Video: Maria Stepanova became a laureate of the literary prize "NOS-2018"
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
According to the results of the past season, the best writer was determined. This time, the jury of the prestigious literary award named "NOS-2018" singled out Maria Stepanova. She received a prestigious award for her work on the book "In Memory of Memory". The literary award ceremony was held at the Theater Center, which is located on Strastnoy Boulevard, on February 4.
During the ceremony, Ekaterina Shulman, who is a member of the jury, made a speech. She said that this time she considered the writer Maria Stepanova worthy of the literary prize. Her new work is a significant work, which cannot be ignored and noted.
Many other members of the jury supported Shulman, felt that the writer Stepanova did a really good job on the creation of her book. In the process of determining the best writer of the year, not only members of the jury took part, but also representatives of the cultural community, experts. When determining the best, a public discussion was held.
The NOS Prize was established ten years ago. This prize differs from many others in that the decision on who will be named the winner again is made in open debates. This was told by Irina Prokhorova, who holds the position of editor-in-chief at the publishing house "New Literary Review". She noted that the creation of this award was an attempt to talk about politics, the public, everything that happens and surrounds a modern person, through talks about culture.
This time the chairman of the jury was Anna Narinskaya, a literary critic. Also among its members were Marina Davydova - a theater critic, Ekaterina Shulman - a political scientist, Tatyana Venediktova - a professor at Moscow State University, Agnieszka Piotrovskaya - a translator and others.
During the ceremony, the winner was presented with a statuette and a cash award in the amount of 700 thousand Russian rubles. In addition to Stepanova, the title of the best writer was claimed by: Lyudmila Petrushevskaya with the work “We were stolen. Crime Story ", Anna Nemzer with" Round.
Optical Novel ", Denis Gorelov with the book" The Motherland of Elephants ", Natalya Meshchaninova with the book" Stories ", Yuri Leiderman with the work" Moabit Chronicles ", Ksenia Buksha with the work" Opens Inward ", Alla Gorbunova with the work" Things and Ears ", Victor Pelevin, who wrote "iFuck 10". It is worth noting that the last piece won the Audience Award. But the Academy of Critics of the Literary Prize "NOS" decided to celebrate Lyudmila Petrushevskaya.
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