MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. Six novels included in the shortlist for the 25th annual literary prize “Russian Booker”. This was announced on Wednesday on a press-conferences in Moscow the Chairman of jury, poet and novelist Olesya Nikolaeva, noting that these novels “raise deep issues of existence of the world.”
In the short list of “Russian Booker” in this year was: “the Fortress” Peter Aleshkovsky, “the Winter road” by Leonid Yuzefovich “Soft fabric: Batiste. Cloth” Boris Minaev, “the adoration of the Magi” Suhbat of Aflatuni, “Men of August” Sergei Lebedev “And they have no retribution,” Alexander Melikhov. “All of these novels fit the definition of good literature. They are written with great literary taste, raise profound questions of existence of our world, focus on human memory. As stated in one of these novels: the “Memory – this is our life” – said Olesya Nikolaeva.
She noted that the heroes of novels-finalists “to be consistent, it is quite solid people who know what they want.” “However, as a rule, they can expect physical death. But they manage to escape the net of villainy and deceit,” – said Nikolaev.
At the end of the jubilee year of the award will be released the book “Russian Booker – 25″. In the first part will describe the history of the “Russian Booker” and will be two articles on the progenitor of the award of the British “Booker”. Most of the book is a chronology of the awards, all the jury, all the winners and reaction to the winners. One of the articles, as the drafters, will be called “Scandals”. “The book has been printed, its presentation will be held December 1 at the ceremony of awarding the prize to the winner. An additional presentation is planned for the exhibition non/fiction with the participation of laureates of different years”, – said the coordinator of the “Russian Booker” Igor Shaytanov.
the Premium “Russian Booker” was first awarded in 1992. This year’s prize winner will receive 1.5 million rubles, and the finalists – 150 thousand rubles.
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