The Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage (1990–2007) was an annual literary prize established in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
by the "Writers in Support of
Perestroika" association (also known as the "Aprel" (April) association), in October 1990.
["For Writer's Civic Courage"]
, '' Literaturnaya Gazeta'', 31 October 1990 It ceased to exist in 2007, when the "Aprel" association was dissolved.
The first recipient of the prize was
Lydia Chukovskaya.
[ The last recipient was Galina Drobot, editor-in-chief of the "Aprel" almanac. As the following list of recipients indicates, the prize was a "lifetime achievement" award and went to established figures. In this respect, it differed from the Andrei Sakharov "Journalism as an Act of Conscience" Award, which was first awarded in 2004.
]
Recipients
* 1990: Lydia Chukovskaya[ (1907–1996)
* 1991: ]Bulat Okudzhava
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (russian: link=no, Булат Шалвович Окуджава; ka, ბულატ ოკუჯავა; hy, Բուլատ Օկուջավա; May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musici ...
(1924–1997), Fazil Iskander (1929–2016)
* 1993: Boris Chichibabin
Boris Alekseyevich Chichibabin (russian: Бори́с Алексе́евич Чичиба́бин, p=bɐˈrʲis ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ tɕɪtɕɪˈbabʲɪn, a=Boris Alyeksyeyevich Chichibabin.ru.vorb.oga, uk, Бори́с Олексі́йов ...
(1923–1994)
* 1995: Semyon Lipkin (1911–2003), Lev Razgon
Lev Emmanuilovich Razgon (russian: Лев Эммануи́лович Разго́н; 1 April 1908 – 8 September 1999) was a Soviet journalist, a prisoner of the Gulag from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1950 to 1955, a Russian writer and, latterly ...
(1908–1999), Yuri Davydov (1924)
* 1996: Elena Rzhevskaya
Elena Moiseevna Rzhevskaya (Russian: Еле́на Моисе́евна Рже́вская, born Elena Kagan; 27 October 1919 – 25 April 2017) was a writer and former Soviet war interpreter. In April and May, 1945, she participated in the Batt ...
(1919–2017)
* 1997: Boris Vasilyev (1924–2013)
* 1998: Zoya Krakhmalnikova
Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (russian: Зоя Александровна Крахмальникова; January 14, 1929 – April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin. She was an activist and former Soviet dissident ...
(1929–2008)
* 2000: Georgi Vladimov
Georgi Nikolayevich Vladimov (russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Влади́мов; real family name Volosevich, russian: Волосевич; 19 February 1931, Kharkiv – 19 October 2003, Frankfurt) was a Russian dissident writ ...
(1931–2003)
* 2002: Vladimir Voinovich
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Войно́вич, 26 September 1932 – 27 July 2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, and the "first genuine comic writer" produced by the S ...
(1932)
* 2003: Mikhail Roshchin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ро́щин; 10 February 1933 – 1 October 2010) was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.
Biography
He was born to Mikhail Gibelman (born 19 ...
(1933–2010)
* 2004: Yunna Morits
Yunna Petrovna Morits (Moritz) (russian: Ю́нна Петро́вна Мо́риц; born June 2, 1937), is a Soviet and Russian poet, poetry translator and activist. (1937)
* 2005: Nikolai Panchenko (1924–2005)
* 2007: Galina Drobot (1917–2009)
References
Russian literary awards
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