Big Book (award)

Big Book (Russian: Большая Книга, romanized: Bolshaya Kniga) is a Russian literary award for best prose in Russian.

Big Book
Awarded forBest prose in Russian
Sponsored byCenter for the Support of Domestic Literature
VenuePashkov House
CountryRussia
Reward(s)3 million RUB
First awarded2006 (2006)
Last ownerMariya Stepanova (2018)
Websitewww.bigbook.ru

The award is financed by the founders of the Center for the Support of Domestic Literature, Russian major businessmen and business structures.

Acceptable candidates for the award are works of all prose genres, including memoirs, biographies and other documentary prose, written in or translated to Russian.

The cash reward is as follows:

  • First place — 3 million rubles.
  • Second place — 1.5 million rubles.
  • Third place — 1 million rubles.
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