Literature · Moscow
Yasnaya Polyana announces its 2026 prize winners
The awards recognise fiction and translators.
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Award ceremony — 15 October 2026 · 1 min read
Published 18 October 2026 · Source dated 16 October 2026
Award ceremony — 15 October 2026 · 1 min read
Published 18 October 2026 · Source dated 16 October 2026
The Bolshoi Theatre hosted the announcement of the 24th season’s winners. Sergei Shargunov’s Popovich won Contemporary Russian Prose; Marina Chufistova’s Father Seryozha received the Youth award.
Foreign Literature honoured José Eduardo Agualusa and Varvara Makhortova, translator of Creole Nation. Yulia Poleshchuk won Missed Masterpieces for translating Günter Grass’s The Rat. The ceremony took place on 15 October; the Tolstoy Museum reported the results the following day.
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