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Russian Booker Prize

Award. Established 1991 in Russia.

About Russian Booker Prize

The Russian Booker Prize (Russian: Русский Букер, Russian Booker) was a Russian literary award modeled after the Booker Prize. It was awarded from 1992 to 2017. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris Caine. It was awarded each year to the best work of fiction, written in the Russian language, as decided by a panel of judges, irrespective of the writer's citizenship. From 2003 to 2011 the chairman of the Russian Booker Prize Committee was British journalist George Walden. In 2012 David Gowan has been appointed to this position. The prize was the first Russian non-governmental literary award since the country's 1917 Revolution. Each year, a jury choose a short list of the six best novels up for nomination from a "long list" of nominees. Initially, the winner received £10,000, roughly 48,000 RUB or $16,000.

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Recent winners

YearWinnerWinning work
2017Aleksandra Nikolaenko—
2015Alexandr Snegiryov—
2010Mariam Petrosyan—
2009Yelena Chizhova—
2006Olga Slavnikova—
2004Vasily Aksyonov—
2003Rubén Gallego—
2002Oleg Pavlov—
2002The Kukotsky Enigma—
2001Lyudmila Ulitskaya—
2000Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin—
1999Viktoriya Belomlinskaya—

From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.

Eligibility and entering

Check the official rules of the Russian Booker Prize for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.

If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.

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