Award “Yasnaya Polyana” announced a new category – the Russian Newspaper

Literary Award “Yasnaya Polyana” opened a new season, presenting a serious program of awards. About her organizers and members of the jury was told at the opening ceremony of the next competition in the “Pashkov House”.

First of all, the premium increased prize fund of 3.5 times – from this year’s laureates and finalists will be shared between the 7 million rubles. Told Presidential Adviser on Culture and Chairman of the Jury Prize Vladimir Tolstoy. He also introduced a new member of the jury – it was a well-known writer Eugene Vodolazkin, winner of the “Yasnaya Polyana” 2013. He became a member of the jury rather than a literary critic Zolotussky.

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Second, the award came from new category – “Foreign Literature”. About it told a jury member and expert Vladislav Otroshenko Prize for foreign literature Lev Danilkin. It is worth noting that the “Yasnaya Polyana” became the first Russian premium, refer to foreign literature. Danilkin said that “it is time to structure this huge untilled field, create a navigator on a good foreign books.” In addition to the advisory council Danilkina category includes: Galina Yuzefovich Alexander Livergant, Catherine geniuses Milchin Constantine, Anna Narinsky, Barbara Gornostaeva and others. Vladimir Tolstoy believes that “it is time to return the utmost responsiveness of Russian culture”.

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By the way, the traditional ” short list “in this category will not be. In October, at a ceremony jury immediately call laureate. Awarded will be not only the author but also the interpreter works, who will receive 200 thousand rubles.

Also this year, the award will be a special prize from sponsor – Samsung – “Reader’s Choice”. This was told by a member of the jury and the acting rector of the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute Alexey Varlamov. This award will receive a book, scored on an open readers’ Internet voting the most votes. The winner gets a thematic trip for two persons to South Korea, during which he will hold a series of meetings for the promotion of Russian literature and Russian language abroad.

The writer and member of the jury Pavel Basinskiĭ noticed that cultural trend of recent years have lecture. “Yasnaya Polyana” keeps up with trends and meets: a series of meetings “serious conversation” that goes to the Library and Reading Room. Turgenev, and lectures “Open classic” where members of the jury “Yasnaya Polyana” in a popular format talk about Tolstoy, Gogol, Bulgakov and other writers.

In addition, this year special attention Prize giving and regional readers. Valentin Kurbatov said that members of the jury and award winners will perform in Irkutsk, and in November the winners of the award for 2015 in the categories “XXI” century and “Childhood” will go to the book fair crack in Krasnoyarsk.

How to distribute the prize Fund

• A modern classic – 1.5 million. rubles

• XXI century – 2 million rubles, finalists – 1 million. rubles

• Childhood. Adolescence. Youth – 500 thousand. Rubles, finalists – 300 thousand. Rubles

• Foreign Literature – 1 million. Rubles, translator – 200 thousand.

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Annual Literary Award “Yasnaya Polyana”, established in 2003 by Samsung Electronics and the Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy is one of the most prestigious and well-known literary awards in Russia. The award has a tradition of classic and current trends of modern Russian literature. The composition of the jury, which is headed by the great-grandson of the writer Vladimir Tolstoy, are well-known Russian writers, literary critics and public figures.

Award winners in different categories at different times became Anton Utkin, Alexey Ivanov, Zakhar Prilepin, Vasily Golovanov Mikhail Tarkovsky, Elena Katishonok, Fazil Iskander, Valentin Rasputin, Yuri Bondarev.

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