Winners of the new season of the Gorky Prize

SORRENTO. The Gorky Prize was awarded to writer Yevgeny Vodolazkin and translator Yana Arkova.

And 4 years after the publication of the novel “Laurus” by Evgeny Vodolazkin, continues to receive awards. The company "Yasnaya Polyana", "Big Book" and the title of finalist of the "Russian Booker" was compiled by the Gorky Prize awarded to the writer based on the results of the eighth, Russian, season. The jury noted the depth and magnificent language of the novel about a medieval healer. Atonement for his beloved sweetheart who died during childbirth, he devotes his life to saving other people. The blurring of the plot’s time frame, its unexpected twists, irony, the masterly mix of the Old Russian language with today’s, miracles and insights make up the uniqueness of the Lavra, the very first page of the reader’s interest in the flywheel. Doctor of Philology, employee of the Department of Old Russian Literature, author of last year’s “Total Dictation” continues to work on new books. This year, Elena Shubina’s publishing house released his new novel, The Aviator.

Roberto Saviano (Roberto Saviano) brought huge popularity and millions of copies, but the anger of the mafia that sentenced him to death. For almost ten years, the writer has been under round-the-clock protection of Italian law enforcement agencies. He works on new books, writes sharp articles for world media. The translation of the sensational novel brought a statuette of the "Petrel", created according to the sketch of Rustam Khamdamov, and Yana Arkova.

The Gorky Prize was established eight years ago with the assistance of the Sorrento Municipality and the Victor Chernomyrdin Foundation in memory of the great writer. He spent about 10 happy and serene years on the coast of the Gulf of Naples. His return to Russia, where he became the mouthpiece and main cog of the Stalinist propaganda machine, ended in his untimely death. Moor did his job and was no longer needed. The version of poisoning is still one of the main ones.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru