Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award

The Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award is an annual all-Russian literary award that was founded in 2003 by the Leo Tolstoy Museum Estate and Samsung Electronics. The award is presented for the best traditional-style novel written in Russian or translated into Russian.

Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award
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Awarded forthe best traditional-style novel
CountryRussia
Presented byYasnaya Polyana, Samsung Group
Reward(s)6.7 million RUB
First awarded2003
Websiteyppremia.ru

The Yasnaya Polyana literary award maintains classical literature traditions by commemorating the authors of outstanding works and also supports contemporary literary works by noting talented writers. These two aspects allow the award to remain balanced and harmonious.

Background

Originally, till 2005, there were two categories: An Outstanding Work of Russian Fiction and An Outstanding Debut in Russian Fiction, renamed into Contemporary Classic and 21st Century, respectively. In 2012 (the award's 10-year anniversary), another nomination category was added to the award – Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, named after Leo Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels.[1][2]

The fourth category, Foreign Fiction, was added in 2015, and the fifth, Readers' Choice, in 2016. In 2017, Contemporary Classic was renamed into Contemporary Russian Fiction, Event category added; Childhood, Boyhood, Youth and 21st Century abandoned. Since then, the categories are as follows:

  • Contemporary Russian Fiction
  • Foreign Fiction
  • Event in arts, entertainment, and media
  • Readers' Choice[3]

The award's fund doubled since 2010. Currently, it amounts to 6.7 million RUB. The winner of the Contemporary Russian Fiction award receives 3 million roubles; 1.2 million roubles go to the Foreign Fiction laureate, while its translator gets 500 thousand, and 500 thousand roubles receives the winner in Event category. 1 million RUB is divided between the Contemporary Russian Fiction finalists. The Readers' Choice winner is awarded with a theme trip to South Korea, presented by Samsung. All winners receive a special statuette.[3]

The jury

The jury, which consists of famous writers, critics and literature experts, select authors whose works preserve the traditions of classic literature and, at the same time, represent the relevant trends of modern Russian and foreign literature.

Yasnaya Polyana jury members include famous Russian writers, literary critics and public figures. At present (2020) there are:

Winners[5]

2003 — 2005

YearOutstanding WorkOutstanding Debut
2003Viktor LikhonosovVladislav Otroshenko
2004Timur ZulfikanovAnton Utkin
2005Anatolij KimAlexander Yakovlev[6]

2006 — 2011

YearContemporary Classics21st Century
2006Vasily BelovAlexey Ivanov[7]
2007Leonid BorodinZakhar Prilepin[8]
2008Petr KrasnovLjudmila Saraskina
2009Vladimir LichutinVassilij Golovanov
2010Mikhail KuraevMikhail Tarkovsky[9]
2011Fazil Iskander[10]Elena Katishonok

2012 — 2014

YearContemporary Classics21st CenturyChildhood, Boyhood, Youth
2012Valentin RasputinEvgenij KasimovAndrey Dmitriev
2013Yury BondarevEvgenij VodolazkinYury Nechiporenko[11]
2014Boris EkimovArsen TitovRoman Senchin[12]

2015 — 2016

YearContemporary Classics21st CenturyChildhood, Boyhood, YouthForeign FictionReaders' Choice
2015Andrei BitovGuzel YakhinaValery BylinskyRuth Ozeki, Ekaterina Ilyina (translator)Guzel Yakhina
2016Vladimir MakaninNarine Abgaryan,
Alexander Grigorenko
Marina NefyodovaOrhan Pamuk, Apollinaria Avrutina (translator)Narine Abgaryan

Since 2017

YearContemporary Russian FictionForeign FictionEventReaders' Choice
2017Andrei RubanovMario Vargas Llosa, Kirill Korkonosenko (translator)"LiteraTula" Children's Book FairOleg Yermakov
2018Olga SlavnikovaAmos Oz, Victor Radutski (translator)Story of One Appointment (film)Maria Stepanova
2019Sergei SamsonovHernán Rivera Letelier, Darya Sinitsina (translator)"The Glass Bead Game" Literary TV showGrigori Sluzhitel
2020Evgeniy ChizovPatricia Duncker, Alexandra Borisenko and Victor Sonkin (translators)Oleg PavlovSasha Filipenko
2021German SadulaevJulian Barnes, Dmitry Simanovsky and Sergei Polotovsky (translators)Каждый день сначала. Валентин Распутин и Валентин Курбатов: диалог длиною в сорок летMarina Stepnova

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