“Russian Booker – 2015″ was Alexander Snegirev for his novel “Belief” – BBC

The judges of the literary prize “Russian Booker” decided on the prize winner in the season 2014-2015 years. His name was named chairman of the jury writer Andrey Volos in the traditional press conference held in Moscow on Thursday, December 3.

«Russian Booker” for his novel “Faith” was Alexander Snegirev.

«Faith” – one of the most notable books of 2015. A novel about a woman with a simple name, which began life on the background of the parent dislike. The book tells the story of how Faith tried to find their place in this vast world, I wanted to lean on a reliable man’s shoulder – went to America and came back and tried to start a family with the Kremlin official, a banker and director-belolentochnikom. All fail – and whether, because she so, whether because of that belief – a reflection of Russia.

Snegirev, winner of the “Debut” in 2009 for a story with “Faith” was recorded all three national book awards. At the award, by the way, he was nominated journal version of the novel, published in the “friendship of peoples”; in August, “Faith,” released as a book publishing house “Eksmo”. The novel was one of the six finalists of the “National bestseller”, but lost to Sergei Nosov and “braces”. There was a long list of “Big Book”, but in the final nine novel Snegirev missed.

Only the “Russian Booker” appreciated his efforts appreciated, although rivals, he had a strong – “Bride and Groom” Alice Ganieva, “Lullaby” by Vladimir Danihnova, “Among people” Yuri Pokrovsky, “Zone of flooding” Roman Senchin and “Zuleiha opens his eyes,” Guzel Jachin (which, incidentally, was awarded “Book of the Year” and was selected “Big Book”).

«This choice was sensational, but no one doubted that this author has a great future “- leads TASS words of the Secretary Prize Igor Shaitanova.

For his victory at the” Russian Booker “Snegirev will receive a cash prize of 1, 5 million rubles. The rest of the participants of the short-list relies on 150 thousand.

The award “Russian Booker” – the oldest Russian literary prize, it was founded in 1992 on the initiative of the British Council in Russia – as an analogue of the English Booker Prize. Its laureates over the years became Okudzhava, Mikhail Shishkin, Ulitskaya, Vasily Aksyonov, Olga Slavnikova. Last year the prize was awarded to Vladimir Sharov, for his novel “Return to Egypt».

Season domestic literary awards is long and arranged irregularly.

In the early summer its laureate called “National Bestseller” – it was Sergei Nosov with written in the genre of “magic realism” book “Braces».

After a week will be known the owners of the “Big Book”, the biggest of the prize pool (6.1 million rubles). And, perhaps, the most state of the Russian Book Awards.