In the literary world, the most diverse prizes are awarded: in the field of poetry and prose, drama and fiction, lyrics and detective. However, not every prize is indicative of the quality of the literature that was awarded.
The universally recognized awards are collected in our Top-10 most prestigious literary awards .Among the winners of these awards, you can safely choose books worthy of reading.
Contents:
- 10. Liberty Award
- 9. Award of H.K.Andersen
- 8. Booklet of the Runet
- 7. Russian Booker
- 6. Literary Prize of Southeast Asia
- 5. ABS Award
- 4. Booker's Award
- 3. Gonkurovsky Award
- 2. Pulitzer Prize
- 1. Nobel Prize in Literature
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 the strengthening of international relations between countries. The winners were V. Aksenov, M.Epshtein, V. Bachanyan, O. Vasiliev.
9. Award of H.K.Andersen
This award is given in the field of children's literature, both for the works themselves, and for illustrations to them. Laureates of the award were Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Gianni Rodari.
8. Book award of Runet
The annual award in the field of literature is awarded to laureates, selected both through popular vote and by an expert commission. The holders of the 2013 Runet Book Award were already named on the pages of Basetop.
7. Russian Booker
This award is awarded for the best novel in Russian. The winners of the Russian Booker were Bulat Okudzhava, Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Vasily Aksenov. Along with the main prize is also awarded the "Student Booker", the jury of which is attended by students and graduate students.
6. Southeast Asian Literature Prize
This international literary prize is awarded for the best poetic and prose works of ASEAN authors. The chairman of the organizing committee of the award is the prince of Thailand Prem Purachatra.
5. ABS Award
The award of the name of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 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 receives a check in the amount of 50 000 British pounds sterling. Four times in history, the Booker laureates also received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
3. Goncourt Award
The French literary prize is awarded annually since 1903.According to the statute, the prize can be awarded to any author only once during a lifetime. In different years, the Goncourt Prize was awarded to Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir, Alfons 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 are almost never included in the list of best-selling books, the award is considered one of the most prestigious in the literary world.
1. The Nobel Prize for Literature
This prestigious award is awarded annually for achievements in the field of literature. The main winners are writers from Europe and the United States, so the prize is often criticized for bias. Among the Russian authors, the Nobel Prize for Literature was received by Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Sholokhov, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
