On Tuesday, Pashkov House hosted an awards ceremony for the winners of the 2023 Big Book literary prize. The reporter reported that the main prize was awarded to Evgeny Vodolazkin for his novel “Chagin”, and the winner of the public vote was Zakhar Prilepin. RIA News.
Irina Barmetova, a member of the Big Book Prize Academy of Literature, noted: “This year, among 15 very bright books, very diverse, of very different directions and intergenerational, this is the first place, which will now be announced. clear leader. It exploded unconditionally and immediately in front of everyone. Second and third place were only 14 points away.”
Evgeny Vodolazkin won the award for his novel “Chagin”. This is not his first victory – in 2013, his book “Laurel” was also recognized as the best.
The writer shared his feelings with journalists: “This is the sixth time I have reached the final and this is my real success. When you get first place, you get closer to happiness.”
Second place went to Yuri Buida with his book “The Gift of Speech” and third place went to Alexey Salnikov with his novel “Occult Traeger”. Zakhar Prilepin received the reader’s choice award for his book “Sholokhov”. “Illegal” by popular vote on book recommendation service LiveLib’s website. In this vote, Dmitry Zakharov took second place with his book “Bridge Protection Committee”, while Eduard Verkin took third place with his novel “Snark Snark”.
Oksana Vasyakina received the “Choice of a Generation” special award for her novel “Rose”. The Litblog award was given to Anastasia Shevchenko, author of the blog “Notes of a Punk Editor”. Russian Book Union President Sergei Stepashin said that Sergei Filatov, who died on August 25, 2023, was deemed worthy of a special award presented to his wife Galina Nikolaevna Filatova for his contributions to literature.
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