In the literary world, a wide variety of prizes are awarded: in the field of poetry and prose, drama and fiction, lyrics and detective stories. However, not every prize testifies to the quality of the literature that was awarded.
Recognized awards are collected in our Top 10 most prestigious literary awards... From among the laureates of these awards, you can safely choose books worthy of reading.
10. Liberty Award
The award was established in the United States by emigrants from Russia in 1999. She is awarded for her contribution to the development of Russian-American culture and strengthening of international relations between countries. V. Aksenov, M. Epshtein, V. Bachanyan, O. Vasiliev became laureates.
9. Prize H.K. Andersen
This prize is awarded in the field of children's literature, both for the works themselves and for the illustrations to them. Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Gianni Rodari became the laureates of the award.
8. Runet Book Prize
The annual literature award is presented to laureates, selected both by popular vote and by an expert commission. Winners of the 2013 Runet Book Prize have already been named on the pages itop.techinfus.com/en/.
7. Russian Booker
This prize is awarded for the best novel in Russian. Bulat Okudzhava, Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Vasily Aksenov became laureates of the Russian Booker. Along with the main prize, the "Student Booker" is also awarded, the jury of which includes students and postgraduates.
6. Southeast Asia Literature Prize
This international literary prize recognizes the best poetry and prose by ASEAN authors. The chairman of the organizing committee of the award is the Prince of Thailand Prem Puracatra.
5. ABS award
The Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Prize is awarded for the best works in the field of science fiction, written in Russian. The laureates of the award are Evgeny Lukin, Kir Bulychev, Dmitry Bykov.
4. Booker Prize
This award for many is the most prestigious in the world of English-language literature. The winner is presented with a check for £ 50,000. Four times in history, Booker laureates have also received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
3. Goncourt Prize
The French Literary Prize has been awarded annually since 1903. According to the charter, the prize can be awarded to any author only once in a lifetime. Over the years, the Goncourt Prize was awarded to Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir, Alphonse de Chateaubriand.
2. Pulitzer Prize
This American Prize has been awarded since 1911. The size of the main prize is 10 thousand US dollars. Despite the fact that the laureates almost never make it to the lists of book bestsellers, the prize is considered one of the most prestigious in the literary world.
1. Nobel Prize for Literature
This prestigious award is presented annually for achievements in the field of literature. Most of the laureates are writers from Europe and the United States, so the award is often criticized for bias. Among Russian authors Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Sholokhov, and also Alexander Solzhenitsyn received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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