An award or award is usually awarded on a competitive basis to a person or organization for outstanding results in a particular field of activity. Below is a list of the ten most famous awards in the world.
The ranking of the most famous awards opens with the Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious US award in the fields of literature, journalism, music and theater. It was founded on August 17, 1903 by newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. The prize has been awarded annually in twenty-one categories since 1917. The prize amount is $10,000.
MTV Video Music Awards is an annual award given by MTV for the creation of video clips. The ceremony was first held in 1984 in New York. The record holder for the number of figurines won, the so-called “Moonmanow”, is the American singer Madonna, who won 20 awards.
BRIT Awards
The BRIT Awards are the UK's most prestigious annual award, awarded for achievements in pop music. The award was first presented in 1977 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Since 1982 it has been awarded annually. The record holder for the number of nominations is British singer Robbie Williams (17 BRIT Awards).
Seventh in the list of the most famous awards is the Grammy, an annual music award of the Recording Academy of America, founded on March 14, 1958. Awarded by voting in 78 categories across 30 musical genres. As of February 2009, a total of 7,578 awards had been given.
The Cannes Film Festival is an annual international film festival founded in 1946. Held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. The most prestigious award given at the Cannes Film Festival in the category for best film is the Palme d'Or.
Fifth place in the list of the most famous awards in the world goes to the Golden Globe. This is an annual American award, awarded since 1944 for films and television films based on voting by approximately 90 international journalists based in Hollywood. The record holder for the number of nominations is Meryl Streep (29 awards).
BAFTA
BAFTA is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the arts such as film, television and computer games. The organization was formed in 1947 under the leadership of David Lean. The first BAFTA Awards took place in 1948 in London. The winners receive a gold mask as a prize.
Third place in the list of the ten most famous awards in the world goes to the Booker Prize. This is the most prestigious literary award, given annually in the UK since 1969 for the best original novel written in the English language. The winner of the award receives £50 thousand.
Oscar
In second place in the list of the most famous awards in the world is the Oscar - the most prestigious American film award on the planet, awarded annually since 1929 in Los Angeles, at the Dolby Theater for various achievements in the film industry. From 1953 to the present, the ceremony has been broadcast on television in more than 200 countries. Walt Disney received the most Oscars (26 awards).
The Nobel Prize is an international annual prize awarded for outstanding scientific research, revolutionary inventions or major contributions to culture or society. The prize was named in honor of the Swedish chemist, engineer and inventor Alfred Nobel, who in his will ordered a portion of his capital to be awarded as a reward for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. Between 1901–2015 The Nobel Prize has been awarded to 870 laureates and 26 organizations.
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Thousands of literary awards are held every year around the world. Millions of applications are submitted to participate. The awards are held nationally and globally, in different categories: children's literature, poetry, fiction and nonfiction, science fiction and fantasy.
From 1969 to 2001, the prize was known as the Booker Prize. Since 2005, the main sponsor of the prize has been the Man Group, and therefore the prize has been renamed the Man Booker Prize. The awards are presented every two years. Initially, the Booker Prize only accepted works from the Commonwealth countries, Zimbabwe and Ireland. But since 2014, the award has acquired international status, which has made it possible to expand the number of participants - a writer from any country whose novel is written in English can become a nominee. You can only become a laureate once. The cash prize is 60 thousand pounds sterling. The International Prize has a separate award for the translation of a novel. Since 2016, the Booker Prize has been awarded for the translation of a fiction novel, with the winning author and translator receiving £50,000.
The man credited with founding the Pulitzer Prize was Joseph Pulitzer, a respected journalist from a wealthy family who lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The prize is awarded for work in the field of music, literature and journalism, while taking into account the Internet space and printed publications- newspapers and magazines. The Pulitzer Prize is administered by Columbia University and is awarded in 21 categories. Winners of 20 categories are awarded a certificate and $15,000. A gold medal is awarded to one winner by the Civil Service Division of the journalism competition. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was founded in 1918. The first recipient of the prize was Ernest Poole. He received an award for his novel His Family.
Another prestigious literary prize, the Neustadt Prize, originated in the United States in 1969. It received its original name “International Prize for Foreign Literature” from its founder, editor of foreign books Ivar Ivaska. The award changed its name in 1976 and was named in honor of new sponsors, Walter and Doris Neustadt of Ardmore, Oklahoma. Since that time, the University of Oklahoma has been a permanent sponsor of the award. The winner of the award receives a certificate, a silver eagle feather award, and $50,000. The award recognizes outstanding work in the fields of drama, poetry, and fiction.
The award was established in 1971 under the name Whitbread Prize. In 2006, Costa Coffee became the official sponsor of the award, which led to its renaming to the Costa Award. Applicants may be authors from the UK and Ireland whose works are written in English. The Prize recognizes not only brilliant and outstanding works in the field of literature, but also books that bring pleasure to reading. Promoting reading as an enjoyable pastime is one of the main goals of the award. The prize is awarded in the following categories: Biography, Novel, Children's Literature, Best First Novel and Poetry. The laureates receive 5 thousand pounds sterling.
The American Prize for Literature was introduced in 1994. It is awarded to authors who have made contributions to the field of international writing. In part, the prize was created as an alternative to the famous Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize is sponsored by an educational contemporary art project. The prize itself was founded in memory of Anna Farni. Each year, 6 to 8 jurors, including renowned American literary critics, playwrights, poets and writers, meet to determine the winner. The winner does not receive any cash prize for winning.
The prize ranks among the United Kingdom's most coveted literary awards. The original name was the Orange Literary Prize. The prize is awarded annually to a female author, regardless of nationality, for an outstanding full-length novel published in the UK in the past year in English. In 1991, the Man Booker Prize initiated the establishment of the Women's Prize for Fiction, as the committee did not include women in its lists of nominees. After this, a group of men and women who worked in the literary industry met and considered their next steps. The winner of the award receives 30 thousand British pounds sterling and a bronze statuette.
The Hugo Awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the man behind the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The prize is awarded for the best work published in the past year and written in the genres of science fiction or fantasy. The Hugo Awards are sponsored by the World Science Fiction Society.
The award has been presented at the annual World Science Fiction Convention since 1953 in several categories, including: Best Short Story, Best Graphic Story, Best Fanzine, Best Professional Artist, Best Fancast, Best Dramatic Presentation " and "The best book about science fiction."
The prize was established in July 2008 by the University of Warwick. It has no analogues in the world and consists of an interdisciplinary writing competition. Students, alumni and staff of the University of Warwick, as well as those working in the publishing industry, can nominate work. Every year a new theme is approved for the award. must be written in English.
Every year an international poetry festival takes place in the city of Struga, Macedonia. The festival's coveted Golden Crown award goes to the most talented international poets. The festival was first held in 1961 with the participation of famous Macedonian poets. A few years later, in 1966, the festival was transformed from national to international. In the same year, the highest award, the Golden Crown Award, was established, the first laureate of which was Robert Rozhdestvensky. Over the years of the award, its laureates have included such outstanding literary figures as Seamus Haney, Joseph Brodsky and Pablo Neruda.
The Nobel Prize is named after Albert Nobel, a man who made significant contributions to the fields of chemistry, literature, engineering and entrepreneurship in the 1800s. Already at the age of 17, he spoke 5 foreign languages fluently. In his will, Albert Nobel stipulated the conditions for establishing the prize and allocated his own money for this. All Nobel Prizes are controlled by different institutions. The Nobel Prize in Literature is administered by the Swedish Academy. The winner receives a medal and a cash prize, the amount of which varies from year to year. The Academy determines the people and institutions that may be nominated for the award. Professors of literature and linguistics at higher educational institutions, Nobel Literary Prize laureates and members of the Swedish Academy have the right to nominate themselves. The Nobel Committee for Literature screens candidates and transmits the collected information to the Swedish Academy. The prize has been awarded since 1901 to writers from different countries.
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The mandatory components of the process of awarding a literary prize are: a) a circle of experts who formulate the number of applicants and make the final decision; b) selection criterion, i.e. formulation of the basis on which this choice is made; c) the prize itself, expressed in monetary terms or having a symbolic meaning (in the latter case, the emphasis is on the significance of the choice by one or another circle of experts) and d) the writers or poets themselves - prize winners, representing this choice.
In contrast to the methods of remuneration adopted in the Middle Ages, when writers were given the status of those close to the court - court poets or writers, accompanied by an appropriate monetary allowance, literary awards, the practice of which became widespread mainly in the 20th century, are a more democratic way of recognizing the merits of writers . Modern awards are one-time in nature and do not formally require any further obligations from writers. However, as experience shows, sometimes receiving a significant status award - international or state - affected the further work of the writer and influenced his fate.
Awards can be conditionally divided into a) international (Nobel, Booker, etc.) and national (Goncourt French, Pulitzer American, national Booker - English, Russian, etc., State Russian, etc.), b) industry ( in the field of fiction, historical novel, etc.), c) personalized - Astrid Lindgren Prize - International Prize in Children's Literature, etc. d) informal – Antibooker, Prize named after. Andrey Bely, etc.
International literary awards.
Nobel Prize in Literature (cm. NOBEL PRIZES) is the most famous and prestigious annual international prize in the field of literature.
Booker International Prize(Man Booker International Prize) – established in 2005. Will be awarded biennially for “creativity, development and general contribution to world fiction” and will be worth £60,000. Unlike the existing Booker Prize, which is open only to citizens of the British Commonwealth and Ireland, the new prize is open to anyone writing in English.
The 2005 laureate was the Albanian poet Ismail Kadare.
IMPAC Award(Improved Management Productivity and Control – Productivity Leader is an international award established in 1996 by Dublin City Council. Nomination rights are available to 185 library systems in 51 countries. The prize is awarded for a work written or translated into English. It is worth 100,000 euros - this is the largest prize that can be received for a single work, and it is awarded in Dublin.
Among the recipients is Moroccan Tahar Ben Jelloun for his novel Blinding absence of light, Edward Jones for the novel Known World.
Literary daggers(Golden Dagger, Silver Dagger, Debut Dagger, Library Dagger, etc.) . The prize has been awarded since 1955 for the best detective novel of the year by the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain - open society to support detective writers. Nominations: “Fiction”, “Non-fiction”, “Story”. ( cm. DETECTIVE)
AAI(AAR)Association of American Publishers. Established by the American Writers Association and awarded for the merits of its member publishers. In 2002, the prize for the translation of fiction that promotes mutual understanding between America and Russia was received by T.A. Kudryavtseva, translator of John Updike, William Styron, Norman Mailer, Margaret Mitchell and others.
Liberty Award(Liberty) - founded in 1999 by emigrants from Russia. Awarded for contribution to Russian-American culture and the development of cultural ties between the United States and Russia. The winner receives a diploma and a cash prize. The independent jury consists of three people: Grisha Bruskin, Solomon Volkov and Alexander Genis. Sponsors include Media Group Continent USA and the American University in Moscow.
The prize winners were cultural figures living in America. Among them are V. Aksyonov, L. Losev, M. Epstein, O. Vasiliev, V. Bachanyan, J. Bilington
National Literary Awards.
Booker Prize(Man-Booker Prize for Fiction, Booker Prize) (United Kingdom) – an annual British literary award for the best novel written in English by a British or Commonwealth citizen. Its goal is to support and develop the traditions of such a literary form as the novel. The prize was founded in 1969. It was first sponsored by Booker-McConnell plc., and the award was called the Booker-McConnell Prize. Since 2002, the award began to be called “Man Booker”, it is financed by the company “Man Group”. The premium has risen from £21,000 to £50,000.
Awarded by the independent charity The Book Foundation. The winners of the English Booker were: in 1969 – P.H. Newby, Something to Answer For); in 1970 – Bernice Rubens (Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member); V 1971 – V.S.Naipaul In a Free State); in 1972 – John Berger (John Berger, G); in 1973 – J.G. Farrell Siege of Krishnapur); in 1974 – Stanley Middleton Holiday); in 1975 - Nadine Gordimer and Ruth Jhabvala (Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist Ruth Prower Jhabvala, Heat and Dust); in 1976 – David Storey Saville); in 1977 – Paul Scott (Paul Scott, Staying On); in 1978 – Iris Murdoch The Sea); in 1979 – Penelope Fitzgerald (Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore); in 1980 – William Golding (William Golding, Rites of Passage); in 1981 – Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children); in 1982 – Thomas Keneally Schindler's Ark); in 1983 – J.M.Coetzee Life and Times of Michael K.); in 1984 – Anita Brookner (Anita Brookner, Hotel Du Lac); in 1985 – Keri Hulme Bone People); in 1986 – Kingsley Amis (Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils); in 1987 – Penelope Lively (Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger); in 1988 - Peter Carey (Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda); in 1989 – Kazuo Ishiguro (Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day); in 1990 – Bayat A.S. (A.S.Byatt, Possession); in 1991 – Ben Okri (Ben Okri, The Famous Road; in 1992 – Michael Ondaatje and Barry Unsworth (Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient; Barry Unsworth Sacred Hunger); in 1993 – Roddy Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha); in 1994 – James Kelman How Late It Was, How Late); in 1995 – Pat Barker (Pat Barker, The Ghost Road); in 1996 – Graham Swift (Graham Swift, Last Orders); in 1997 – Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things); in 1998 – Ian McEwan Amsterdam); in 1999 – J.M.Coetzee Disgrace); in 2000 – Margaret Atwood (Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin); in 2001 – Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang); in 2002 – Yann Martel Life of Pi); in 2003 – D.B.S. Pierre (Peter Warren Finlay), Vernon God Little); in 2004 – Alan Hollinghurst The Line of Beauty).
Among the laureates of the English Booker there are world famous novelists Murdoch, Amis, Golding and others, almost half of the laureates are women. Recently, among the laureates, more and more people come from the countries of the British Commonwealth - Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, etc.
Whitbread Prize. Awarded by the UK Booksellers Association. Laureates receive £5,000; An absolute winner is selected from among the laureates in five categories (“Novel”, “Best First Novel”, “Bibliography”, “Children’s Literature”, “Poetry”) and receives 25 thousand pounds sterling. His work is titled "Book of the Year"
Prix Goncourt(Prix Goncourt) (France) is an annual French literary prize for achievements in the novel genre. The Goncourt Prize is considered one of the most honorable and authoritative in France. And although the size of the prize is nominally symbolic - only 10 euros, the writer is guaranteed large incomes, since after its award, as practice shows, sales of the laureates' books skyrocket.
The Prix Goncourt was officially established in 1896, but began to be awarded only in 1902. The Goncourt brothers left a huge fortune, which, according to the will of Edmond Goncourt, passed to the Academy of Goncourt, officially established in 1896. It includes ten of the most famous writers in France, who receive a symbolic fee - 60 francs per year. Each academy member has only one vote and can only cast it for one book. The President of the Academy has two votes.
Members of the Goncourt Academy at different times were the writers A. Daudet, J. Renard, Rosny Sr., F. Eria, E. Bazin, Louis Aragon and others. The first laureate of the Prix Goncourt in 1903 was John-Antoine Naud for his novel Hostile force.
Laureates of the Prix Goncourt were Ahmad Kuruma, Francois Salvain, Amelie Nothomb, Jean-Jacques Choul.
In addition to the Goncourt Prize, in France there are such literary awards as Renaudo, Medici, Femina, and Goncourt for Lyceum Students.
Femina is one of the oldest literary prizes in France, established in 1904. It is awarded by an all-female jury for the best French novel, foreign novel, or essay.
Pulitzer Prize(USA) is one of the most prestigious US awards in the field of literature, journalism, music and theater, and since 1942 - in the field of photojournalism.
The prize was founded by the Hungarian-born American newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. At the end of the 19th century. he skillfully attracted the attention of readers to the newspapers he published. Having lived 65 years, in October 1911 Joseph Pulitzer died, leaving an unexpected will - his last will was the establishment of the School of Journalism at Columbia University and the founding of a foundation in his name. They were left with $2 million for this.
Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded annually on the first Monday in May by the trustees of Columbia University. The formal announcement of the award is traditionally made by the President of Columbia University in April of each year.
In the field of journalism, the award does not come with a cash prize, but is a gold medal for “Service to the Fatherland,” awarded to the publication itself, and not to its journalists. In other areas, the decision is made by an independent jury of 90 experts. The amount of the award is 10 thousand dollars.
National Book Award(USA). Founded in 1950 by a group of publishers. The prize is awarded in four categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's literature. The prize is approximately $10,000 for the laureates, $1,000 for the nominees, a statuette and a medal for contributions to American literature. Sponsor: American National Book Foundation.
Prize named after Cervantes(Spain) is often called the Nobel Prize for Literature in the Spanish-speaking world. It was established in 1979 by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Bonus fund – 90 thousand euros. The prize is presented by the King of Spain on April 23 of each year - the day of Cervantes' death.
Among the award winners are the Spaniard Francisco Umbral, the Chilean Jorge Edwards, and the Spaniard Sanchez Ferlosio.
Prize named after Romulo Gallegosa(Spain) Established in 1967 in memory of the Venezuelan novelist and former president of the country, Rómulo Gallegos. The prize is awarded annually for the best novel written in Spanish and is considered one of the most generous in the Spanish-speaking world: the award is $100,000 and a medal.
State Prize Russian Federation in literature and art, starting from 1992, is awarded annually in the amount of 300 thousand rubles, since 2005 its amount is 100 thousand dollars. The position of chairman of the commission is traditionally held by the heads of the presidential administration. Candidates for the prize are nominated by the editors of newspapers and magazines, publishing houses and public organizations. Among the laureates are V.S. Makanin, V.N. Voinovich, A.G. Volos, K.Ya. Vanshenkin, D. Granin, V.I. Belov, K.H. Ibragimov, G.M. Kruzhkov.
State Prize for the most talented works for children and youth established by presidential decree in 1998. Boris Zakhoder became the 1999 laureate.
State Pushkin Prize of Russia established in June 1994 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of A.S. Pushkin - “for the creation of the most talented works in the field of poetry.” Awarded on a competitive basis annually since 1995 by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the Commission for State Prizes in the Field of Literature and Art under the President of the Russian Federation. Nomination of candidates is carried out by federal executive authorities, executive authorities of the constituent entities of the federation, enterprises, institutions and organizations, public associations, educational institutions, editorial offices of newspapers and magazines. Works submitted for the prize are considered by a special commission (section) chaired by I. Shklyarevsky as part of the commission for State Prizes of the Russian Federation. In 1999, the cash bonus was increased to 1,600 times the minimum wage.
B. Okudzhava Prize established in 1998. The prize winners are poets and creators of original songs for outstanding works. Awarded in the amount of two hundred times the minimum wage established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. At different times, the prize was received by Yuli Kim, Dmitry Sukharev, Alexander Dolsky, Yuri Ryashentsev.
Booker – Open Russia(Russian Booker Prize – Russian Booker, Small Booker Prize) - awarded since 1992 from the funds of a benefactor who for many years wished to remain anonymous. In 2000, his name was revealed - this is the English public figure Francis Green. Since 2002, the regional public organization “Open Russia” has become the general sponsor of the award. The award became known as “Booker – Open Russia”.
Since 2003, the reward has been $15,000; shortlisted finalists receive $1,000.
Initially, the Small Booker Prize was a kind of branch of the “big” Booker Prize. Currently, the Small Booker is awarded not for a novel, but every year for works of different genres. The goal is to encourage the most innovative and supportable directions in the literary process. Over the years, the Small Booker was awarded: for the best book of stories (Viktor Pelevin, Blue lantern), for the best debut in prose (Sergey Gandlevsky ( cm. MOSCOW TIME, Craniotomy), for the best magazines of Russian abroad (“Spring”, “Riga”, “Idiot”, “Vitebsk”), for the best work reflecting the history of literature (Mikhail Gasparov, Featured Articles, Alexander Goldstein (Tel Aviv), Breaking up with Narcissist) and others. In 1999, the prize was awarded for a work that develops the essay genre in Russian literature - the laureate was Vladimir Bibikhin for the book New Renaissance. In 2000, the Yuryatin Foundation (Perm, a group of curators of 4 people) received the award for a literary project, that is, organizational activities for collecting, organizing and presenting literary texts that implement certain ideas and concepts. The prize was awarded for book publishing work (publishing books by authors of modern Russian diaspora, significant authors of the province, young authors of Perm, local history literature), organization and support in Perm of the “Literary Environments in the Smyshlyaev House” salon, where many famous contemporary writers spoke, especially for this who came to Perm, and a lecture hall where humanities scholars Georgy Gachev, Mikhail Ryklin, Igor Smirnov, Boris Dubin, Sergei Khoruzhy gave short courses of lectures.
The longlist and shortlist of the Big and Small Russian Booker are published in the fall. The shortlist is announced and commented on at a special press conference. The winner is announced in December.
In 2000, the Small Booker Prize was organizationally separated from the Big Booker Prize.
The prize is awarded by a jury that changes partly every year. In addition, every year special experts are invited to work on the jury in the area that this year is encouraged by the Small Booker.
Pushkin Prize of the German Alfred Tepfer Foundation. The Alfred Tepfler Foundation became the source of a whole system of rewarding cultural and scientific workers in European countries. The Pushkin Prize was founded in 1989 to reward writers writing in Russian for outstanding contributions to Russian literature. The prize is 40,000 euros and is awarded with the participation of the Russian Pen Center. Along with the prize, two scholarships of 6 thousand euros each are awarded annually to young writers. Among the recipients are Andrey Bitov, Evgeny Rein.
Andrei Bely Literary Prize. Established in the cultural underground ( cm. SAMIZDAT) in 1978 by the samizdat magazine “Hours” (editors B. Ivanov and B. Ostanin) as the first regular non-state literary award in the history of Russia. The names of the laureates were determined by an anonymous jury. The bonus was a bottle of white wine, an apple, one ruble (similar to the Goncourt franc) and a diploma. Among the laureates, who, as a rule, represented the avant-garde and postmodern sectors of the literary underground, are poets Viktor Krivulin (1978), Elena Shvarts (1979), Vladimir Aleinikov (1980), Alexander Mironov (1981), Olga Sedakova (1983), Alexey Parshchikov ( 1986), Gennady Aigi (1987), Ivan Zhdanov (1988), Alexander Gornoy (1991), Shamshad Abdullaev (1994); prose writers Arkady Dragomoshchenko (1978), Boris Kudryakov (1979), Boris Dyshlenko (1980), Sasha Sokolov (1981), Evgeny Kharitonov (1981; posthumously), Tamara Korvin (1983), Vasily Aksenov (1985), Leon Bogdanov (1986) , Andrey Bitov (1988), Yuri Mamleev (1991); critics and cultural scientists Boris Groys (1978), Evgeny Shiffers (1979), Yuri Novikov (1980), Efim Barban (1981), Boris Ivanov (1983), Vladimir Erl (1986), Vladimir Malyavin (1988), Mikhail Epstein (1991) .
After a break, the prize was recreated by M. Berg, B. Ivanov, B. Ostanin and V. Krivulin in 1997. According to the founders, it was given “the character of a national cultural institute, which aims to support the experimental and intellectual direction in Russian literature, searches in the field of language , reflecting changes in the mentality and speech practice of the new generation, but taking into account the experience of Russian modernism, most clearly expressed in the work of Andrei Bely, whose significance we consider unchanged against the backdrop of the most incredible changes in our cultural climate.”
Awarded in four categories: poetry, prose, criticism and cultural theory. There is also an award “for special merits”, which remains, as before, the prerogative of an anonymous jury. To the traditional financial reward is added a notarized agreement for the publication of a book of the laureate’s essays over the next year in the special series “Andrei Bely Prize Laureates.” The names of the laureates were first announced in St. Petersburg, later as part of the Moscow Exhibition-Fair of Intellectual Books, on Andrei Bely’s birthday - October 26.
Antibooker – annual bonus; created in 1995 under Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Since 1996, it has been awarded separately for prose (“The Brothers Karamazov”), poetry (“The Stranger”) and drama (“Three Sisters”). Since 1997, the prize has been awarded for literary criticism and literary criticism (“Ray of Light”) and non-fiction (“Fourth Prose”) since 2000.
Aelita– Russia’s oldest prize for science fiction prose, was established in 1982 by the Union of Writers of the RSFSR and the editors of the Ural Pathfinder magazine. Awarded annually for the best science fiction book of the previous two years at the festival of science fiction lovers in Yekaterinburg. The amount of monetary reward is not disclosed. The first honorary laureates of the Aelita Prize were A. and B. Strugatsky.
Prize« Debut"was established in 2000 by the International Generation Foundation for authors under 25 years of age writing in Russian. Has seven nominations: “Large Prose”, “Small Prose”, “Poetry”, “Drama”, “Film Story”, “Publicism”, “Literature of Spiritual Search”. The winners in all five categories receive the honorary “Bird” prize.
All-Russian Literary Prize named after St. blg. Prince Alexander Nevsky« Faithful sons of Russia» established by the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra with the blessing of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga with the support of the Writers' Union of Russia. Awarded in the categories “Poetry”, “Fiction”, “Documentary and journalistic prose”, “Book for children”, “Criticism and literary criticism”, “Magazine and Newspaper”. The commission consists of priests, members of the Union of Writers of Russia. The main principles for determining the winners are high artistic style based on Orthodox spirituality, professionalism, historical authenticity, and patriotic orientation.
The prize is awarded annually in January. For first places the medal “Literary Prize named after St. Blessed Virgin Mary” is awarded. Book Alexander Nevsky", a certificate and a cash prize of $2,000. For second and third places - certificates and cash prizes. The first place winners receive the right to become members of the commission for the next year. Among the awarded are Yu. Kozlov, E. Yushin.
National Prize named after. A. and B. Strugatsky(ABC Award) was established in 1999 by the “Center for Contemporary Literature and Books” with the assistance of the literary community of St. Petersburg and the support of the administration and Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The award encourages “realistic trends in fiction, connections with the past, present and future of real earthly people.”
Prize laureates E. Lukin, V. Mikhailov, M. Uspensky, N. Galkina, S. Lukyanenko, V. Pelevin.
Apollo Grigoriev Prize established in 1997 by the Academy of Russian Contemporary Literature as a “professional expert prize for the best work of the year in all genres, except criticism, literary criticism and cultural studies.” Sponsors of the award are ONEXIMbank (1997), State Bank (since 1998). Nominators are all members of the Academy. A jury is selected by lot (chairmen: 1997 - Pyotr Weil; 1998 - Alexander Ageev; 1999 - Sergey Chuprinin; 2000 - Alla Latynina; 2001 - Evgeny Sidorov; 2002 - Andrey Nemzer), which determines three laureates, and then announces the winner of the main prize. The main prize is awarded $25,000; other laureates are awarded laptops and printers (a writer's workstation) worth $2,500 each.
Ivan Petrovich Belkin Prize, established by the EKSMO publishing house and the Znamya magazine, is the only award in Russia named after literary hero, established in 2001. Awarded for the best Russian story of the year. The right to nominate is enjoyed by the editors of newspapers and magazines, creative organizations, as well as professional literary critics. Monetary reward: the laureate - 5 thousand dollars, the authors of the remaining four stories included in the short list are rewarded in amounts of 500 dollars. The coordinator of the award is Natalya Ivanova. Chairmen of the jury: in 2001 - Fazil Iskander, in 2002 - Leonid Zorin.
« Bronze snail» Established in 1992 by Andrei Nikolaev and Alexander Sidorovich as the personal prize of B.N. Strugatsky (he is the chairman and only member of the prize jury). Awarded in the categories “Large Form”, “Medium Form”, “Small Form”, “Criticism/Publicism” at the traditional annual conferences of science fiction writers, critics, translators, and publishers in Repino near St. Petersburg.
Prize« Northern Palmyra"established in 1994. Awarded by the jury (O. Basilashvili, A. German, Y. Gordin, A. Dodin, A. Panchenko, A. Petrov, B. Strugatsiy, A. Ariev, etc.) for a literary work created in Russian language and published in St. Petersburg, in nominations: poetry; prose; journalism and criticism; book publishing. The prize was sponsored by the Credit Petersburg Bank (1995) and the St. Petersburg Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1996). According to the regulations, the nomination commission analyzes St. Petersburg literature throughout the year and nominates the most talented works, in its opinion. Upon completion of this work, 7 applicants remain in each section of the award. Voting takes place anonymously, works are not discussed so that jury members do not put pressure on each other.
Literary Prize named after. Alexandra Solzhenitsyn is awarded by the foundation, founded by A.I. Solzhenitsyn in 1997, as a reward to Russian writers “whose work has high artistic merit, contributes to the self-knowledge of Russia, and makes a significant contribution to the preservation and careful development of the traditions of Russian literature.” The prize may be awarded for a novel, a story or collection of stories, a book or series of poems, a play, a collection of articles, or research. The permanent jury includes A. Solzhenitsyn, N. Struve, V. Nepomnyashchy, L. Saraskina, P. Basinsky, N. Solzhenitsyn. The monetary amount of the award is 25 thousand dollars.
Triumph. Awarded by the Russian Independent Foundation for the Encouragement of Highest Achievements of Literature and Art, established by JSC LogoVAZ in the summer of 1992. The names of applicants are proposed by members of the jury, as well as experts, and are not announced in advance. The names of the laureates are determined by a permanent jury, which includes V. Aksenov, A. Voznesensky
International Sholokhov Prize established in 1993 by the magazine "Young Guard", the publishing house "Modern Writer" (now "Soviet Writer"), MSPS and the writers' joint-stock company. The current founders are MSPS, the Union of Artists of Russia, the publishing house "Soviet Writer", Moscow State Open Pedagogical University named after. M.A. Sholokhova. The permanent chairman of the jury is Yu. Bondarev. The monetary support for the prize is not disclosed; the laureates are awarded diplomas and medals.
National bestseller. Established in 2000 by the National Bestseller Foundation. Prose works in Russian are nominated for the prize. The winner receives a prize of 10 thousand dollars. Among the awarded are M. Shishkin, V. Pelevin, A. Garrosa and A. Evdokimov, A. Prokhanov and L. Yuzefovich.
Prize named after P.P.Bazhova established in November 1999 on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the writer by the Sverdlovsk branch of the Literary Fund of Russia and the financial and industrial group “Jewels of the Urals”. The competition has actually stepped beyond the regional framework and acquired the status of an all-Russian one. The prize is awarded annually for achievements in literary activity not only to representatives of the Ural region, but also to writers from other Russian territories for works on Ural themes. Five nominations: “Prose”, “Poetry”, “Drama”, “Literary Studies”, “Publicism”. Each laureate receives a sum of money in the amount of 10 thousand rubles, as well as specially cast gold and silver medals.
Prize named after Boyana established by the Council of Governors of border cities and regions of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The Regulations on the Prize say that it is “awarded for works that carry the light of Slavic spirituality, rooted in Slavic mythology and folklore and affirming the ideas of friendship and brotherhood of the Slavic peoples.”
Prize named after F.M.Dostoevsky was established by the Writers' Union of Russia together with the Association of Russian Writers of Estonia and the non-profit association “Prize named after. F.M. Dostoevsky ". It was first awarded in the year of the 180th anniversary of the writer’s birth. The prize is awarded to writers who have made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of Russian literature and culture, both in Estonia and Russia, and in other countries.
Among the recipients are Valentin Rasputin, Geir Kjotso, Anna Vedernikova, Anatoly Builov, Rostislav Titov, B.N. Tarasov.
Prize named after Igor Severyanin was established by the Russian faction of the Riigikogu and is awarded annually to cultural figures who have made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of Russian cultural life in Estonia and Estonian cultural life among the Russian-speaking population of the country.
All-Russian Literary Prize named after Sergei Yesenin« O Rus', flap your wings..."is an annual open competition of works by Russian poets, established by the National Foundation for the Development of Culture and Tourism and the Union of Writers of Russia in 2005. Awarded in four categories: "Big Prize" - poetic works (poems and poems) are accepted for the competition; "With a Seeking Look" - critical works on Russian poetry, “Song Word” – texts of poems set to music (at least 3), “Russian Hope” – poetry of young people (18–30 years old). No later than October 3 of the current year, the award committee announces the names of the laureates.
Contest« Scarlet Sails"for the best publications for children and youth was established in 2003 by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting and Mass Communications.
As the development of modern literature shows, literary awards have become an integral part of literary life, presenting unique ratings of works and writers. Of course, this method of labeling raises certain criticisms due to the subjectivity of choice, bias (when they choose “their own”), considerations of the political situation, etc. However, despite all the disadvantages, the practice of awarding literary prizes will obviously continue, since it represents a clear and accessible way of structuring and evaluating literary works.
Irina Ermakova
Are literary prizes necessary?
Chairman of the board of a non-profit association
Kunst im Dialog e.V. (Germany),
consultant to a number of German publishing houses on issues
Russian literature and the Russian book publishing market,
literary agent
There are countless literary awards around the world. Many of them appeared quite a long time ago. Prizes in the field of literature are an encouragement for authors, both moral and material. This promotion has a very great value for the development and further creativity of both the author himself, who received the prize, and the literary process, which, in turn, influences the ideology of the state. If we continue this chain further, we will see the impact on the position of the nation in the world community and on the world community itself. As you know, the largest and most prestigious world prize in the field of literature is the Nobel Prize, established by Alfred Bernhard Nobel and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy.
This publication will focus on literary prizes of the Russian Federation and their influence on literary and social processes in Russia and the world.
The institution of literary awards in the Russian Federation is quite developed. Prizes for the best literary works were awarded back in Tsarist Russia, in the middle of the 19th century, but they were common to both writers and scientists. Later, at the end of the 19th century, the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences established a special literary prize, and already in the USSR, before the Great Patriotic War, the Stalin Prize for Literature was established. If we take the total number of literary awards in Russia, then we can count several hundred of them. Many not only large, but also small provincial cities have their own literary awards, which indicates the high level of their culture. The purpose of Russian literary awards is to increase the social significance of Russian literature and attract attention to it. Individual awards also have their own specific goals. For example, “Yasnaya Polyana” supports authors who are followers of the morals and ideals of Leo Tolstoy, the ideals of humanistic prose and poetry, in whose works the centuries-old traditions of Russian culture are expressed.
Judging by the list of awards that exist today posted on the Internet, there may be several dozen of them in one or another large city, and they are named, as a rule, in honor of Soviet and Russian writers - Anna Akhmatova, Fyodor Abramov, Yuri Mamleev, etc. There are also prizes awarded by thick magazines such as “Znamya”, “New World”, “Youth”, etc.
The main literary awards in Russia are the “Big Book”, “Russian Booker”, “National Bestseller”. There are equally well-known, but smaller ones, for example NOS (New Literature), which was established by the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation. Almost every award has several nominations, which makes it possible to recognize and reward a larger number of authors. The main difference between the NOS Prize and others is that the work of evaluating and arguing the jury members for each candidate for the award takes place publicly. By the way, another difference from most awards is that there is also a reader vote.
The Russian Booker Prize is a daughter of the British literary prize Booker Prize. This prize was first awarded in 1969, and the “Russian Booker” - in 1992.
The Big Book has an incredibly large expert council - more than a hundred people. The selection of the main laureates of this award is very impressive. Right during the ceremonial presentation, in another room, the final small jury gathers, the final authority that distributes the three awards included in the “Big Book”.
“Yasnaya Polyana” and “Belkin Prize” are less significant awards, but they have their place in the literary process.
The “Russian Prize” was established to support authors who write in Russian but live abroad, and is also awarded for the best translation of works of Russian literature.
The Debut Prize is for the best young authors. Moreover, this award has many nominations: prose, poetry, drama, short story, criticism. Many more different literary prizes can be named, but the purpose of this article is to analyze the internal processes in literature, which are influenced by such external factors as the awarding of literary prizes.
Literary awards are enterprises where there is a directorate, accounting department, and employees who are involved in organizing and conducting the process of accepting and reviewing works, forming a jury, organizing a PR campaign and the final award ceremony. A very important point is financing. It can be either state-owned - for example, the Agency for Press and Mass Communications supports the Big Book Prize - or private - the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation finances the NOS Prize, which is headed by his sister Irina Prokhorova, the Generation Foundation finances the Debut Prize, etc. d.
Of particular note is the “Enlightener” award for the best books in the field of popular science literature. It was established in 2008 by the founder of the Dynasty Foundation, Dmitry Zimin. The purpose of the prize is to popularize science and expand the market for popular science literature. This award has two categories - natural sciences and humanities. In addition, the bonus also has a cash equivalent.
There are literary prizes that are awarded by publishing houses. Naturally, presenting such a prize to the author of that same publishing house is absolutely meaningless. Moreover, it is not entirely clear. After all, the purpose of the prize is to celebrate a work that has become an event in the literary process. And by choosing the work of this particular author for publication in its magazine, the publishing house has already distinguished it from the general series. Nevertheless, when assessing the grounds for receiving a prize in this case, preference is still given to the authors of this publishing house, and new, perhaps more talented ones, are passed over. Here, harm is done both to the author who was not noted and to literature as a whole.
Often the jury's choice is not based on the actual uniqueness of the text, but on the preferences of the jury members, whose composition is not always constant. For example, in the jury of the Russian Booker Prize, its members and chairman change every year. This does not contribute to an objective assessment of the works submitted for the prize. As a result, the winners are determined by a jury consisting of random people with different taste preferences. There is also the purely human sympathies and antipathies of the jury members towards the authors participating in the competition. This does not always help stimulate the literary process, and from a moral point of view it is also not entirely correct. Some experts propose to reform or reorient the goals and objectives of literary awards and, in this regard, the essence of such awards. First of all, this applies to literary trends. Nowadays, the winners are mainly not works of traditional trends, such as realism or its varieties, which allow some deviation, but works that are considered innovative, that is, unrealistic. The term “postmodernism” is a passport to the community of shortlisted members and award winners. The principles of specialization of various awards by genre and form are proposed. There are calls for juries to view prize-nominated works not as recreational reading, but as objects of study. The specialization of literary prizes, according to experts, would strengthen their ability to guide the reader, who would be informed about the essence of the work that received the prize, awarded for the fulfillment of specific tasks in literature.
Valery Pecheykin (photographer - Ira Polyarnaya)
Like any business, some awards die if they are handled by non-professionals or if funding is cut off, especially during an economic crisis.
Literary awards are integrated into the book publishing industry. Prizes in the field of literature are a tool for promoting Russian literature to not only Russian but also foreign readers. Literary agents know that immediately after shortlists are announced, and especially after an author is awarded a prize, foreign publishers approach him, because the prize is a navigator for the publisher in finding authors who, if their books are published, can make a profit. Awarding a prize makes the names of new authors known, but even this does not guarantee that works that receive a prize will be published. An interested publisher, if he does not see the prospect of selling a book, for example due to the not very high quality of the text or even due to the political orientation of not only the specific text, but also the author himself, is unlikely to accept it for publication. Awards, of course, enliven cultural life, people discuss, argue, and express their opinions. We can say that literary awards are a sociocultural phenomenon that attracts the attention of modern literature not only to specialists, but also to the reading community as a whole and the individual reader. At the same time, the reputation of a particular writer is formed. And not necessarily positive. An author who is awarded a prestigious prize immediately increases his status - he becomes a laureate. But in the future, if he does not receive other awards or his books are not published abroad, his rating may gradually fall. And vice versa, a talented author who is not awarded a prize also acquires a special status - he becomes a hero who is undeservedly, for some, perhaps, secret reasons, squeezed by literary experts. But his fame does not bring him large book circulations or awards. This is a kind of dissidence. It must be said that the path to the prize and even to the long, and even more so to the short list is very difficult. Getting on the short list for a literary award is already a direct path to the award.
Authors awarded a literary prize arouse the interest of not only readers and publishers. Prizes divide authors into groups: first - those who are awarded the prize; second - those who were shortlisted; the third is everyone else, although this group often contains more talented writers than the first two. Such authors include, for example, Yuri Nechiporenko and Daniel Orlov, who have been awarded several minor literary awards, including online ones, but have not yet received a significant award in the field of literature.
Authors may not be in the forefront for various non-literary reasons. Often - because of the political position of the author or the text itself. This reason is also an obstacle to publishing the author’s work abroad, where there is a strict tie between authors and ideology that corresponds to the declared “Western values.”
Literary prizes are undoubtedly useful, but at the same time they are harmful. You could say that prizes are literature killers. The criterion of artistry is being displaced. Some authors write for a prize, for example, for the “Big Book”. Already well-known authors, awarded literary prizes, allow themselves to simply “expand the text” to the format of a thick book. Although there have been cases where the Big Book Prize was awarded to a work of a regular format. As already mentioned, the fate of the book and the author depends on the tastes of the jury members and other subjective reasons.
Separately, we can note the positive role of the Debut Prize, which gave the green light to many young authors who have already become famous. This is, for example, Valery Pecheykin, a playwright who successfully collaborates with the Gogol Center, where his plays are staged, which can be called innovative in a good sense.
If we draw a line under everything that has been written, we can say that despite all their shortcomings, bonuses are needed. Without them it is already difficult to imagine the literary process and the reading community, as well as book publishing and book distribution.
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