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The Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize supports the traditions of classical and current trends in modern Russian literature. The award was established in 2003 by the museum-estate of L.N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics.
At different times, Sasha Nikolaenko, Dmitry Danilov, Maria Stepanova, Olga Slavnikova, Narine Abgaryan, Alexander Grigorenko, Guzel Yakhina, Evgeny Vodolazkin, Alexey Ivanov, Mikhail Tarkovsky, Roman Senchin became laureates of the prize.
JURY
The jury of the award, headed by the great-great-grandson of the writer Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy, includes well-known Russian writers, literary critics and public figures.
NOMINATIONS
The prize is awarded for the best art work of a traditional form in the following categories:
Modern Russian Prose
Foreign Literature
Missed Masterpieces
New Adult
Personality of the Year
Samsung Special Prize Readers' Choice marks the author of the book, which scored the largest number of votes based on the results of an open readership online voting. Voting is made from a short list of nominations Contemporary Russian prose.
6,700,000 ₽
Total Prize Money
Distribution of awards among the winners in the three main nominations:
3,000,000 ₽ /
1,000,000 ₽
Modern Russian Prose. laureate / shortlisted authors
1,200,000 ₽ /
500,000 ₽
FOREIGN LITERATURE.
AUTHOR / TRANSLATOR
400,000 ₽
NEW ADULT.
laureate
250,000 ₽
MISSED MASTERPIECES.
TRANSLATOR
100,000 ₽
READERS CHOICE.
laureate
250,000 ₽
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR.
laureate