MOSCOW, 1 Jun. The finalists of the 18th season of the Big Book National Literary Award have been announced, the press service of the project reports.
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"List of finalists for the eighteenth season of the Big Book National Literary Award" will surprise many connoisseurs and lovers of Russian literature with its vastness: for the first time in many years, it has declared the maximum possible number of books — fifteen, «says the chairman of the Literary Academy — the jury of the» Big Book » Dmitry Bak.
The shortlist includes works by writers from eight cities: Braslav (Belarus), Veliky Novgorod, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Samara, St. Petersburg and Cheboksary.
The contenders for the award are Vasily Avchenko («Red Sky. True stories about earth, fire and a flying man»), Yuri Buida («The Gift of Speech»), Oksana Vasyakina («Rose»), Eduard Verkin («snark snark. Book 1: Chaginsk «, «snark snark. Book 2: Snow of Enceladus»), Mikhail Wiesel («Creator. Life and adventures of Anton Nosik, father of Runet, trickster, blogger and pioneer, describing three eras of the Internet in Russia»).
< br />In addition, the shortlist includes Evgeny Vodolazkin («Chagin»), Dmitry Zakharov («Committee for the Protection of Bridges»), Alexei Kolmogorov («OTMA. Rescue of the Romanovs»), Evgeny Kremchukov («Magic Choir»).< br />The short list also includes Rodion Marinichev (Komendan), Helena Pobyarzhina (Valsarb), Zakhar Prilepin (Sholokhov. «), Alexandra Shalashova («Salutes on the other side»).
The awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony in the Pashkov House in December.
«Big Book» announced the long list of the 18th season at the end of April. It included 51 nominees.