Pushkin Prize

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The Pushkin Prize was established in 1881 by Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). The prize was awarded to Russian who achieved the highest standard of literary excellence. During the Soviet period, the prize was discontinued but restored in the 1990s. The prize is also awarded to Scottish schoolchildren between the ages of 12-14 for literary skill, inviting them to submit a portfolio of work to a judging panel that at one stage included actor Michael Cain. The prize includes a week's trip to either Pushkin's home town of St. Petersburg for the the twelve highest placed winners or a a week's trip to rural scotland to study creative writing.

Contents 1 Incomplete list of winners 1.1 Before 1917 1.2 After 1991 2 See also

[edit] Incomplete list of winners

[edit] Before 1917

• Ivan Bunin (1870-1953)
• Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
• Ferdinand de la Bart
• Nikolai Kholodkovsky (1858-1921)
• Konstantin Stanyukovich (1843-1903)

[edit] After 1991

• Vladimir Makanin
• Arna W. Bontemps (1926)
• Oleg Chukhontsev (1938-)
• Yevgeny Rein
• Genrikh Sapgir
• Dmitri Alexandrovich Prigov (1993)

[edit] See also

• Demidov Prize
• Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation