Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award

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, 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:

• Vladimir Tolstoy– chairman of the jury, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on cultural matters, journalist;
• Pavel Basinsky – journalist, writer, literary critic;
• Aleksey Varlamov – novelist, scholar of 20th-century Russian literature;
• Eugene Vodolazkin – literary critic, writer, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award;
• Valentin Kurbatov – writer, essayist, literary critic;
• Vladislav Otroshenko – Russian writer and essayist, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award.[4]

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