euros
"Miguel de Cervantes" (Spain) - 90 thousand euros
Goethe Prize (Germany) - 50 thousand euros
Writers who made the most money from awards
Ludmila Ulitskaya
3.35 million rubles
The novels The Case of Kukotsky and Daniel Stein, Translator were noted by the Russian Booker (2001) and the Big Book (2007).
Dmitry Bykov
3 million rubles
The biographical novel Boris Pasternak was awarded the Big Book and National Bestseller awards in 2006.
Mikhail Shishkin
1.3 million rubles
The novel "Venus Hair" was awarded the "Big Book" award in 2006 and the "National Best Seller" award in 2005.
Ludmila Saraskina
2.25 million rubles
Her biography "Alexander Solzhenitsyn" was awarded in 2008 with the Big Book and Yasnaya Polyana awards.
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 a final decision; b) selection criterion, i.e. the formulation of the grounds on which this choice is made; c) the prize itself, expressed in monetary terms or having a symbolic value (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.
Unlike 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 prizes, the practice of which was widely spread mainly in the 20th century, are a more democratic way of recognizing the merits of writers. . Modern awards are of a one-time nature and formally do not 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.
Prizes 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) sectoral ( in the field of fantasy, historical novel, etc.), c) nominal - Astrid Lindgren Prize - International Prize in the field of children's literature, etc. d) informal - Antibooker, Prize. Andrei Bely, etc.
International Literary Awards.
Nobel Prize in Literature (cm. NOBEL PRIZES) is the most famous and prestigious annual international award in the field of literature.
Booker International Prize(Man Booker International Prize) - established in 2005. Will be awarded every two years for "creativity, development and overall contribution to the world of fiction" and will be 60,000 pounds. Unlike the current Booker Prize, which is open to British Commonwealth and Irish citizens only, 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 - Leading Productivity Company) is an international award established in 1996 by Dublin City Council. 185 library systems in 51 countries have the right to nominate applicants. The prize is awarded for a work written or translated into English. It is worth 100,000 euros - this is the largest award that can be received for a single work, it is awarded in Dublin.
Among the awardees is the Moroccan Tahar Ben Jelloun for his novel Blinding absence of light, Edward Jones for the novel known world.
Literary daggers(Gold Dagger, Silver Dagger, Debut Dagger, Library Dagger, etc.) . The award has been awarded since 1955 for the best detective novel of the year by the Detective Writers Association of Great Britain, an open society supporting 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 merit of its member publishers. In 2002, T.A. Kudryavtseva, translator of John Updike, William Styron, Norman Mailer, Margaret Mitchell and others, received the award for the translation of fiction that promotes mutual understanding between America and Russia.
Liberty Award(Liberty) - founded in 1999 by emigrants from Russia. Awarded for contributions to Russian-American culture and 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 are Media Group Continent USA and American University in Moscow.
The winners of the award were cultural figures living in America. Among them are V. Aksyonov, L. Losev, M. Epstein, O. Vasiliev, V. Bachanyan, J. Billington
National Literary Awards.
Booker Prize(Man-Booker Prize for Fiction, Booker Prize) (Great Britain) – the annual British Literature Award for the best novel written by a British or Commonwealth citizen in English. Its goal is to support and develop the traditions of such a literary form as the novel. The award was founded in 1969. The first sponsor was Booker-McConnell plc., and the award was called the Booker-McConnell Prize. Since 2002, the award has become known as "Man Booker", it is financed by the company "Man Group". The prize has risen from £21,000 to £50,000.
Awarded by the independent charitable organization The Book Foundation. The winners of the English Booker were: in 1969 - P.H. Newby (P.H. Newby, Something to Answer For); in 1970 - Bernice Rubens (Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member); V 1971 - V.S. Naipaul (V.S. Naipaul, In a Free State); in 1972 - John Berger (John Berger, G); in 1973 - J.G. Farrell (J.G. Farrell, Siege of Krishnapur); in 1974 - Stanley Middleton (Stanley Middleton, holiday); in 1975 - Nadine Gordimer and Ruth Jabwala (Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist, Ruth Prower Jhabvala, heat and dust); in 1976 - David Storey (David Storey, Saville); in 1977 - Paul Scott (Paul Scott, Staying on); in 1978 - Iris Murdoch (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 (Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark); in 1983 - J.M. Coetzee (J.M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K.); in 1984 - Anita Brookner (Anita Brookner, Hotel Du Lac); in 1985 - Keri Holm (Keri Hulme, bone people); in 1986 - Kingsley Amis (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 - Byat A.S. (A.S. Byatt, Possession); in 1991 - Ben Okri (Ben Okri, The Famished Road; in 1992 - Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth (Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient; Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger); in 1993 - Roddy Doyle (Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha); in 1994 - James Kelman (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 (Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things); in 1998 - Ian McEwan (Ian McEwan, Amsterdam); in 1999 - J.M. Coetzee (J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace); in 2000 - Margaret Atwood (Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin); in 2001 - Peter Carey (Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang); in 2002 - Yann Martel (Yann Martel, Life of Pi); in 2003 - D.B.S. Pierre (DBC Pierre (Peter Warren Finlay), Vernon God Little); in 2004 - Alan Hollinghurst (Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty).
Among the winners of the English Booker there are world-famous novelists Murdoch, Amis, Golding and others, almost half of the winners are women. Recently, among the laureates there are more and more people from the countries of the British Commonwealth - Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, etc.
Whitbread Prize. Awarded by the British Booksellers Association. Laureates each receive £5,000; from among the laureates in five categories (“Novel”, “Best First Novel”, “Bibliography”, “Children's Literature”, “Poetry”), an absolute winner is selected, who receives 25 thousand pounds sterling. His work is named "Book of the Year"
Goncourt Prize(Prix Goncourt) (France) is an annual French literary award for achievements in the genre of the novel. The Goncourt Prize is considered one of the most honorable and authoritative in France. And although nominally the size of the award is symbolic - only 10 euros, the writer is guaranteed large incomes, since after its award, as practice shows, sales of the laureates' books skyrocket.
The Goncourt Prize was officially established in 1896, but it began to be awarded only from 1902. The Goncourt brothers left a huge fortune, which, according to the will of Edmond Goncourt, passed into the Goncourt Academy, officially established in 1896. It includes ten of the most famous writers of France who receive a nominal fee - 60 francs per year. Each member of the academy has only one vote and can only vote for one book. The President of the Academy has two votes.
Members of the Goncourt Academy at different times were writers A. Daudet, J. Renard, Roni Sr., F. Eria, E. Bazin, Louis Aragon and others. The first winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1903 was John-Antoine Naud for his novel hostile force.
The winners of the Prix Goncourt were Ahmad Kuruma, Francois Salvin, Amélie Nothombe, Jean-Jacques Schul.
In addition to the Goncourt Prize, in France there are such literary prizes as Renaudo, Medici, Femina, Goncourt for Lyceum students.
Femina is one of the oldest literary awards in France, founded in 1904. It awards the prize of the jury, consisting of only women, for the best French novel, foreign novel, essay.
Pulitzer Prize(USA) is one of the most prestigious US awards in the field of literature, journalism, music and theater, since 1942 - in the field of photojournalism.
The award was established by the Hungarian-born American newspaper tycoon Joseph Pulitzer. At the end of the 19th century he skillfully drew 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 foundation of a foundation named after him. They were left $2 million for this.
Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded annually on the first Monday of 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 award is not provided 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 award is given in four categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's literature. The prize is about $10,000 for laureates, $1,000 for nominees, a statuette, and a medal for contributions to American literature. The sponsor is the American National Book Foundation.
Prize to them. Cervantes(Spain) is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for Literature in the Spanish-speaking world. It was established in 1979 by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The bonus fund is 90 thousand euros. The award is presented by the King of Spain on April 23 of each year - the day Cervantes died.
Among the winners of the award are Spaniard Francisco Umbral, Chilean Jorge Edwards, Spaniard Sanchez Ferlosio.
Prize to them. Romulo Gallegos(Spain) established in 1967 in memory of the Venezuelan novelist and former President Romulo Gallegos. Awarded annually for the best novel written in Spanish, it 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, since 1992, it has been 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 award are nominated by the editorial offices 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.Kh.
State Prize for the most talented works for children and youth established by presidential decree in 1998. Boris Zakhoder became the laureate in 1999.
State Pushkin Prize of Russia established in June 1994 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of A.S. Pushkin - "for the creation of the most talented works in the field of poetry." It has been awarded on a competitive basis annually since 1995 by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the commission on state prizes in the field of literature and art under the President of the Russian Federation. Candidates are nominated by federal executive authorities, executive authorities of subjects of the federation, enterprises, institutions and organizations, public associations, educational institutions, editorial offices of newspapers and magazines. The works presented for the award are considered by a special commission (section) chaired by I. Shklyarevsky as part of the commission on State Prizes of the Russian Federation. The monetary support of the premium in 1999 was increased to 1600 times the minimum wage.
B. Okudzhava Prize established in 1998. The prize winners are poets and creators of author's songs for outstanding works. Awarded in the amount of two hundred times the minimum wage established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. At various times, the award was received by Yuli Kim, Dmitry Sukharev, Alexander Dolsky, Yuri Ryashentsev.
Booker – Open Russia(Russian Booker Prize – Russian Booker, Small Booker Prize) – has been awarded since 1992 from the funds of a benefactor who wished to remain anonymous for many years. In 2000, his name was revealed - this is the English public figure Francis Green. Since 2002, the Open Russia Regional Public Organization has become the general sponsor of the award. The award became known as "Booker - Open Russia".
Since 2003, the remuneration has been 15 thousand dollars, the finalists included in the short list receive 1,000 dollars.
Initially, the Small Booker Prize was a kind of branch of the "big" Booker. 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 supportive trends in the literary process. Over the years, 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 , trepanation of the skull), for the best magazines of Russian abroad (“Spring”, “Riga”, “Idiot”, “Vitebsk”), for the best work that comprehends the history of literature (Mikhail Gasparov, Featured Articles, Alexander Goldstein (Tel Aviv), Parting with Narcissus) and others. In 1999, the prize was awarded for a work that develops the essay genre in Russian literature - Vladimir Bibikhin became the laureate for the book New Renaissance. In 2000, for a literary project, that is, organizing activities for collecting, organizing and presenting literary texts, realizing certain ideas and concepts, he received the Yuryatin Foundation (Perm, a group of curators of 4 people). The prize was awarded for book publishing work (publishing books by authors of modern Russian abroad, significant authors of the province, young authors of Perm, local history literature), organization and support in Perm of the salon "Literary Environments in the Smyshlyaev House", 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, Sergey Khoruzhy read short courses of lectures.
The long-list and short-list of the Big and Small Russian Booker are published in autumn. The shortlist is announced and commented on at a special press conference. The winner is announced in December.
In 2000, the Small Booker Prize organizationally separated from the Big Booker Prize.
The award is presented by a jury that changes partly every year. In addition, each year special experts are invited to serve on the jury in the direction that this year is encouraged by the Small Booker.
Pushkin Prize of the German Alfred Toepfer Foundation. The Alfred Toepfler Foundation has become the source of a whole system of encouraging 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 award is 40,000 euros and is awarded with the participation of the Russian PEN Center. Together with the prize, two scholarships of 6,000 euros are awarded each year for young writers. Among the awarded are Andrey Bitov, Evgeny Rein.
Andrei Bely Literary Prize. Established in a 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 usually 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), Alexei 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 culturologists Boris Groys (1978), Evgeny Schiffers (1979), Yuri Novikov (1980), Efim Barban (1981), Boris Ivanov (1983), Vladimir Erl (1986), Vladimir Malyavin (1988), Mikhail Epshtein (1991) .
After a break, the award 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 nationwide cultural institution, which aims to support the experimental and intellectual trend 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 believe to be unchanged against the backdrop of the most incredible changes in our cultural climate.
It is awarded in four categories: poetry, prose, criticism and theory of culture. There is also a special merit award, which remains, as before, the prerogative of an anonymous jury. A notarized contract for the publication of the laureate's book of works over the next year in the special series "Winners of the Andrei Bely Prize" is added to the traditional material reward. The names of the laureates were first announced in St. Petersburg, later as part of the Moscow Exhibition and Fair of Intellectual Books, on Andrei Bely's birthday, October 26.
Antibooker - annual bonus; established in 1995 under Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Since 1996 it has been awarded separately for prose (The Brothers Karamazov), poetry (The Stranger) and dramaturgy (Three Sisters). Since 1997, the prize has been awarded for literary criticism and literary criticism ("Ray of Light") and non-fiction ("The Fourth Prose") since 2000.
Aelita– The oldest award 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 sci-fi book of the previous two years at the Science Fiction Festival in Yekaterinburg. The amount of monetary reward was not disclosed. The first honorary laureates of the Aelita Prize were A. and B. Strugatsky.
Prize« Debut”established in 2000 by the International Generation Foundation for authors under the age of 25 writing in Russian. It has seven nominations: "Large prose", "Small prose", "Poetry", "Dramaturgy", "Film story", "Publicism", "Literature of spiritual search". Winners in all five nominations receive an honorary prize "Bird".
All-Russian Literary Prize named after St. blg. Prince Alexander Nevsky« Russian faithful sons» 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 nominations "Poetry", "Fictional Prose", "Documentary and Journalistic Prose", "Book for Children", "Criticism and Literary Studies", "Magazine and Newspaper". The commission consists of priests, members of the Writers' Union of Russia. The main principles for determining the winners are a high artistic style based on Orthodox spirituality, professionalism, historical authenticity, and patriotic orientation.
The award is given annually in January. For the first places, the medal “Literary Prize named after St. blg. Book. Alexander Nevsky, diploma and a cash prize of $2,000. For the second and third places - diplomas and cash prizes. First place winners are eligible to become committee members for the following year. Among the awardees are Y. Kozlov, E. Yushin.
National Prize. 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 the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The award encourages "realistic directions in fiction, connection with the past, present and future of a real earthly person."
Prize winners E. Lukin, V. Mikhailov, M. Uspensky, N. Galkina, S. Lukyanenko, V. Pelevin.
Apollon Grigoriev Prize established in 1997 by the Academy of Russian Modern Literature as "a professional expert award for the best work of the year in all genres, except for criticism, literary criticism and cultural studies." The sponsors of the award are ONEXIMbank (1997), State Bank (since 1998). All members of the Academy are nominees. The jury is selected by lot (chairmen: 1997 - Petr Vail; 1998 - Alexander Ageev; 1999 - Sergey Chuprinin; 2000 - Alla Latynina; 2001 - Evgeny Sidorov; 2002 - Andrey Nemzer), which determines three laureates, and then announces the laureate of the main prize. Funding for the main prize is $25,000; other laureates are awarded laptops and printers (a writer's workplace) in the amount of $2,500 each.
Ivan Petrovich Belkin Prize, established by the EKSMO publishing house and the Znamya magazine, is the only award in Russia named after a literary hero, established in 2001. Awarded for the best Russian story of the year. The editors of newspapers and magazines, creative organizations, as well as professional literary critics enjoy the right to nominate. Monetary reward: 5 thousand dollars for the laureate, the authors of the other four stories included in the short list are rewarded with 500 dollars. Award coordinator - Natalia Ivanova. Jury chairmen: in 2001 - Fazil Iskander, in 2002 - Leonid Zorin.
« bronze snail» Established in 1992 by Andrei Nikolaev and Alexander Sidorovich as a personal prize of B.N. Strugatsky (he is the chairman and sole member of the jury of the prize). It is awarded in the nominations "Large form", "Medium form", "Small form", "Criticism / journalism" at the traditional annual conferences of science fiction writers, critics, translators, 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 and others) for a literary work created in Russian language and published in St. Petersburg, according to the nominations: poetry; prose; journalism and criticism; book publishing. The sponsors of the award were Credit-Petersburg Bank (1995), St. Petersburg Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1996). According to the regulations, the nomination committee analyzes St. Petersburg literature throughout the year and nominates the most talented, in its opinion, works. Upon completion of this work, 7 applicants remain in each section of the award. Voting takes place anonymously, the works are not discussed, so that the members of the jury do not put pressure on each other.
Literary Prize. Alexandra Solzhenitsyn awards the fund, founded by A.I. Solzhenitsyn in 1997, as an award to Russian writers, “whose work has high artistic merit, contributes to self-knowledge of Russia, makes a significant contribution to the preservation and careful development of the traditions of Russian literature.” The prize may be awarded for a novel, short story or collection of short stories, book or series of poems, play, collection of articles or research. The permanent jury includes A. Solzhenitsyn, N. Struve, V. Nepomnyashchiy, L. Saraskina, P. Basinsky, N. Solzhenitsyna. The monetary amount of the award is 25 thousand dollars.
Triumph. Awarded by the Russian Independent Foundation for the Encouragement of the Highest Achievements in Literature and Art, established by JSC LogoVAZ in the summer of 1992. The names of the applicants are proposed by the jury members, 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
Sholokhov International Prize founded in 1993 by the magazine "Young Guard", the publishing house "Modern Writer" (now "Soviet Writer"), MSPS and 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. M.A. Sholokhov. Yu.Bondarev is the permanent chairman of the jury. The financial support of the award 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 awardees are M. Shishkin, V. Pelevin, A. Garrosa and A. Evdokimov, A. Prokhanov and L. Yuzefovich.
Prize to them. P.P. Bazhova was established in November 1999 to mark 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 actually stepped over the boundaries of the regional and acquired the status of an all-Russian one. The award is annually awarded for achievements in literary activity not only to representatives of the Ural region, but also to writers from other Russian territories for works on the Ural theme. Five nominations: "Prose", "Poetry", "Dramaturgy", "Literary Studies", "Publicism". Each laureate receives a sum of money in the amount of 10,000 rubles, as well as specially cast gold and silver medals.
Prize to them. Boyana established by the Council of Governors of border cities and regions of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. The regulation on the award says that it is "awarded for works that carry the light of Slavic spirituality, rooted in Slavic mythology and folklore and affirm the ideas of friendship and brotherhood of the Slavic peoples."
Prize to them. F.M.Dostoevsky was founded by the Union of Writers of Russia together with the Association of Russian Writers of Estonia and the non-profit association “Primiya im. 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 recipients are Valentin Rasputin, Geir Hyotso, Anna Vedernikova, Anatoly Builov, Rostislav Titov, B.N. Tarasov.
Prize to them. Igor Severyanin established by the Russian faction of the Riigikogu and awarded annually to cultural figures who have made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of Russian cultural life in Estonia and Estonian among the Russian-speaking population of the country.
All-Russian Literary Prize named after Sergei Yesenin« Oh Rus', flap your wings...”is an annual open competition of works by poets of Russia, established by the National Fund for the Development of Culture and Tourism and the Union of Writers of Russia in 2005. It is awarded in four categories: “Big Prize” - poetic works (poems and poems) are accepted for the competition, “Searching Look” - critical works on Russian poetry, "Song Word" - texts of poems to which music is set (at least 3), "Russian Hope" - poetry of the young (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 Media.
As the development of modern literature shows, literary awards have become an integral part of literary life, representing a kind of ratings of works and writers. Of course, this method of marking causes certain criticisms of the subjectivity of choice, bias (when they choose “their own”), considerations of the political situation, etc. However, with all the minuses, the practice of awarding literary prizes will obviously continue, since it represents a clear and accessible way of structuring and evaluating literary works.
Irina Ermakova
Top 15 literary awards, the winners and nominees of which are worth paying your close reader's attention to. If you're wondering what to read, check it out!
1. National Literary Award "Big Book"
The award was established in 2005 and is one of the most prestigious awards for large-format works published in Russian in the reporting year.
The winners of the award in different 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 - the winner of the first prize. Becoming a laureate of this award is not only about attracting readers' attention to a book, but also about increasing consumer demand.
2. Nobel Prize in Literature
On the one hand, the award, 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 peace prizes. Many critics consider the award politicized and biased. However, whatever one may say, the writer to whom it is awarded wakes up famous all over the world in the morning, and sales of his books increase dramatically.
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 honored awards in the United States in the field of literature, journalism, music and theater, consistently 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 became Nobel laureates in literature.
5. Goncourt Prize for Literature
The main literary prize of France, established in 1896 and awarded since 1902, is awarded to the author of the best novel or collection of short stories in French, but not necessarily living in France. The award fund is symbolic, but its award brings the author fame, recognition and growth in sales of his books.
The prize winners were Marcel Proust (1919), Maurice Druon (1948), Simone de Beauvoir (1954).
6. Prize "Yasnaya Polyana"
Established in 2003 by the museum-estate of Leo Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana" with the support of Samsung Electronics.
It is awarded in four nominations: “Modern Classics”, “XXI Century” - the winner of 2015 was “Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes” by Guzeli Yakhina, “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth” and “Foreign Literature”.
7. Prize "Enlightener"
The Enlightener Award for the best popular science book in Russian was established in 2008 by the founder and Honorary President of VimpelCom (Beeline trademark) Dmitry Zimin and the Dynasty Foundation for non-commercial programs in order to attract readers' attention to the educational genre, to encourage authors and creating prerequisites for expanding the educational literature market in Russia.
8. Writer of the Year Award
The National Literary Award "Writer of the Year" was established by the Russian Union of Writers in order to find new talented authors who can contribute to modern literature. Laureates receive contracts for the publication of their works funded by the Russian Union of Writers. Competitive selection of authors is carried out on the literary portal Proza.ru.
9. National award "Russian Booker"
The award was established in 1992 at the initiative of the British Council in Russia as the Russian analogue 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 highly artistic and/or otherwise meritorious prose works.”
The winners of the award were Leonid Yuzefovich, Zakhar Prilepin, Dmitry Bykov, Viktor Pelevin.
11. Award "NOS"
Established in 2009 by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation "to identify and support new trends in modern Russian literature." The main feature of the award is the openness of the decision-making process, namely: the jury is obliged to publicly argue the choice of the finalists and the winner within the framework of 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 award, the winner of the reader's vote is also determined.
12. KNIGURU 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
Independent literary award for authors writing in Russian and not older than 35 years. Established in 2000 by Andrey Skoch's Generation Foundation. The coordinator of the award is the writer Olga Slavnikova. It is important that an agreement is concluded with the laureate of the award in each nomination for the publication of his work.
14. Book of the Year Award
Established in 1999 by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications. Awarded during the MIBF in nine nominations.
15. Vladislav Krapivin International Children's Literary Prize
Established in 2006 by the Association of Ural Writers. The award 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 sheets (60 thousand characters with spaces).
