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The award ceremony took place today literary prize“Yasnaya Polyana”, established by the museum-estate of L.N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics.

Vladimir Makanin became a laureate in the nomination "Modern classic" for the book “Where the Sky and the Hills Converged”, receiving a cash prize of 1,500,000 rubles.

In the nomination "XXI century" For the first time in the history of the award, the jury selected two laureates: Narine Abgaryan for the story “Three apples fell from the sky” and Alexandra Grigorenko for the story “The Blind Dudu Lost.” The laureates shared the cash prize, and each received 1,000,000 rubles.

The shortlist prize fund for this nomination, amounting to 1,000,000 rubles, will be evenly distributed among the finalists who did not become laureates in the “XXI Century” nomination:

1. Aflatuni Sukhbat. Adoration of the Magi. – M.: Ripol Classic, 2015
2. Minaev Boris. Soft fabric. – M.: Vremya, 2016
3. Eisner Vladimir. Pomegranate Island. – St. Petersburg: “Written with a pen”, 2015
4. Yuzefovich Leonid. winter road. – M.: Magazine “October”, No. 4, 5, 6, 2015

Marina Nefedova became a laureate in the nomination "Childhood. Adolescence. Youth" for the book “The Forester and His Nymph”, receiving a cash prize of 500,000 rubles.

The finalists of this nomination divided 300,000 rubles among themselves:

1. Moskvina Marina, Govorova Yulia. Most importantly, write about love. – M.: Gayatri, 2016.
2. Yakovleva Yulia. Raven's children. – M.: Samokat, 2016

Winner of the nomination "Foreign Literature", designed to select the most significant foreign book of the 21st century and celebrate its translation into Russian, became Orhan Pamuk for the book “My Strange Thoughts”, which received a prize of 1,000,000 rubles. Translator of the laureate's book, Apollinaria Avrutina, won a prize of 200,000 rubles.

The experts in the “Foreign Literature” nomination are translators, publishers of foreign literature, journalists and literary critics- they suggested books that they considered the most important books in the world foreign language, and members of the award jury selected the laureate. The list of books included in the long list of the Foreign Literature nomination was announced in March 2016. A short list is not selected for this nomination.

Was also awarded Samsung special prize "Readers' Choice". The winner of the prize is a trip to South Korea for two - became Narine Abgaryan, author of the story "Three apples fell from the sky"– works from the short list of the “XXI Century” nomination, which received the largest number of votes based on the results of an open reader Internet vote on the recommendation service LiveLib.ru.

“The Yasnaya Polyana literary prize has actually been awarded for fourteen years. There's already a whole story behind us. The laureates of previous years are wonderful - I’m not ashamed of any of them - but there has never been such a choice as this year in the entire history of the award. All authors deserve to become laureates, and the long list of the “Foreign Literature” nomination can be considered a guide to world literature and taken as a guide,” said Vladimir Tolstoy, chairman of the jury of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on culture.

“What makes the award truly popular is not only the opinion of the highly professional jury. I am very grateful to our partners – Samsung Electronics – for the fact that this is the second year that the special “Readers’ Choice” prize has been awarded. This year, the opinion of the readers coincided with the opinion of the jury. Users of the LiveLib.ru website chose the novel “Three Apples Fell from the Sky” by Narine Abgaryan,” said Ekaterina Tolstaya, director of the L.N. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana".

“There are books that, when you read them, you forget that you are a member of the jury, you forget about short and long lists, you forget that it’s summer, you generally forget about everything and just thank the author for leading you into some kind of amazing world“, said Alexey Varlamov, a member of the jury of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, a prose writer, and a researcher of Russian literature of the twentieth century.

“For 14 years now, the Yasnaya Polyana Prize has been recognizing the works of talented promising authors and true classics of our time. We are proud that, by supporting it, we contribute year after year to the development of great literary traditions in the context of today's Russia. In addition, we are pleased to reveal new masterpieces to readers, which, I am sure, will rightfully take their place in the rich cultural heritage our country. “I congratulate the winners of 2016 and wish them new creative success,” commented Kim Euk Tak, President of Samsung Electronics headquarters for the CIS countries.

The Yasnaya Polyana literary prize was established by the museum-estate of L. N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics in 2003. Every year the prize is awarded to writers whose works convey humanistic and moral ideals Russian classical literature. The award jury selects the best works of art traditional form in the categories “Modern Classics”, “XXI Century” and “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth”, as well as in the “Foreign Literature” and “Readers’ Choice” nominations, introduced with the support of Samsung in 2015. The total size of the bonus fund is 7 million rubles.

At the moment this is the largest annual literary prize in Russia.

The partners of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award are: the central state news agency of Russia TASS, the recommendation service Livelib.ru, on whose platform Internet voting is carried out, as well as the federal chain of bookstores “Read-Gorod”.

Quotes from Yasnaya Polyana Prize jury members about the laureates

Alexey Varlamov about Narine Abgaryan, laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana Prize in the 21st Century nomination for 2016

There are books that, when you read them, you forget that you are a member of the jury, about short and long lists, you forget that it’s summer – you generally forget about everything and are simply grateful to the author for leading you into some amazing world. It was with this feeling that I read Narine Abgaryan’s book “Three Apples Fell from the Sky.” The action of the book takes place in a remote mountainous Armenian village, in which there is, of course, a story, but completely different from the story big countries– this story is private, local.

Vladislav Otroshenko about Alexander Grigorenko, laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana Prize in the 21st century category for 2016

Grigorenko's story tells about a Siberian family where a long-awaited child is born - Shurka - but he is born with paralysis, half-holy fool. With all the family's love for him, he dies. Because that's how life works. This story answers the age-old questions: what to do and who is to blame? Doing nothing and no one is to blame - such is the nature of Russian life.

Valentin Kurbatov about Marina Nefedeva, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana Prize in the Childhood category. Adolescence. Youth” for 2016

Reading Marina Nefedova’s book “The Forester and His Nymph,” you understand how much grief Russian literature takes upon itself. And you believe that writing is salvation children's heart through experiencing and experiencing grief. One must endure childhood suffering to write such a book.

Evgeny Vodolazkin about Vladimir Makanin, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana Prize in the “Modern Classics” category

A story is a tool that can sometimes express more than a novel. The writer whom we are awarding today in the “Modern Classics” category is, without exaggeration, a great writer. Vladimir Makanin’s story “Where the Sky and the Hills Converged” is great literature.

Letter from Vladimir Makanin in response to receiving the Yasnaya Polyana Prize

“The eightieth anniversary is a milestone. There are still plenty of words and thoughts, but there is almost no strength and health left to give them life. There is little positive in the existence of an old sick person, his lot is reclusion, and the fact that they remembered me is enlightenment and joy. I am grateful for the attention of Vladimir Tolstoy and all members of the Yasnaya Polyana jury and congratulate my colleagues on the award.”

Alexey Varlamov about Orhan Pamuk, winner of the “Foreign Literature” nomination for 2016

The polyphonic narrative of Orhan Pamuk’s novel “My Strange Thoughts”, composed of different meanings, gives voice to many characters. This is a long saga tied to one location. A distant place that quickly becomes close.

When I read this book, I forgot that it was not originally written in Russian. A painstaking, subtle translation with an amazing melodious intonation is the work and merit of Apollinaria Avrutina.

Letter from Orhan Pamuk in response to receiving the Yasnaya Polyana Prize

For me, this prize is an award on behalf of all great Russian literature. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov... The very sound of these names for me is like a poem, like music. I’m not the only one - all Turkish literature has learned a lot from Russian classics.

Due to lectures at Columbia University, I will not be able to take part in the award ceremony, which will be held at the Bolshoi Theater. However, in February I will come to receive the award in Yasnaya Polyana. When I was twenty-five years old, and I was writing my first novel, reading Tolstoy, I dreamed that one day I would go to Moscow, and from there to Yasnaya Polyana, where I would see Tolstoy’s house. Forty years later my dreams are becoming a reality and I am very excited to go there.

About the Prize:

The annual all-Russian literary prize “Yasnaya Polyana”, established in 2003 by the L.N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics, is one of the most prestigious and famous literary awards in Russia. The award supports the traditions of classical and current trends in modern Russian literature. The jury of the award, which is headed by the great-great-grandson of the writer Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy, includes famous Russian writers, literary critics and public figures. Prize winners in various categories at different times were Anton Utkin, Alexey Ivanov, Zakhar Prilepin, Vasily Golovanov, Mikhail Tarkovsky, Elena Katishonok, Evgeny Vodolazkin, Roman Senchin, Fazil Iskander, Valentin Rasputin, Yuri Bondarev.

The prize is awarded for the best work of art in a traditional form in the categories: “Modern Classics”, “XXI Century”, “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth". In 2015, the award was presented for the first time in the “Foreign Literature” category, as well as in the Samsung company’s special “Readers’ Choice” category.

In 2015, the total size of the bonus fund increased significantly and now amounts to 7 million rubles. Distribution of awards among winners in categories:

Nomination “Modern Classics” - 1,500,000 rubles
Nomination “XXI Century” -2,000,000 rubles
Nomination “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth" - 500,000 rubles
Bonus fund for short list finalists - 1,000,000 rubles
Premium fund for finalists in the nomination “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth” – 300,000 rubles
Prize fund in the nomination “Foreign Literature”: 1,000,000 rubles – a laureate – a foreign writer, 200 thousand rubles – a translator of the laureate’s book into Russian.

Prize jury:

Anninsky Lev Alexandrovich, Soviet and Russian literary critic, writer, publicist, literary critic;
Basinsky Pavel Valerievich, Russian literary scholar and literary critic;
Varlamov Alexey Nikolaevich, prose writer, researcher of Russian literature of the twentieth century
Vodolazkin Evgeniy Germanovich, writer, Doctor of Philology, laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize
Kurbatov Valentin Yakovlevich, writer, publicist, literary critic;
Otroshenko Vladislav Olegovich, Russian writer and essayist, laureate of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize;
Tolstoy Vladimir Ilyich, chairman of the jury, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on culture, journalist.

Samsung Electronics has been working in Russia for 25 years and takes an active part in the social and cultural life of the country. Samsung Electronics is the oldest official sponsor of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater (since 1991), a partner of the State Hermitage (since 1997) and the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve (since 2013). Since 2003, together with the L.N. Estate Museum. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana", Samsung acts as a co-founder of the annual literary award "Yasnaya Polyana". Samsung Electronics actively supports contemporary art exhibitions.

About the museum-estate "Yasnaya Polyana"
Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate “Yasnaya Polyana” is a literary museum opened in 1921 on the family estate of the writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910). Here he was born, lived most of his life, and here on the edge of a ravine under the shade of trees he was buried. Every year a huge number of people from all over the world come here. Now Yasnaya Polyana is a large museum complex and a recognized cultural center of world significance. Lectures are regularly held here scientific conferences, seminars in which philologists and literary scholars from different countries. Since 1996, the estate has hosted international writers' meetings.

On November 2, 2016, an award ceremony took place for the laureates of the Yasnaya Polyana literary prize, established by the L.N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics.

Vladimir Makanin became a laureate in the “Modern Classics” category for the book “Where the Sky Met the Hills”, receiving a cash prize of 1,500,000 rubles.

For the first time in the history of the award, the jury selected two laureates in the “XXI Century” category: Narine Abgaryan for the story “Three Apples Fell from the Sky” and Alexander Grigorenko for the story “The Blind Trumpet Lost.” The laureates shared the cash prize, and each received 1,000,000 rubles.

The shortlist prize fund for this nomination, amounting to 1,000,000 rubles, will be evenly distributed among the finalists who did not become laureates in the “XXI Century” nomination:
1.Aflatuni Sukhbat. Adoration of the Magi. – M.: Ripol Classic, 2015
2. Minaev Boris. Soft fabric. – M.: Vremya, 2016
3. Eisner Vladimir. Pomegranate Island. – St. Petersburg: “Written with a pen”, 2015
4. Yuzefovich Leonid. Winter road. – M.: Magazine “October”, No. 4, 5, 6, 2015

Marina Nefedova became a laureate in the “Childhood” category. Adolescence. Youth" for the book "The Forester and His Nymph", receiving a cash prize of 500,000 rubles.

The finalists of this nomination divided 300,000 rubles among themselves:
1.Moskvina Marina, Govorova Yulia. Most importantly, write about love. M.: Gayatri, 2016.
2.Yakovleva Julia. Raven's children. – M.: Samokat, 2016

The winner of the “Foreign Literature” nomination, designed to select the most significant foreign book of the 21st century and celebrate its translation into Russian, was Orhan Pamuk for the book “My Strange Thoughts,” who received a prize of 1,000,000 rubles. The translator of the laureate's book, Apollinaria Avrutina, won a prize in the amount of 200,000 rubles.

The experts in the “Foreign Literature” nomination are translators, publishers of foreign literature, journalists and literary critics - they proposed books that they consider the most important books in a foreign language, and the jury members selected the winner. The list of books included in the long list of the Foreign Literature nomination was announced in March 2016. A short list is not selected for this nomination.

Samsung was also awarded a special “Readers' Choice” prize. The winner of the prize - a trip to South Korea for two - was Narine Abgaryan, the author of the story “Three Apples Fell from the Sky” - a work from the short list in the “XXI Century” nomination, which received the most votes based on the results of an open reader online vote.

“There are books that, when you read them, you forget that you are a member of the jury, you forget about short and long lists, you forget that it’s summer around, you generally forget about everything and just thank the author for leading you into some amazing world “, said Alexey Varlamov, a member of the jury of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, a prose writer, and a researcher of Russian literature of the twentieth century.

The annual all-Russian literary prize “Yasnaya Polyana”, established in 2003 by the L.N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics, is one of the most prestigious and famous literary awards in Russia. The award supports the traditions of classical and current trends in modern Russian literature. The jury of the award, headed by the great-great-grandson of the writer Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy, includes famous Russian writers, literary critics and public figures. Prize winners in various categories at different times were Anton Utkin, Alexey Ivanov, Zakhar Prilepin, Vasily Golovanov, Mikhail Tarkovsky, Elena Katishonok, Evgeny Vodolazkin, Roman Senchin, Fazil Iskander, Valentin Rasputin, Yuri Bondarev.

Vladimir Makanin became a laureate in the nomination "Modern classic" for the book “Where the Sky and the Hills Converged”, receiving a cash prize of 1,500,000 rubles.

The shortlist prize fund for this nomination, amounting to 1,000,000 rubles, will be evenly distributed among the finalists who did not become laureates in the “XXI Century” nomination:

Aflatuni Sukhbat. Adoration of the Magi. – M.: Ripol Classic, 2015
Minaev Boris. Soft fabric. – M.: Vremya, 2016
Eisner Vladimir. Pomegranate Island. – St. Petersburg: “Written with a pen”, 2015
Yuzefovich Leonid. Winter road. – M.: Magazine “October”, No. 4, 5, 6, 2015

Marina Nefedova became a laureate in the nomination "Childhood. Adolescence. Youth" for the book “The Forester and His Nymph”, receiving a cash prize of 500,000 rubles.

The finalists of this nomination divided 300,000 rubles among themselves:

Moskvina Marina, Govorova Yulia. Most importantly, write about love. – M.: Gayatri, 2016.
Yakovleva Julia. Raven's children. – M.: Samokat, 2016

Was also awarded Samsung special prize "Readers' Choice". The winner of the prize - a trip to South Korea for two - was Narine Abgaryan, author of the story " Three apples fell from the sky"– works from the short list of the “XXI Century” nomination, which received the largest number of votes based on the results of an open reader Internet vote on the recommendation service LiveLib.ru.

The Yasnaya Polyana literary prize was established by the museum-estate of L. N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics in 2003. Every year the prize is awarded to writers whose works convey the humanistic and moral ideals of Russian classical literature. The award jury selects the best works of art of traditional form in the categories “Modern Classics”, “XXI Century” and “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth”, as well as in the “Foreign Literature” and “Readers’ Choice” nominations, introduced with the support of Samsung in 2015. The total size of the bonus fund is 7 million rubles.

At the moment this is the largest annual literary prize in Russia.

On November 2, the award ceremony for the laureates of the Yasnaya Polyana literary prize took place in Moscow.

The winner in the “Modern Classics” category was Vladimir Makanin for the book “Where the Sky and the Hills Converged” (prize 1,500,000 rubles).

For the first time, the jury selected two laureates in the “XXI Century” category: Narine Abgaryan for the story “Three apples fell from the sky” and Alexandra Grigorenko for the story “The Blind Dudu Lost” (each of them received 1,000,000 rubles).

The prize fund for the short list in this nomination (RUB 1,000,000) is distributed among the remaining finalists. This - Sukhbat Aflatuni("Adoration of the Magi") Boris Minaev(“Soft tissue”), Vladimir Eisner(“Pomegranate Island”) and Leonid Yuzefovich(“Winter Road”)

In the category “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth" became the laureate Marina Nefedova for the book “The Forester and His Nymph” (prize 500,000 rubles).

The finalists in this category are: Marina Moskvina, Yulia Govorova(“You, most importantly, write about love”) and Yulia Yakovleva(“Children of the Raven”) - divided 300,000 rubles among themselves.

The winner in the “Foreign Literature” nomination, designed to select the most significant work of a foreign author and celebrate its translation into Russian, was Orhan Pamuk for the book “My Strange Thoughts” (prize 1,000,000 rubles). Her translator Apollinaria Avrutina received a prize of 200,000 rubles. Let us note that the experts in this nomination - translators, publishers, journalists and literary critics - proposed books that they considered the most important (the long list was announced in March of this year, the short list is not selected), and the jury members, in turn, chose the laureate .

A special “Readers' Choice” prize was also awarded - a trip to South Korea for two. Its owner was Narine Abgaryan, author of the story “Three Apples Fell from the Sky.” This work from the short list of the “XXI Century” nomination received the largest number of votes according to the results of an open reader Internet vote on the recommendation service LiveLib.ru.

“The Yasnaya Polyana literary prize has fourteen years behind it,” noted Chairman of the Prize Jury, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation for Culture Vladimir Tolstoy .- Already a whole story. The laureates of previous years are wonderful - not a single one is ashamed of them. However, there has never been such a choice as this year in the entire history of the award. All authors deserve to become laureates, and the long list of the “Foreign Literature” nomination can be considered a guide to world literature and taken as a guide.”

According to jury member, writer and researcher of Russian literature of the twentieth century Alexey Varlamov , “there are such books, when reading which, you forget that you are a member of the jury, you forget about short and long lists, you forget that it’s summer around, you generally forget about everything and just thank the author for leading you into some amazing world "

“What makes the award truly popular is not only the opinion of the highly professional jury,” said director of the Yasnaya Polyana museum-estate Ekaterina Tolstaya .- I am very grateful to our partners - Samsung Electronics - for the fact that this is the second year that the special “Readers’ Choice” prize has been awarded. In this, the opinion of the readers coincided with the opinion of the jury. Users of the LiveLib.ru website chose the novel “Three Apples Fell from the Sky” by Narine Abgaryan.”

Let us remind you: the largest annual literary prize in Russia, “Yasnaya Polyana,” was established by the museum-estate of L. N. Tolstoy and the Samsung Electronics company in 2003. It is awarded to writers whose works convey the humanistic and moral ideals of Russian classical literature. The jury selects the best works of art of traditional form in the categories “Modern Classics”, “XXI Century” and “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth”, as well as in the “Foreign Literature” and “Readers’ Choice” nominations, introduced last year. The total size of the bonus fund is seven million rubles.

MOSCOW, November 2. /TASS/. For the first time in the history of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award, the jury selected two winners in the main category “XXI Century”. The winners in 2016 were Narine Abgaryan with the story “Three Apples Fell from the Sky” and Alexander Grigorenko with the story “The Blind Dudu Lost.” This was stated on Wednesday at the award ceremony by the special representative of the Russian President for international cultural cooperation, Mikhail Shvydkoy.

“It looks like we have two envelopes. In one of them is the name Narine Abgaryan “Three apples fell from the sky,” and in the other - Alexander Grigorenko “Lost the blind pipe,” Shvydkoy announced.

Abgaryan and Grigorenko will each receive one million rubles as a cash bonus.

Presenting Abgaryan’s book, jury member and literary critic Alexey Varlamov noted its extreme magnetism.

“There are books that, when you read them, you forget that you are a member of the jury, about short and long lists, you forget that it’s summer - you generally forget about everything and are simply grateful to the author for leading you into some amazing world. Exactly. With such a feeling I read Narine Abgaryan’s book “Three apples fell from the sky.” The book takes place in a remote mountainous Armenian village, which, of course, has a history, but it is completely different from the history of large countries - this history is private, local,” he shared. with his impressions.

Writer Vladislav Otroshenko named “extraordinary poignancy” among the merits of Grigorenko’s story.

"Grigorenko's story tells about a Siberian family where a long-awaited child is born - Shurka, but he is born with paralysis, half-holy fool, dies with all the family's love for him because that's how life works. This story answers the eternal questions: what to do and who guilty? Doing nothing and no one is to blame - this is the nature of Russian life,” he noted.

The finalists in the "XXI Century" nomination this year were Leonid Yuzefovich with the story "Winter Road", Vladimir Eisner with the novel "Pomegranate Island", Boris Minaev with the novel "Soft Fabric" and Aflatuni Sukhbat with the novel "Adoration of the Magi". They will divide one million rubles among themselves.

Other nominations

The chairman of the competition jury, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on culture Vladimir Tolstoy, opening the ceremony, noted high level works submitted to this year's competition. “There has never been such a painful choice as this year in the entire history of the award. The shortlisted works are all worthy of being laureates,” he emphasized.

In the nomination "Childhood. Adolescence. Youth", the winner was Marina Nefedova with the book "The Forester and His Nymph". She will receive 500 thousand rubles.

“Literature related to teenagers and children is read less and is considered niche. But the Yasnaya Polyana Prize created this nomination, and this is an important readership,” Nefedova emphasized.

The shortlist was made up of Marina Moskvina, Julia Govorova “You, most importantly, write about love”, Julia Yakovleva “Children of the Raven”. The finalists will share 300 thousand rubles among themselves.

The winner in the Foreign Literature category was Orhan Pamuk for his book My Strange Thoughts. The Turkish writer will receive a prize of one million rubles. The translator of the laureate's book, Apollinaria Avrutina, won a prize in the amount of 200 thousand rubles.

Samsung was also awarded a special "Readers' Choice" prize. The winner of the prize - a trip to South Korea for two - was Narine Abgaryan, the author of the story “Three Apples Fell from the Sky” - the work that received the most votes according to the results of an open reader Internet vote on the recommendation service LiveLib.ru.

About the award

The Yasnaya Polyana literary prize was created by the museum-estate of L.N. Tolstoy and Samsung Electronics in 2003. In 2015, the total size of the bonus fund increased significantly and now amounts to 7 million rubles.

Every year the prize is awarded to writers whose works convey the humanistic and moral ideals of Russian classical literature. The award jury selects the best works of art of traditional form in the categories "Modern Classics", "XXI Century" and "Childhood. Adolescence. Youth", as well as in the categories "Foreign Literature" and "Readers' Choice", introduced with the support of Samsung in 2015.

The jury of the award includes literary scholar, critic Lev Anninsky, writer, critic Pavel Basinsky, writer, doctor of philological sciences Evgeny Vodolazkin, researcher of Russian literature of the twentieth century Alexey Varlamov, critic Valentin Kurbatov, writer and essayist Vladislav Otroshenko.