Author Pavel Basinsky became the laureate of the national literary prize “Big Book”, reports DEA News regarding the press service of the award.
At the ceremony held at the Pashkov House in Moscow, he was awarded the prize for his work “The True Story of Anna Karenina”, the author will receive 3 million rubles. Second place and 1.5 million rubles. Received by Alexei Varlamov with the book “The Name of Rozanov”.
In third place will be Sergei Belyakov for his novel “Paris Boys in Stalin’s Moscow”, his prize will be 1 million rubles. Roman Belyakova also received the “Generation’s Choice” special award, which was established this year to popularize modern prose among young people and increase interest in Russian literature. The head of the student jury, Anna Nuzhdina, awarded the author a diploma “for her to carefully look after the youth in the age of turmoil.”
Top book blogger was Dina Ozerova from Murmansk, founder of the Book Wanderer community and co-host of the Ice and Books and Buxtor podcasts. The special award of the Grand Book Prize for contributions to literature went to the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences for continuing Russian literary figures in the solar system.
The National Literary Prize “Big Book” has existed since 2005, it was founded by the non-profit partnership “Center for the Promotion of Russian Literature”. Svetlana Aleksievich, Zakhar Prilepin, Evgeny Chizhov, Vladimir Sharov received the award in different years.
Previously the winner of the popular vote it happened Beautiful Yakhina with the book “Echelon to Samarkand”.
Source: Gazeta
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