The Anti-Booker prize () was a Russian literary award that existed between 1995 and 2001. Established by newspaper ''
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
( rus, Независимая газета, p=nʲɪzɐˈvʲisʲɪməjə ɡɐˈzʲetə, t=Independent Newspaper) is a Russian daily newspaper.
History and profile
Soviet Union
was established by the Moscow Soviet in August 1990. Its first ed ...
'' using money of
Boris Berezovsky. Its name refers to British-sponsored
Russian Booker and differences are:
* prize was to be one dollar more than the Russian Booker
* not limited to novels, but has five nominations (also poetry,
stageplay
A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright.
Plays are staged at various levels, ranging f ...
s,
literary critics
A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature's ...
and
memoirs
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)
* current year's works were awarded.
Judging panel
Judges included well-known journalists, editors, literary critics and artists:
*
Andrei Vasilevsky, editor-in-chief of ''
Novy Mir
''Novy Mir'' (, ) is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine.
History
''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine ''Mir Bozhy'' ("God's World"), w ...
'';
* Natalya Ivanova, assistant of editor-in-chief of ''
Znamya
''Znamya'' ( rus, Знамя, p=ˈznamʲə, a=Ru-знамя.ogg, lit. "The Banner") is a Russian monthly literary magazine, which was established in Moscow in 1931. In 1931–1932, the magazine was published under the name of ''Lokaf'' ("Лок ...
'';
*
, writer awarded at Anti-booker 98;
* Victor Toporov, literary critics and translator;
* Yevgeniy Rein, poet;
* Natalya Trauberg, translator;
*
Alexander Guelman, author of many Soviet stageplays;
* Irina Kupchenko,
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...
;
*
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Biography
Tabakov was born in Saratov into a family of do ...
, People's Artist of the USSR
et al.
Winners
* 1995 –
Aleksei Varlamov, ''Nativity'' (''Рождение'') (novel)
* 1996 –
Dmitri Bakin (pseudónim), ''Country of origin'' (''Страна происхождения'') (novel)
** –
Sergey Gandlevsky, ''Holiday'' (''Праздник'') (poetry)
** –
Ivan Saveliev, ''Voyage at the edge'' (''Путешествие на краю'') (piece)
* 1997 –
Dmitri Galkovsky, ''Infinite Dead-end'' (''Бесконечный тупик'') (novel) – Dmitri Galkovski declined the prize
** –
Timur Kibirov
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, ''Paráfrasis'' (''Парафразис'') (poetry)
** –
Oleg Bogayev
Oleg Anatolyevich Bogayev (; also transliterated as Bogaev or Bogaiev; born 1970) is a Russian playwright based in Yekaterinburg. He has been described by ''Moscow Times'' theatre critic John Freedman as "one of the first and best-known students ...
, ''Russian popular post'' (''Русская народная почта'') (stageplay)
** – Aleksandr Goldstein, ''Farewell to Narciss'' (''Прощание с нарциссом'') (literary critics)
* 1998 –
, ''Hurramabad'' (''Хуррамабад'') (novel)
** –
Maksim Amelin, cycle of poetry ''Follow Sumarokov with olive of victory'' (''За Сумароковым с победною оливой'') (poetry)
** –
Maksim Kurochkin, ''Ironwill'' (''Стальова воля'') (stageplay)
** –
Oleg Davydov, ''Demon of Solzhenitsyn'' (''Демон Солженицына'') (literary critics)
** –
Emma Gerstein
Emma Grigorievna GersteinThis is the spelling English-language edition of ''Moscow Memoirs'' uses; sometimes spellings Gershteyn and Gershtein are used (Rus.: Э́мма Григо́рьевна Герште́йн, born October 25 (12 O.S.), 1903 ...
, ''Moscow Memoirs'' (''Мемуары'')
** –
Marina Tarkovski, ''Shards of mirror'' (''Осколки зеркала'') (Memoirs)
* 1999 – no prose was awarded
** – no poetry was awarded; prize was kept and later awarded
Boris Ryzhy, ''From Sverdlovsk with love''
** –
Evgeni Grishkovets, ''Notes of Russian voyager'' and ''Winter'' (''Записки русского путешественника'', ''Зима'') (stageplays)
** –
Pavel Basinski, (literary critics)
** –
Aleksandr Ivanchenko, ''Bathing of red horse (poem without heroes)'', (''Купание Красного коня (поэма без героев)'')
* 2000 –
Boris Akunin
Grigori Chkhartishvili (; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვილი), better known by his pen name Boris Akunin (, born 20 May 1956), is a Georgian and Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom. He is best known as a write ...
''Coronation, or the Last of the Romanovs'' (''Коронация, или Последний из РОМАНОВ'') (novel)
** –
Bajyt Kenzheiev, ''Girl from the morning dream'' (''Снящаяся под утро'') (poetry)
** –
Vasili Sigarev, ''Plasticine'' (''Пластилин'') (stageplay)
** –
Evgeni Yermolin, (literary critics)
** –
Aleksei Filippov, ''Diary of desperation and hope'' (''Дневник отчаяния и надежды'')
External links
History of the prize (in Russian)Article in Britannica
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Russian literary awards
Russian-language literary awards
Awards established in 1995
1995 establishments in Russia
Awards disestablished in 2001
2001 disestablishments in Russia