MODERN RUSSIAN PROSE
Celebrates a significant work of a contemporary author, which deeply explores the boundaries of human experience and carries within itself the ideals of humanism.
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FOREIGN LITERATURE
Selects the most important fiction books by contemporary foreign authors translated into Russian. The long list of nominations is formed by experts and is considered a true navigator of foreign literature. The winners of the nomination are a foreign author and translator(s) of the book into Russian.
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Celebrates an outstanding work of world literature, unnoticed by Russian critics and translators at the time of the book's publication and opened to Russian-speaking readers after the author's death. The shortlist for the nomination is formed by the jury based on the recommendations of the prize's experts. The winner of the nomination is the translator of the book into Russian.
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Notes the works of contemporary authors in Russian, the themes of growing up, relationships with parents and family, the experience of friendship and love, as well as the problems of manifestation with reality, its knowledge and the formation of personality are most deeply explored and artistically revealed.
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The Samsung Reader's Choice Special Prize recognizes a book selected by readers in an open Internet vote. Voting is carried out among books on the short list of the Modern Russian Prose nomination.
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Not awarded since 2026. The nomination had been awarded since 2023 instead of the Event nomination and recognized the personal contribution to the development of Russian literature.
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