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LITERARY PRIZE WINNERS 2017

"YASNAYA POLYANA - 2017"

The jury of one of the largest Russian literary awards, Yasnaya Polyana, announced the list of laureates for 2017. They were the following authors:

Nomination “Modern Russian Prose” Andrey Rubanov (for the novel “Patriot”)

Nomination “Foreign Literature” Mario Vargas Llosa (for the novel “The Humble Hero”)

Nomination "Event" Children's book festival in Tula "LiteraTula" and its founder Irina Rocheva

Nomination "Readers' Choice" Oleg Ermakov (for the novel "Song of the Tungus")

"PULITZER PRIZE - 2017"

New York writer Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize. His novel “The Underground Railroad” was highly appreciated not only by critics, but also by ordinary readers: immediately after its publication in the States, the work became a bestseller. The Underground Railroad in America was a secret system for facilitating the escape of black slaves from plantations in the south of the country to its north, where there was a strong movement of public figures advocating the abolition of slavery. Whitehead's main character, the slave Cora, runs from her oppressive master along this very road, experiencing many terrible adventures and absurd situations along the way.

"RUSSIAN BOOKER - 2017"
Sincere, devoted, although not without a gap, love. Psychological violence quite definitely outlines the portrait of the blessed hero. “Those who are expected are late... But you don’t need yourself...,” said the mother.” “The hateful Bobrykin” is a small (not the main) tormentor at school and a girlfriend’s husband when the children grew up. Features of play and sleep, carefully selected series of enumerations. Before us is a kind of farce, caricature and subtle stylization with many literary intersections. It’s hard to call it prose. Inversions, “rhymed” meanings that bounce like a ball, return: the text is rhythmically organized and... static, instead of a single speech flow, forming arbitrary islands where the horror and magic of ordinary, simple things are revealed, varied, and transformed.

"BIG BOOK - 2017"

This year the ceremony was dedicated to the centenary of the revolution. The motto “All power goes to Russian literature” was chosen. The winner of the national literary award “Big Book” in 2017 was Lev Danilkin, the author of the book “Lenin. Pantocrator of solar motes."
Lev Aleksandrovich Danilkin is a Russian journalist, literary critic and writer. Graduated from the Faculty of Philology and graduate school at Moscow State University. Member of the large (2001, 2002) and small (2003) jury of the National Bestseller Award. Presenter of the book column in Afisha magazine. Author of a fictional biography of Alexander Prokhanov, “The Man with an Egg,” and a book about Yuri Gagarin in the “Life of Remarkable People” series.
Lev Danilkin wrote a large, 780-page ethnographic book, “Lenin: Pantocrator of Solar Motes.” The fate of the main character - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - is woven into the story of Russia at the end of the 19th, 20th and even 21st centuries. A sociologist studies people like himself, and an ethnographer studies those who cannot describe themselves. And Danilkin, for the Russians, for the entire multinational people, takes on this role of ethnographer - following Lenin.
Other heroes of the era rush alongside Lenin. They are not carefully painted by Danilkin, but rather like scenery in a play, against the background of which Lenin himself is shaded and looks deeper.

"GONCOURT PRIZE - 2017"

The winner of the Goncourt Prize was the French writer, screenwriter and film director Eric Vuillard, who was noted for his novel The Order of the Day.
The author made his debut in 1999 with the story “The Hunter”; his works also include the script for Philippe Grandrieu’s film “New Life” and the historical novel about the conquest of Peru “The Conquistadors”.
"The Order of the Day" by 49-year-old Eric Vuyard takes the reader back to the days of Nazism in Germany. The narrative reconstructs episodes of the alliance between the Nazi regime and German industrialists. The author's historical knowledge and unexpected plot twists made critics recognize his book even before the award as "one of the most interesting novels of the season."

"BUNINSKAYA PRIZE - 2017"

On October 24, 2017, a solemn ceremony took place in the conference hall of the Moscow Humanitarian University, at which the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bunin Prize, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, the rector of the university, Professor Igor Mikhailovich Ilyinsky, together with members of the Jury, presented well-deserved prizes to the new laureates.

The winners of the International Bunin Prize 2017 were:

Igor Volgin - for the book of poems “Personal Data” and a poetic cycle in the magazine “Znamya”.

Volgin Igor Leonidovich was born in Molotov in 1942. He is a candidate of historical sciences and a doctor of philological sciences, an honorary member of such associations as the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the International Society of F. M. Dostoevsky. As a professor, he gives numerous lectures at higher educational institutions, for example, at Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov at the Faculty of Journalism, as well as at the Literary Institute named after. A. M. Gorky. He published collections of poems “Ring Road” (1970), “Six in the Morning” (1975), “Personal Data” (2015).
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Zinoviev was born in the small town of Korenovsk, Krasnodar Territory, in 1960. He is one of the strongest contemporary poets, a poet whose books always find their readers. This is explained by the fact that in his poems he acutely raises the problems of Russia and mourns the pain of his country. At the same time, in all his works he remains a faithful patriot.

Timur Zulfikarov - for the book of poems “Golden Letters of Love”.

Timur Zulfikarov is a poet, prose writer and playwright who writes in Russian. Zulfikarov was born in Dushanbe in 1936. The author's main works have been translated into 12 languages. His novels about Khoja Nasreddin, Omar Khayyam, Ivan the Terrible, Amir Timur and a monumental narrative about the life and afterlife of a modern poet, “The Poet’s Earthly and Heavenly Wanderings,” became widely known. Zulfikarov is the author of 20 books of prose and poetry, the circulation of which exceeded a million copies. In 2009, the poet's collected works were published in seven volumes. Zulfikarov is also a laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, the Best Book of the Year award, and the Anton Delvig award.

O. Leonid (Safronov) - for the books of poems “The Forester’s Daughter”, “Holy Rus' is Hidden”, “A White Foal Walks”. Archpriest Leonid Safronov was born on October 19, 1955 in the village of Rudnichny, Verkhnekamsk district, Kirov region. He is the rector of St. Nicholas Church in the village of Rudnichny, Verkhnekamsk district, Kirov region. Father Leonid Safronov is a Russian poet. Author of thirteen poetry books, member of the Writers' Union since 1989; laureate of literary prizes from the magazines “Moscow” and “Our Contemporary”; winner of two All-Russian literary awards: named after Nikolai Zabolotsky (2005) and named after Alexander Nevsky (2010). L. Safronov's poetry is characterized by soulful lyricism, epic breadth of coverage of the history of the Fatherland, depth and scale of development of national themes. Children's poems occupy a significant place in his poetry, but religious themes, and more broadly, a religious view of the world, are decisive in his work.

"BOOKER - 2017"
The 2017 Booker Prize winner was American George Saunders for his novel “Lincoln in the Bardo.”
Saunders was born in 1958, graduated from Syracuse University in 1988 with a master's degree in creative writing, and is the recipient of many awards and honors. Since 1997, Saunders has taught at Syracuse University while publishing fiction and nonfiction.
Saunders's writing often focuses on the absurdity of consumerism and corporate culture, as well as the role of the media. Although many critics see a satirical tone in much of Saunders's work, he also raises questions of morality. Due to the tragicomic elements in his work, he has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut, whose works inspired Saunders.

"NOBEL PRIZE - 2017"

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to British-Japanese writer Kazuo Ishiguro, author of contemporary fiction, for his work of great emotional power.
Kazuo Ishiguro is an English writer of Japanese descent, author of the novels The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go and The Buried Giant, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Winner of the Booker Prize and Whitbreath Prize, graduate of the Malcolm Bradbury Literary Seminar. Almost all of Ishiguro's books are based on the technique of retrospective. The heroes look into their past, full of dramatic and tragic events that can no longer be corrected. Thus, in the work “Where the Hills Are in the Haze,” the emigrant Etsuko recalls her youth in post-war Nagasaki, trying to escape from the present, in which her daughter committed suicide. Detective Christopher Banks from When We Were Orphans uses all his skill to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance twenty years ago. And in the dystopia “Never Let Me Go,” clone Katie S. recalls the story of her entire short life, which was destined to end on the operating table for the sake of organ donation.

"INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE - 2017"

The 2017 International Booker Literary Prize was awarded to Israeli writer David Grossman for his novel A Horse Walks into a Bar. The novel was written in Hebrew and translated into English by Jessica Cohen.
Author about the novel:
“In this book, I talk about a child, Doval, who later became a stand-up comedian. At the age of 14, he went outside his home for the first time in his life - he was sent to a semi-military youth camp. One day, when he was in the field training, a woman in military uniform came up and asked, “Who is Dovale here?” He replied: “It’s me.” “Come with me, come on faster, faster! You need to be in Jerusalem at 4 o’clock for the funeral.” Dovale was shocked. He did not ask and no one said who died. Who? Mother or father? Several long hours spent in the car caused him a very serious injury and influenced his future fate. Sometimes I think the most insidious form of cruelty is indifference.”
David Grossman is a bestselling author of fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature, and his works have been translated into 36 languages. He has been awarded numerous international awards, including the French "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres", the German "the Buxtehuder Bulle", the Roman "Premio per la Pace e l'Azione Umanitaria", the Frankfurt Peace Prize and the Israeli " Emet Prize.

"A. SOLZHENITSYN PRIZE - 2017"

The Alexander Solzhenitsyn Literary Prize in 2017 was awarded to Vladimir Petrovich Enisherlov with the wording “for thirty years of leadership of the magazine “Our Heritage” from the date of its foundation; for the enormous cultural and educational work in searching for and publishing forgotten works of Russian literature and philosophical thought; for high-quality expert efforts in the rescue and preservation of museums, historical, architectural and natural monuments."
Vladimir Enisherlov - literary scholar, writer, literary critic, was born on December 26, 1940 in Moscow. Graduated from the Literary Institute named after. A. M. Gorky and graduate school at the Literary Institute. Candidate of Philological Sciences, dissertation topic “Alexander Blok - literary critic (1902-1918).” He headed the literature and art department at the Ogonyok magazine.
In 1987, he received an offer from D.S. Likhachev to join the newly created Cultural Foundation and become the editor-in-chief of the Foundation’s historical and cultural magazine, “Our Heritage.” During the years of his leadership, the magazine published 119 issues. Published materials by philosophers and writers, artists and musicians, researchers of painting, architecture, ancient art, dramatic theater, ballet, cinema, and in printing of the highest level. Readers were presented with previously unknown texts and materials from the archives of A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, A. Griboedov, A. Blok, A. Bely, Z. Gippius, M. Tsvetaeva, materials from the heritage of His Holiness Patriarch Tikhon, V. Solovyov, S. Bulgakov, N. Berdyaev, P. Florensky, G. Fedotov.

"NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 2017"

The winner of the literary award “National Bestseller - 2017” was the author of the novel “F20”, Moscow prose writer Anna Kozlova.
The book is written in the genre of a film novel, in which the author tries to understand the inner world of a schizophrenic teenager and tell how he interacts with the real world.
This is Anna Kozlova’s sixth book and the first major work after a six-year creative break.

"LYCEUM - 2017"

In Russia, a new literary prize “Lyceum” named after Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin has been created for young writers and poets. On February 27, 2017, the acceptance of works for the new literary prize "Lyceum" named after Alexander Pushkin for young writers and poets began. The purpose of the prize is to find and encourage emerging talented Russian writers and poets who can make a significant contribution to the preservation and development of world fiction.
Authors between the ages of 15 and 35 can apply for the prize.
The Lyceum Award will be held annually. Both authors and regional book publishing houses and the media can nominate works.
Prize winners are determined in two categories - poetry and prose, in each of which three prizes are awarded. The prize winners will be named by a jury chaired by Pavel Basinsky on A.S.’s birthday. Pushkin June 6, 2017.
The short list, announced on May 16, in the “Poetry” nomination included Kursk residents: Andrey Boldyrev and Vladimir Kosogov.

Andrey Vladimirovich Boldyrev was born in 1984 in Kursk. Published in the magazines “Siberian Lights”, “Emigrant Lyre”, “Ring “A””, “Prologue”, in the almanacs “LAK”, “Ilya”, in the collections “New Writers”, “Plank”. Participant of the V and VI forums of young writers of Russia. Grand Prix "Ilya Prize" (2006), laureate of the I Annual International Literary Competition "Manifestation", diploma winner of the X International Voloshin Competition (2012), shortlist of the XI International Voloshin Competition (2013). Lives in Kursk.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Kosogov was born in 1986 in Zheleznogorsk. Graduated from the philological department of Kursk State University. Works as editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Arguments and Facts” in Kursk.
He has been writing poetry since he was 18 years old. Published in the almanac “Slavic Bells”, in the collection “Autograph”, in the magazine “LAK”.
Author of the book “According to the Word of Sadness.” Winner of the Manifestation Award.
Member of the Kursk Union of Writers. Lives in Kursk.

"PLATON PRIZE - 2017"

Writer Alexey Ivanov became a laureate of the Platonov Prize, which is awarded at a festival in Voronezh in memory of the writer Andrei Platonov. The award was awarded to him “for the discovery of the hidden secrets of national history,” says a statement from the founder of the award, the government of the Voronezh region. The award presentation will take place during the International Platonov Arts Festival.
The Platonov Prize was established in 2011 and is awarded annually to literary and artistic figures. The first laureate of the prize in 2011 was the prose writer and publicist Boris Ekimov. In addition to him, this prize was received in different years by: artistic director of the Theater of Europe Lev Dodin, pianist, composer, conductor Mikhail Pletnev, animator Alexander Petrov - writer Andrei Bitov, director Alexander Sokurov.
Alexey Ivanov is the author of the novels “The Geographer Drank His Globe Away”, “The Heart of Parma”, as well as a number of film scripts.
“The works of Alexey Ivanov are included in the program on modern literature for universities. More than a hundred scientific papers and five dissertations have been written based on his works. The novels have been translated into Serbian, Dutch, French and Chinese,” the regional government said in a statement.
Last year, Alexey Ivanov won the Book of the Year award in the Prose of the Year category for his novel Bad Weather. In 2017, the book “Bad Weather” received the Russian Government Prize in the field of culture. The same work was included in the list of 11 finalists of the “Big Book”.

"BUNINSKAYA PRIZE - 2017"

Moscow Humanitarian University, together with the National Institute of Business, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the National Union of Non-State Universities, and the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature, established the Bunin Prize, dedicated to the memory of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin, an outstanding Russian poet and writer, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nobel laureate. This is the only non-state literary prize awarded annually to outstanding literary artists writing in Russian. The Board of Trustees, when establishing the Bunin Prize in 2004, was guided by the lofty goals of maintaining Russian literature and reviving the best traditions of Russian literature.
On October 24, 2017, a solemn ceremony took place in the conference hall of the Moscow Humanitarian University, at which the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bunin Prize, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, the rector of the university, Professor Igor Mikhailovich Ilyinsky, together with members of the Jury, presented well-deserved prizes to the new laureates.

The winners of the International Bunin Prize 2017 were:
Igor Volgin - for the book of poems “Personal Data” and a poetic cycle in the magazine “Znamya”. Volgin Igor Leonidovich was born in Molotov in 1942. He is a candidate of historical sciences and a doctor of philological sciences, an honorary member of such associations as the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the International Society of F. M. Dostoevsky. As a professor, he gives numerous lectures at higher educational institutions, for example, at Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov at the Faculty of Journalism, as well as at the Literary Institute named after. A. M. Gorky. He published collections of poems “Ring Road” (1970), “Six in the Morning” (1975), “Personal Data” (2015).

Nikolay Zinoviev - for the books of poems “Wait for Sunday”, “In the Motherland”, “The Wall”.
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Zinoviev was born in the small town of Korenovsk, Krasnodar Territory, in 1960. He is one of the strongest contemporary poets, a poet whose books always find their readers. This is explained by the fact that in his poems he acutely raises the problems of Russia and mourns the pain of his country. At the same time, in all his works he remains a faithful patriot.

Timur Zulfikarov - for the book of poems “Golden Letters of Love”. Timur Zulfikarov is a poet, prose writer and playwright who writes in Russian. Zulfikarov was born in Dushanbe in 1936. The author's main works have been translated into 12 languages. His novels about Khoja Nasreddin, Omar Khayyam, Ivan the Terrible, Amir Timur and a monumental narrative about the life and afterlife of a modern poet, “The Poet’s Earthly and Heavenly Wanderings,” became widely known. Zulfikarov is the author of 20 books of prose and poetry, the circulation of which exceeded a million copies. In 2009, the poet's collected works were published in seven volumes. Zulfikarov is also a laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, the Best Book of the Year award, and the Anton Delvig award.

O. Leonid (Safronov) - for the books of poems “The Forester’s Daughter”, “Holy Rus' is Hidden”, “A White Foal Walks”. Archpriest Leonid Safronov was born on October 19, 1955 in the village of Rudnichny, Verkhnekamsk district, Kirov region. He is the rector of St. Nicholas Church in the village of Rudnichny, Verkhnekamsk district, Kirov region. Father Leonid Safronov is a Russian poet. Author of thirteen poetry books, member of the Writers' Union since 1989; laureate of literary prizes from the magazines “Moscow” and “Our Contemporary”; winner of two All-Russian literary awards: named after Nikolai Zabolotsky (2005) and named after Alexander Nevsky (2010). L. Safronov's poetry is characterized by soulful lyricism, epic breadth of coverage of the history of the Fatherland, depth and scale of development of national themes. Children's poems occupy a significant place in his poetry, but religious themes, and more broadly, a religious view of the world, are decisive in his work.

"BOOKER - 2017"

An American became the winner of the Booker Prize 2017 George Saunders for the novel "Lincoln in the Bardo".
The book chronicles the grief of 16th US President Abraham Lincoln as he deals with the death of his 11-year-old son, Willie. During the course of the story, Lincoln finds himself in an intermediate state, which in Buddhism is called "bardo", which gives the title to the novel. The writer’s works have not yet been published in Russian.
Saunders was born in 1958, graduated from Syracuse University in 1988 with a master's degree in creative writing, and is the recipient of many awards and honors. Since 1997, Saunders has taught at Syracuse University while publishing fiction and nonfiction.
Saunders's writing often focuses on the absurdity of consumerism and corporate culture, as well as the role of the media. Although many critics see a satirical tone in much of Saunders's work, he also raises questions of morality. Due to the tragicomic elements in his work, he has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut, whose works inspired Saunders.

"A. SOLZHENITSYN PRIZE - 2017"

The Alexander Solzhenitsyn Literary Prize in 2017 was awarded to Vladimir Petrovich Enisherlov with the wording “for thirty years of leadership of the magazine “Our Heritage” from the day of its foundation; for the enormous cultural and educational work in searching for and publishing forgotten works of Russian literature and philosophical thought; for high-quality expert efforts in the rescue and preservation of museums, historical, architectural and natural monuments."
Vladimir Enisherlov - literary scholar, writer, literary critic, was born on December 26, 1940 in Moscow. Graduated from the Literary Institute named after. A. M. Gorky and graduate school at the Literary Institute. Candidate of Philological Sciences, dissertation topic “Alexander Blok - literary critic (1902-1918).” He headed the literature and art department at the Ogonyok magazine.
In 1987, he received an offer from D.S. Likhachev to join the newly created Cultural Foundation and become the editor-in-chief of the Foundation’s historical and cultural magazine, “Our Heritage.” During the years of his leadership, the magazine published 119 issues. Published materials by philosophers and writers, artists and musicians, researchers of painting, architecture, ancient art, dramatic theater, ballet, cinema, and in printing of the highest level. Readers were presented with previously unknown texts and materials from the archives of A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, A. Griboedov, A. Blok, A. Bely, Z. Gippius, M. Tsvetaeva, materials from the heritage of His Holiness Patriarch Tikhon, V. Solovyov, S. Bulgakov, N. Berdyaev, P. Florensky, G. Fedotov.

"LYCEUM - 2017"

Andrey Vladimirovich Boldyrev born 1984 in Kursk. Published in the magazines “Siberian Lights”, “Emigrant Lyre”, “Ring “A””, “Prologue”, in the almanacs “LAK”, “Ilya”, in the collections “New Writers”, “Plank”. Participant of the V and VI forums of young writers of Russia. Grand Prix "Ilya Prize" (2006), laureate of the I Annual International Literary Competition "Manifestation", diploma winner of the X International Voloshin Competition (2012), shortlist of the XI International Voloshin Competition (2013). Lives in Kursk.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Kosogov born in 1986 in Zheleznogorsk. Graduated from the philological department of Kursk State University. Works as editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Arguments and Facts” in Kursk.
He has been writing poetry since he was 18 years old. Published in the almanac “Slavic Bells”, in the collection “Autograph”, in the magazine “LAK”.
Author of the book “According to the Word of Sadness.” Winner of the Manifestation Award.
Member of the Kursk Union of Writers. Lives in Kursk.

The book can be compared to “Leviathan”, because it caused no less controversy than the mentioned film. As for the reader, for him “Kill Bobrykin” will become what he wants to see in it. By the way, the entire novel is written in free verse, and most good poetry, as you know, changes depending on the beholder.

National bestseller: “F20” by Anna Kozlova

Another Russian “life” is also about a madman, only this time the main character is a growing girl who has obvious problems with the world around her. And it’s not a bad character, but F20 - a schizophrenic disorder, according to the international classification of diseases. In the book, this is a strange and incomprehensible illness that scares everyone, including the heroine herself.

The book is easier to read than Kill Bobrykin. A language without heavy verbal constructions allows you to better immerse yourself in the world of a schizophrenic: inside and outside the head.

NOSE: will be chosen on February 5, 2018

10 books were shortlisted on KRYAKK. Here is the list:

- “There was no Adderall in the Soviet Union” by Olga Breininger

- “Lives of Murdered Artists” by Alexander Brener

- “Text” by Dmitry Glukhovsky

- “Zahhok” by Vladimir Medvedev (chosen by the student jury of the Russian Booker)

- “Ivan Auslander” by German Sadulayev

- “Petrovs in and around the flu” by Alexey Salnikov

- “Manaraga” by Vladimir Sorokin

- “White Brush” by Stanislav Snytko;

- “Inshallah. Chechen Diary" by Anna Tugareva

- “Tadpole and the Saints” by Andrei Filimonov

It is difficult to search for information about ten books. In February, when the jury of the Prokhorov Foundation chooses the best one, we will write about it.

MIBF Book of the Year: “Siege Diary: (1941-1945)” by Olga Berggolts

The scientific team of the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art prepared the entire series of the poetess’s diaries for publication, but decided to start with the records of the war years.

During the siege of Leningrad, Olga Berggolts wrote her best poems, but the true depth of her thoughts is visible only in her diaries. For decades, these records were closed for publication, but they formed the basis of the story “Day Stars.” The book weighs one and a half kilograms, so reading it will help train not only your brain, but also your hands.

Yasnaya Polyana: “Patriot” by Andrey Rubanov

A book about the nineties, the struggle for money and respect, the pursuit of what is important and constantly eluding. Rubanov’s main character is a patriot, but not one who loves the country, but a typical representative of the last years of the 20th century.

Andrey Rubanov is a person who is pleasant to read, regardless of the format of the text. That’s just about “Patriot”.

Big book: “Lenin: Pantocrator of solar motes” by Lev Danilkin

A biography of Vladimir Ulyanov, which tries to omit the well-known theses of the father of the revolution. Behind the big ones (like the “killer” or “leader”), the story of a simple guy from Simbirsk is not visible. “Pantocrator of Solar Motes” tries to change the usual vision.

Booker Prize: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Abraham Lincoln walks through the cemetery and talks with the dead in order to regain faith in himself and return to the path of reform. Bardo is a Buddhist term that literally means “between two,” that is, it is the intermediate state between birth and death. The bardo also contains a translation of the novel into Russian: according to Dmitry Obgolts, editor of the translation at EKSMO, the book will be published in the spring.

He also noted that due to the unusual structure of the novel, it is difficult to understand. We will find out exactly how this manifests itself in a few months.

Nora Gal Award: Legends of Poitem by James Branch Cabell

Russian Literary Awards - 2017

"Big Book" - 2017

First Prize - Lev Danilkin “Lenin. Pantocrator of solar motes"

Second prize - Sergei Shargunov “Kataev. Chasing Eternal Spring"

Third Prize - Shamil Idiatullin “City of Brezhnev”

The winner of the reader's vote was the book “Kataev. The pursuit of eternal spring" by Sergei Shargunov.

The book presents the first detailed biography of the outstanding prose writer and poet Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897-1986), devoid of ideological bias. Few people know that the writer came from an old priestly family; among his close relatives were archbishops - new martyrs. Hero of Socialist Labor Kataev was at one time a white officer, a student of Bunin, and sat in the execution basement of the Odessa gubchek...

Writer Sergei Shargunov, relying on memories, archival documents, memoirs and biographical literature, managed to recreate the difficult, partly mysterious, life of Valentin Kataev, closely intertwined with literary creativity, a complex and contradictory person deeply involved in the historical events of the twentieth century.

Second and third places in the reader vote went to the books “Lenin. Pantocrator specks of sunshine" by Lev Danilkin and "The City of Brezhnev" by Shamil Idiatulin.

Let us remind you that the works of ten Russian writers made it to the finals of the 12th season of the national Big Book award. The list of finalists includes such famous authors as Mikhail Gigolashvili, Victor Pelevin, Andrey Rubanov, Alexey Slapovsky.

Summing up, Chairman of the Council of Experts Mikhail Butov noted: “This season, many writers have rethought themes common in Russian literature and presented them in completely different ways. We see the emergence of a new tradition of the Russian big book.” Literary critic, member of the Big Book expert council Dmitry Samoilov emphasized: “This year the list of finalists represents not only Russian literature, but Russian life in general.”

You can see more details about each book

"National bestseller" - 2017

In 2017, the shortlist for the award, formed based on the results of an open vote by 20 members of the “grand jury,” included seven works.

The jury described the shortlist as “irritating” - the works presented in it vary too much in both aesthetic and genre categories. “The shortlist included very different books, starting with genre and continuing with creative technique and thoughts about culture. On the one hand, Alexander Brener, with the book “Lives of Murdered Artists,” shocking an overly cultured reader, and on the other hand, Elena Dolgopyat’s wonderful book “Motherland,” absolutely calm,” said prize secretary Vadim Levental. He noted that the presence of such different works on the list makes the list the most controversial in recent years, but possibly also the strongest.

The winner of the literary award “National Bestseller - 2017” was Anna Kozlova with the book “F20”.

"Russian Booker" - 2017

The shortlist for the Russian Booker Prize included six finalists:

Mikhail Gigolashvilli “The Secret Year”, Igor Malyshev “Nomakh. Sparks of a Big Fire", Vladimir Medvedev "Zahhok", Dmitry Novikov "Golomyanoe Flame", Alexander Melikhov "Date with Quasimodo" and Alexandra Nikolaenko "Kill Bobrykin. The story of a murder."

Assessing the results of the nomination, the chairman of the jury of the 2017 Russian Booker Prize, poet and prose writer Pyotr Aleshkovsky, said: “The short list of the Booker reflects the completeness and diversity of today’s prose. Finalistswork in different novel genres. These are authors, both beginners and those already established in our literature.”

The winner of the Russian Booker 2017 was Alexandra Nikolaenko with her book “Kill Bobrykin. The story of a murder."

The winner of the Student Booker Prize for 2017, the winner of which is chosen by students of Russian universities, was Vladimir Medvedev with his novel Zahhok.

National competition "Book of the Year" - 2017

The annual national competition “Book of the Year” of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications was established in 1999. Its main task is to support the achievements of domestic book publishing, encourage the best examples of book art and printing, and promote reading and book culture.

This year, the competition received more than 500 publications from more than 120 publishing houses and publishing organizations in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Penza, Pyatigorsk, Chelyabinsk and other cities of the country.

In the main category "Book of the Year" The award was given to the anthology “Modern Literature of the Peoples of Russia: Poetry.” The book, which took a year and a half to prepare, includes more than 750 works written in 57 languages. The editor and compiler of the anthology was the laureate of the Solzhenitsyn Prize, the Anti-Booker Prize and the Poet Prize, Maxim Amelin.

The winners of the “Book of the Year” 2017 competition in other categories were:

In nomination "Prose of the Year" Lev Danilkin won with his biography “Lenin: Pantocrator of Solar Motes.”

Best in nomination "Poetry of the Year" became the anthology “100 Poems about Moscow”.

Award in the category "Russia is reserved" received Sergey Anisimov for the photo album “Arctic. The magic of attraction."

In nomination “Together with the book we grow” The award was given to the book “Find and Show in Rus'”.

In nomination "HUMANITAS" Boris Messerer's book "Bella's Flash" was awarded.

Award in the category "ART-book" received the album "Soviet Renaissance".

Winner in the nomination "The Art of Printing" became the four-volume work by Evgeniy Steiner, “Hokusai’s Manga: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Life in Pictures.”

Winner in the nomination "E-Book of the Year" The Internet project “Arzamas” was named “All Russian literature of the 19th century in 230 cards.”

Special diploma was awarded a two-volume book by literary critic, librarian and cultural scientist Ekaterina Genieva “Favorites”, which included her works on English and Irish literature, articles, memoirs, lectures and interviews.

Yasnaya Polyana Award - 2017

The Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize is an annual literary prize established in 2003 by the L.N. Estate Museum. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana" and Samsung Electronics. The Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize is awarded to writers whose works inherit the traditions of classical literature.

In 2017, the award turned 15 years old, and in honor of the anniversary season, the organizers changed the structure of the award. This year the jury selected laureates in three categories: “Modern Russian Prose”, “Foreign Literature” and “Event”.

The award winners were:

in nomination "Modern Russian prose"- Andrey Rubanov for the book “Patriot”,

in nomination "Foreign literature"- Mario Vargas Llosa for the novel “The Humble Hero”,

in nomination "Event"- children's book festival "LiteraTula".

A special prize was also awarded to Samsung "Readers' Choice". The winner of the prize was Oleg Ermakov for his novel “The Song of Tungus,” which received the most votes based on the results of an open reader Internet vote on the recommendation service LiveLib.ru.

Andrey Bely Prize - 2017

The first independent literary prize in Russian history. Established in 1978 by the editors of the Leningrad samizdat literary magazine “Clocks”. Awarded to authors writing in Russian, regardless of their citizenship.

In 2017, the award winners were:

POETRY

Stanislav Lvovsky with the book “Poems from the book and other poems”

PROSE

Victor Pelevin "iPhuck 10"

HUMANITIES STUDIES

Ilya Budraitskis “Dissidents among dissidents”,

Vadim Rudnev “New model of reality”

LITERARY PROJECTS

Vitaly Kalpidi, inspirer, ideologist and organizer of numerous large-scale projects on Ural and Russian poetry: - for thirty-five years of work in creating, documenting and promoting the Ural poetic school, - for the plot project “Russian Poetic Speech-2016”

FOR SERVICES TO RUSSIAN LITERATURE

Gleb Morev, editor of the magazines “New Russian Book” and “Critical Mass”, websites OpenSpace and Colta, compiler of the collection of interviews “Dissidents”.

Foreign literary awards

Nobel Prize

Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sarah Danius, announcing Ishiguro, called the writer a “brilliant novelist”, and his work a combination of the works of Franz Kafka and Jane Austen, which also traces the ideas of Marcel Proust. Ishiguro himself noted that he regards the fact that he was awarded the prize as “amazing gratitude” for his work.

Kazuo Ishiguro began his literary career in 1981 with short stories, and in 1982 he published his first novel “Where the Hills Are in the Haze,” dedicated to the memory of Nagasaki during the Second World War.

One of the writer’s most famous novels, “The Remains of the Day,” is written as a monologue-memoir of the hero against the background of the approaching world war and the rise of fascism. The novel was awarded the Booker Prize. The book was made into a successful film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.

Other works by the writer include Never Let Me Go, recognized as the best novel of 2005 by Time and successfully filmed in 2010, as well as the writer’s latest book, The Buried Giant.

Ishiguro’s works have been translated into more than 30 languages of the world, including Russian (“Where the hills are in the haze”, “Artist of the unsteady world”, “When we were orphans”, “The Remains of the Day”, “Inconsolable”, “Not Let me go", "The Buried Giant").

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Booker Prize

One of the most prestigious awards in the world of English literature was awarded in 2017 to the American writer George Saunders. He became the second consecutive US representative to receive this award. Recall that the first American author to receive the Booker Prize was Paul Beatty in 2016.

George Saunders received the Booker Prize for his first long work, Lincoln in the Bardo. The novel takes place over the course of one night on February 20, 1862, at the time of the death of William, the 11-year-old son of US President Abraham Lincoln. From the seed of historical truth, George Saunders has crafted an unforgettable tale of familial love and loss, a moving exploration of death, grief, and the deeper meaning and possibilities of life.

George Saunders is very popular in his homeland. US literary reviewers call Saunders “hopelessly gloomy” and “hilariously funny.” The writer is found original, but also compared with famous authors - Kurt Vonnegut, James Thurber. It is noted that the merciless black humor in his works is inextricably intertwined with touching warmth. Saunders has more than once been named among those on whom American literature pins its hopes in the 21st century. Saunders's funny tragedies are quite in demand by the public: he is published in reputable publications, nominated for awards, etc. And for us it is not without interest that this overseas writer highly values Russian authors - Gogol and Babel, Chekhov and Kharms.

International Booker Prize

Unlike the traditional Booker Prize, awarded to English-language authors, the International Prize can also be received by a foreign writer whose books are translated into English. Since 2015, the prize has been awarded annually (previously it was awarded once every two years) for a specific book and its translation.

The winner of the 2017 International Booker Prize was Israeli writer and journalist David Grossman. 63-year-old Grossman received a prestigious award in the field of literature for his book “A Horse Enters a Bar.” The book was translated into English by Jessica Cohen. Under the terms of the prize, a cash prize of £50,000 is divided equally between the author and his translator.

David Grossman is widely known for his works in which he describes the lives of teenagers, full of emotions, problems and adventures. Among them are the detective-adventure novel “Who Would You Run With” and the story “Duel,” which were translated from Hebrew into many languages of the world. Grossman also wrote novels about the lives of Jewish Holocaust survivors and took the side against the Arab-Israeli conflict.

In his new work, “A Horse Enters a Bar,” David Grossman tells the story of a satirical entertainer who performs on stage in a small Israeli town. One evening, instead of the usual comedy show, the audience witnesses the drama of the main character, who is forced to go through “the circles of his personal hell.” Despite the highly social plot, the author collected many jokes in the book, one of which formed the basis for the title of the book.

David Grossman is a winner of many literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize (2003). The writer's books have been translated into many languages, including Russian.

Prix Goncourt

The most important literary prize in France was awarded to the writer Eric Vuillard for his book The Order of the Day.

A writer and filmmaker born in Lyon in 1968, Vuillard loves small forms and strives to teach through his books history lessons that have not been learned in time (his story last year, “The 14th of July,” was about the French Revolution).

"The Order of the Day" takes the reader back to Nazi times in Germany. The narrative reconstructs episodes of the alliance between the Nazi regime and German industrialists. The author's historical knowledge and unexpected plot twists made critics recognize his book even before the award as "one of the most interesting novels of the season."

The Prix Goncourt is the oldest literary award in France and has been awarded annually since 1903. The monetary part of the prestigious award is only 10 euros, but the reputation of the award in France and abroad guarantees the laureate increased fees from publishers.

Over the years, Marcel Proust, Maurice Druon, Simone de Beauvoir, and Michel Houellebecq became laureates of the prize. In 2016, the writer Leila Slimani received the Goncourt Prize for her book “Sweet Song”.

Renaudo Prize

The winner of the second most important French literary award was journalist Olivier Goues with his book “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele.”

The plot of the novel tells about the secret post-war life of Nazi criminal Josef Mengele, a doctor who conducted experiments on people in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He managed to avoid arrest and emigrate to Argentina. In the 1950s, he was able to obtain a GDR passport in his name and even come to his hometown of Günzburg for a few days. Despite the efforts of the German authorities and the Israeli Mossad, Mengele was never brought to justice. He died in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo in 1979. He was 67 years old.

It is believed that the Renaudo Prize was established in 1926 by journalists and literary critics who were awaiting the results of the discussion of the Goncourt Prize. The prize is a kind of addition to the main French award and is awarded on the same day as the Goncourt award.

The Renaudo Prize laureates over the years have included Marcel Aimé, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Louis Aragon, Michel Butor, as well as Nobel Prize winner in literature Gustave Leclezio. In 2016, the Renaudo Prize was awarded to writer Yasmina Reza for her book Babylon.

Dublin Prize

Angolan writer and journalist José Eduardo Agualuza won the 2017 Dublin Literary Prize. The author was awarded for the novel “The General Theory of Oblivion,” which tells about the bloody pages in the history of Angola, in particular, about the life of a girl immersed in the chaos of war and fear, who is trying to adapt to a hostile world.

Agualuza became the second South African writer to win the award. He is the author of 10 novels, several collections of stories, and a book of poems. He also collaborates as an independent journalist in various newspapers and radio. Writes in Portuguese. His most popular novels are: “The Seller of the Past”, “The Rainy Season”, “Queen Jinga and How Africans Created the World” and others.

The Dublin Prize is one of the most expensive literary prizes in the world, its size is 100 thousand euros. Previous winners of the Dublin Literary Prize over the years have included Orhan Pamuk, Herta Muller, Michel Houellebecq, Colm Tóibín and others. Indian-origin writer Akhil Sharma won the 2016 Dublin Literary Prize for his autobiographical novel Family Life.

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the United States. The prize is awarded in several categories in the fields of literature, journalism, music and theater.

The top prize for a fiction novel in 2017 went to New York writer Colson Whitehead for his book “The Underground Railroad,” which has already made the NewYorkTimes bestseller list and won the US National Book Award.

The novel takes place on the eve of the American Civil War. In the story, the dark-skinned slave Cora, having become an outcast even among her own people, decides to escape and ends up on the underground railroad, with the help of which slaves from the southern slaveholding states moved to the free North.

In America, the novel has sold more than 825 thousand copies, and Barry Jenkins, director of the film Moonlight, said he would make a TV series based on it for Amazon. So Whitehead's victory was quite predictable.

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1917. The winner in each of 20 categories receives $10,000. At various times, such American classics as Ernest Hemingway, Margaret Mitchell, Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, John Updike and Tennessee Williams became winners of the award.

Franz Kafka Prize

The winner of the Franz Kafka Literary Prize in 2017 was the famous Canadian writer, poet and literary critic Margaret Eleanor Atwood. One of the leading figures on the world literary scene, winner of many literary awards.

Atwood's books have been translated into many languages of the world; they are well known to Russian readers. The themes of her works are universal: missed opportunities, failed relationships, ghosts of the past in the present, ignorance and misunderstanding that complicate people's lives.

The writer’s most famous novels are: “Comprehension”, “Woman Oracle”, “Bodily Harm”, “Cat’s Eye”, “The Thief Bride”, “The Blind Assassin” and others. Atwood's most famous novel, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a classic of modern literature and was successfully filmed.

The Franz Kafka Prize was the first Czech international literary award of global importance and is regarded as one of the most prestigious international awards. Awarded since 2001. The winner is awarded a cash prize of 10 thousand dollars and a bronze statuette - a miniature copy of the Prague monument to Kafka.

Over the years, the prize winners have been Harold Pinter, Elfriede Jelinek, Philip Roth and Haruki Murakami. The 2016 prize winner was the Italian writer, journalist and essayist Claudio Magris.

Hugo Award

The American Hugo Award is awarded annually for the best writing in the English language. fantasy genre. All registered participants of the convention at which it is awarded take part in the voting (therefore it is considered a “reader’s vote”). The figurine that the winner receives looks like a rocket taking off.

For the second time in a row, the American writer Jemisin Nora Keiza won the award in the category “Best Novel” for the book “Obelisk Gate” - the next volume of the techno-fantasy series “Broken Earth”, which tells about a global cataclysm in the fictional world of Tranquility.

Over the years, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and JK Rowling have become Hugo Award winners.