Russian Booker Prize
Russian Booker Prize | |
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Awarded for | Best Russian-language literary work |
Country | Russia |
Presented by | Russian Telecom Equipment Company (RTEC) |
Currently held by | Andrei Dmitriev's The Peasant and the Teenager |
Website | http://www.russianbooker.org/ |
The Russian Booker Prize (Russian: Русский Букер, Russian Booker) is a Russian literary award modelled after the Man Booker Prize. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris Caine in 1992.[1] The country's premier literary prize,[2] it is awarded to the best work of fiction written in the Russian language each year as decided by a panel of judges, irrespective of the writer's citizenship. As of 2012, the chair of the Russian Booker Prize Committee is British journalist George Walden.[3] The prize is the first Russian non-governmental literary award since the country's 1917 Revolution.[4][5]
Each year, a jury chooses a short list of the six best novels up for nomination from a "long list" of nominees. Initially, the winner received £10,000, roughly 48,000 RUB or $16,000.[5] This has since increased to a sum of 600,000 rubles in 2011,[6] roughly $20,000 (roughly £13,000), while each of the short listed finalists earns $2,000 (roughly £1,300).[7] The criteria for inclusion includes literary effort, representativeness of the contemporary literary genres and the author's reputation as a writer. Length is not a criterion, as books with between 40 and 60 pages have been nominated in the past.[5] From 1997 to 2001, the award was renamed the Smirnoff–Booker Literary Prize, in honour of entrepreneur and Smirnoff founder Pyotr Smirnov. From 2002 to 2005, Open Russia NGO was the general sponsor of the Booker Literary Prize in Russia, leading to its name change to the Booker–Open Russia Literary Prize during that time.[8] Before the announcement of the 2005 winner, the Booker Foundation decided to end its partnership with Open Russia after the foundation's chairman, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was sentenced to nine years in prison for tax evasion.[9] In 2005, the committee signed a five-year contract with London-based BP. In 2010, the prize ran into funding problems and preparations for the 2010 prize were suspended because no new sponsor could be found.[2] Since 2011 new sponsor is Russian Telecom Equipment Company (RTEC).[8]
In 2011, a "novel of the decade" was chosen due to lack of sponsorship to hold the customary award. Five finalists were chosen from sixty nominees selected from the prize's past winners and finalists since 2001.[3] Chudakov won posthumously with A Gloom Is Cast Upon the Ancient Steps, which takes place in a fictional town in Kazakhstan and describes life under Stalinist Russia.[10][11] Lyudmila Ulitskaya holds the record for most nominations (five, winning once), followed by Andrei Dmitriev (four, winning once) and Alexey Slapovsky (four, no wins). No person has won the award more than once.
Winners and nominees
1990s
* Winners
Year | Author(s) | Work | Ref.(s) |
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1992 | Kharitonov, MarkMark Kharitonov* | Lines of Fate | [5][12][13][14] |
1992 | Gorenstein, FriedrichFriedrich Gorenstein | Place | [12][13] |
1992 | Ivanchenko, AleksandrAleksandr Ivanchenko | Monogram | [12][13] |
1992 | Makanin, VladimirVladimir Makanin | Manhole | [12][13] |
1992 | Petrushevskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Petrushevskaya | The Time Night | [12][13] |
1992 | Sorokin, VladimirVladimir Sorokin | Four Stout Hearts | [12][13] |
1993 | Makanin, VladimirVladimir Makanin* | Baize-covered Table with Decanter | [15][16] |
1993 | Astafyev, ViktorViktor Astafyev | The Cursed and the Slain | [15] |
1993 | Ermakov, OlegOleg Ermakov | Sign of the Beast | [15] |
1993 | Lipkin, SemyonSemyon Lipkin | Notes of a Lodger | [15] |
1993 | Ulitskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Ulitskaya | Sonechka | [15] |
1994 | Okudzhava, BulatBulat Okudzhava* | The Show is Over | [17][18] |
1994 | Aleshkovsky, PeterPeter Aleshkovsky | Skunk: A Life | [17][18] |
1994 | Buida, YuryYury Buida | Don Domino | [17][18] |
1994 | Dolinyak, IgorIgor Dolinyak | Third World | [17][18] |
1994 | Levitin, MikhaelMikhael Levitin | Total Indecency | [17][18] |
1994 | Slapovsky, AlexeyAlexey Slapovsky | The First Second Coming | [17][18] |
1995 | Vladimov, GeorgiGeorgi Vladimov* | The General and His Army | [19][20] |
1995 | Pavlov, OlegOleg Pavlov | A Barracks Tale | [19] |
1995 | Fyodorov, EvgenyEvgeny Fyodorov | The Odyssey | [19] |
1996 | Sergeev, AndreyAndrey Sergeev* | The Stamp Album | [21][22] |
1996 | Aleshkovsky, PeterPeter Aleshkovsky | Vladimir Chigrintsev | [21] |
1996 | Astafyev, ViktorViktor Astafyev | The Will to be Alive | [21] |
1996 | Dmitriev, AndreiAndrei Dmitriev | Turn in the River | [21] |
1996 | Dobrodeev, DmitriiDmitrii Dobrodeev | Back to the USSR | [21] |
1996 | Gorlanova, NinaNina Gorlanova, Bukur, VyacheslavVyacheslav Bukur | A Novel About Education | [21] |
1997 | Azolsky, AnatolyAnatoly Azolsky* | Cell | [23][24] |
1997 | Lipskerov, DmitriDmitri Lipskerov | The Forty Years of Changzhoeh | [23] |
1997 | Maletsky, YuriYuri Maletsky | I Love | [23] |
1997 | Slavnikova, OlgaOlga Slavnikova | A Dragonfly Enlarged to the Size of a Dog | [23] |
1997 | Ulitskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Ulitskaya | Medea and Her Children | [23] |
1997 | Utkin, AntonAnton Utkin | Round Dance | [23] |
1998 | Morozov, AleksandrAleksandr Morozov* | Strange Letters | [25][26] |
1998 | Polyanskaya, IrinaIrina Polyanskaya | Passing of the Shadow | [25] |
1998 | Prorokov, MikhailMikhail Prorokov | Bga | [25] |
1998 | Slapovsky, AlexeyAlexey Slapovsky | Questionnaire | [25] |
1998 | Chistyakova, AlexandraAlexandra Chistyakova | Не много ли для одной (English title unknown) | [25] |
1999 | Butov, MikhailMikhail Butov* | Freedom | [27][28] |
1999 | Buida, YuryYury Buida | The Prussian Bride | [27] |
1999 | Vasilieva, AlexandraAlexandra Vasilieva | My Marusechka | [27] |
1999 | Girshovich, LeonidLeonid Girshovich | The Prizelist | [27] |
1999 | Makanin, VladimirVladimir Makanin | The Underground, or a Hero of Our Time | [27] |
1999 | Platova, VictoriaVictoria Platova | A Coast | [27] |
2000s
* Winners
Year | Author(s) | Work | Ref.(s) |
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2000 | Shishkin, MikhailMikhail Shishkin* | The Conquest of Izmail | [29] |
2000 | Zalotukha, ValeryValery Zalotukha | The Last Communist | [29] |
2000 | Kononov, NikolayNikolay Kononov | The Funeral of a Grasshopper | [29] |
2000 | Palei, MarinaMarina Palei | Lunch | [29] |
2000 | Slapovsky, AlexeyAlexey Slapovsky | Money Day | [29] |
2000 | Shenbrun, SvetlanaSvetlana Shenbrun | Roses and Chrysanthemums | [29] |
2001 | Ulitskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Ulitskaya* | The Kukotsky Case | [30][31] |
2001 | Naiman, AnatolyAnatoly Naiman | Sir | [30] |
2001 | Nosov, SergeySergey Nosov | The Lady of History | [30] |
2001 | Tolstaya, TatyanaTatyana Tolstaya | Slynx | [30] |
2001 | Cherchesov, AlanAlan Cherchesov | Wreath for the Grave of the Wind | [30] |
2001 | Chudakov, AlexanderAlexander Chudakov | A Gloom Is Cast Upon the Ancient Steps | [30] |
2002 | Pavlov, OlegOleg Pavlov* | Karaganda Ninth-Day Requiem or The Story of the Last Days | [32][33] |
2002 | Bortnikov, DmitryDmitry Bortnikov | Fritz Syndrome | [32] |
2002 | Gandlevsky, SergeiSergei Gandlevsky | <Illegible> | [32] |
2002 | Melikhov, AlexandrAlexandr Melikhov | The Love of Kinfolks Laid to Rest | [32] |
2002 | Mesyats, VadimVadim Mesyats | Treatment by Electricity: Novel of 84 Fragments from the East and 74 Fragments from the West | [32] |
2002 | Sorokin, VladimirVladimir Sorokin | Ice | [32] |
2003 | Gallego, RubenRubén Gallego* | White on Black | [33][34] |
2003 | Galkina, NataliaNatalia Galkina | Renaud's Residence | [34] |
2003 | Zorin, LeonidLeonid Zorin | Jupiter | [34] |
2003 | Mamedov, AthanasiusAthanasius Mamedov | Frau Scar | [34] |
2003 | Chizhova, ElenaElena Chizhova | Laura | [34] |
2003 | Yuzefovich, LeonidLeonid Yuzefovich | Kazaroza | [34] |
2004 | Aksyonov, VasilyVasily Aksyonov* | Voltairiens and Voltairiennes | [35][36] |
2004 | Zajaczkowski, OlegOleg Zajaczkowski | Sergeyev and the Town | [35] |
2004 | Kurchatkin, AnatolyAnatoly Kurchatkin | The Sun was Shining | [35] |
2004 | Petrova, MartaMarta Petrova | Shilkloper's Horn | [35] |
2004 | Petrushevskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Petrushevskaya | Number One or in the Gardens of other Opportunities | [35] |
2004 | Slapovsky, AlexeyAlexey Slapovsky | Quality of Life | [35] |
2005 | Gutsko, DenisDenis Gutsko* | Without Way or Track | [37][38] |
2005 | Evseev, BorisBoris Evseev | Little Romance | [37] |
2005 | Yermakov, OlegOleg Yermakov | Canvas | [37] |
2005 | Naiman, AnatolyAnatoly Naiman | Kablukov | [37] |
2005 | Solntsev, RomanRoman Solntsev | Bonanza | [37] |
2005 | Solntsev, RomanRoman Solntsev | Except for Lavrikov | [37] |
2005 | Chizhova, ElenaElena Chizhova | A Criminal | [37] |
2006 | Slavnikova, OlgaOlga Slavnikova* | 2017 | [39][40] |
2006 | Prilepin, ZakharZakhar Prilepin | Sanka | [39] |
2006 | Rubina, DinaDina Rubina | On the Sunny Side of the Street | [39] |
2006 | Sobolev, DenisDenis Sobolev | Jerusalem | [39] |
2006 | Cherchesov, AlanAlan Cherchesov | Villa Belle Letra | [39] |
2006 | Aleshkovsky, PeterPeter Aleshkovsky | A Fish | [39] |
2007 | Ilichevsky, AleksandrAleksandr Ilichevsky* | Matisse | [41][42] |
2007 | Dmitriev, AndreiAndrei Dmitriev | Bay of Joy | [41] |
2007 | Malecki, YuriYuri Malecki | The End of a Needle | [41] |
2007 | Sakhnovsky, IgorIgor Sakhnovsky | The Man Who Knew Everything | [41] |
2007 | Tarn, AlexAlex Tarn | God Does Not Play With Dice | [41] |
2007 | Ulitskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Ulitskaya | Daniel Stein, Translator | [41] |
2008 | Yelizarov, MikhailMikhail Yelizarov* | Librarian | [43] |
2008 | Sharov, VladimirVladimir Sharov | Be as Little Children | [43] |
2008 | Boyashov, IlyaIlya Boyashov | Armada | [43] |
2008 | Nekrasova, ElenaElena Nekrasova | Schukinsk and Other Places | [43] |
2008 | Shchekina, GalinaGalina Shchekina | Grafomanka | [43] |
2008 | Sadulaev, GermanGerman Sadulaev | Crack | [43] |
2009 | Chizhova, ElenaElena Chizhova* | The Time of Women | [44][45] |
2009 | Senchin, RomanRoman Senchin | Eltyshevy | [44] |
2009 | Terekhov, AlexanderAlexander Terekhov | Stone Bridge | [44] |
2009 | Khazanov, BorisBoris Khazanov | Yesterday's Eternity | [44] |
2009 | Katishonok, ElenaElena Katishonok | Once Upon a Time an Old Man and Old Woman | [44] |
2009 | Yuzefovich, LeonidLeonid Yuzefovich | Cranes and Dwarfs | [44] |
2010s
* Winners
Year | Author(s) | Work | Ref.(s) |
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2010 | Kolyadina, ElenaElena Kolyadina* | The Flower Cross | [46][47] |
2010 | Zajaczkowski, OlegOleg Zajaczkowski | Happiness is Possible | [46] |
2010 | Ivanov, AndreiAndrei Ivanov | A Journey of Hanuman on Lolland | [46] |
2010 | Petrosyan, MariamMariam Petrosyan | The House, In Which... | [46] |
2010 | Sadulaev, GermanGerman Sadulaev | Shali Raid | [46] |
2010 | Khemlin, MargaritaMargarita Khemlin | Klotsvog | [46] |
2011 | Chudakov, AlexanderAlexander Chudakov* | A Gloom Is Cast Upon the Ancient Steps | [11][48][49] |
2011 | Pavlov, OlegOleg Pavlov | Karaganda Ninth-Day Requiem or The Story of the Last Days | [48] |
2011 | Prilepin, ZakharZakhar Prilepin | Sanka | [48] |
2011 | Senchin, RomanRoman Senchin | Eltyshevy | [48] |
2011 | Ulitskaya, LyudmilaLyudmila Ulitskaya | Daniel Stein, Translator | [48] |
2012 | Dmitriev, AndreiAndrei Dmitriev* | The Peasant and the Teenager | [50][51][52][53] |
2012 | Akhmedova, MarinaMarina Akhmedova | Khadija, Notes of a Death Girl | [50] |
2012 | Popov, YevgeniYevgeni Popov | Arbeit, Or A Wide Canvas | [50] |
2012 | Slavnikova, OlgaOlga Slavnikova | Light Head | [50] |
2012 | Stepanova, MarinaMarina Stepanova | The Women of Lazarus | [50] |
2012 | Terekhov, AlexandrAlexandr Terekhov | The Germans | [50] |
2013 | Volos, AndreiAndrei Volos | Возвращение в Панджруд ("Return to Panjrud") | [54] |
2014 | Sharov, VladimirVladimir Sharov | Возвращение в Египет ("Return to Egypt") | [55] |
2015 | Snegirev, AlexanderAlexander Snegirev | Vera | [56] |
2015 | Ganieva, AlisaAlisa Ganieva | Bride and Groom | [56] |
2015 | Danikhov, VladimirVladimir Danikhov | The Lullaby | [56] |
2015 | Pokrovsky, YuriYuri Pokrovsky | Among People | [56] |
2015 | Senchin, RomanRoman Senchin | Flood Zone | [56] |
2015 | Yakhina, GuzelGuzel Yakhina | Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes | [56] |
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(help) - 1 2 3 "Archive – 1995" (in Russian). Russian Booker Prize. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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External links
- (in Russian) Russian Booker Prize, official site