MOSCOW, December 5The winners of the literary prize “Big Book” in 2023 were awarded on Tuesday at the Pashkov House, the main prize was taken by Evgeny Vodolazkin with the novel “Chagin”, and the winner of the popular vote was Zakhar Prilepin, the correspondent reports.
“”This year, out of 15 books, so diverse, so different directions, and generational, so bright, the first place, which will now be announced, was a clear leader. It came out ahead of everyone unconditionally and immediately. The second and third places were only 14 points,” said Irina Barmetova, a member of the Literary Academy of the Big Book Prize.
The 2023 prize winner was Evgeniy Vodolazkin with his novel “Chagin.” This is not the first time Vodolazkin has received the main prize: in 2013, his book “Laurel” was already recognized as the best.
“”I would say that I am a veteran of this movement, because this is the sixth time I have made it to the finals. I think this is my main achievement, because you can emerge from the finals as winners, or you may not get out, but in itself getting into the finals shows that you can still portray something. And when you get to first place, and I had both first and second places, then this is a situation close to happiness,” the writer told reporters. 
Yuri Buida took second place with his book “The Gift of Speech.” Third place went to Alexey Salnikov with his novel “Occulttregger”.
The Reader's Choice Award was won by Zakhar Prilepin with the book “Sholokhov. Illegal.” He won the popular vote, which ended on December 1 on the website of the book recommendation service LiveLib. “To receive this award, you need to have a blog,” Prilepin said at the award ceremony. The audience gave second place to Dmitry Zakharov with the book “Bridge Protection Committee”, and third place went to Eduard Verkin with the novel “Snark Snark”.
The special prize “Choice of a Generation” was awarded to Oksana Vasyakina with her novel “Rose”. The Litblog award was presented to Anastasia Shevchenko, who runs the blog “Notes of a Punk Editor.” A special prize for his contribution to literature was awarded to Sergei Filatov, who died on August 25, 2023.
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“We will present the prize to our faithful wife Galina Nikolaevna Filatova,” said Sergei Stepashin, President of the Russian Book Union, at the award ceremony.
The finals of the “Big Book – 2023” included 15 works by modern Russian writers: “Sholokhov. Illegal” by Zakhar Prilepin, “Chagin” by Evgeniy Vodolazkin, “Occulttreger” by Alexey Salnikov, “Snark snark. Chaginsk. Book 1” and “Snark snark: Snow Enceladus. Book 2” by Eduard Verkin, “The Magic Choir” by Evgeniy Kremchukov, “Valsarb” by Helena Pobyarzhina, “The Gift of Speech” by Yuri Buida, “Rose” by Oksana Vasyakina, “Higher than your feet off the ground” by Mikhail Turbin, “Bridge Protection Committee” by Dmitry Zakharov , “Fireworks on the Other Side” by Alexandra Shalashova, “OTMA. The Rescue of the Romanovs” by Alexei Kolmogorov, “Komendan” by Rodion Marinichev, “Red Sky. True stories about earth, fire and a flying man” by Vasily Avchenko and “The Creator. The Life and Adventures of Anton Nosik , the father of Runet, trickster, blogger and pioneer, with a description of the three eras of the Internet in Russia” by Mikhail Wiesel.
The Russian literary prize “Big Book” was established in 2005. The award is given for the best prose work in Russian. The long list is formed based on the selection of all received applications. Three prizes and a special prize “For Contribution to Literature” are awarded annually. The monetary content of the first place is 3 million rubles, the second – 1.5 million rubles, the third – 1 million rubles.
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