Anti-Booker prize

Anti-booker ( _ru. Антибукер) Russian literary award that existed between 1995 and 2001. Established by newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta using money of Boris Berezovsky. Its name refers to British-sponsored Russian Booker and differences are:
* prize amount was to be one dollar more that Russian Booker
* not limited to novels, but has 5 nominations (also poetry, stageplays, literary critics and memoirs)
* current year's works were awarded.

Judging panel

Judges were comprised from well-known journalists, editors, literary critics and artists:
* Andrei Vasilevsky, editor-in-chief of "Novy Mir";
* Natalya Ivanova, assistant of editor-in-chief of Znamya;
* Andrei Volos, writer awarded at Anti-booker 98;
* Victor Toporov, literary critics and translator;
* Yevgeniy Rein, poet;
* Natalya Trauberg, translator;
* Alexander Guelman, author of many Soviet stageplays;
* Irina Kupchenko, People's Artist of the USSR;
* Oleg Tabakov, People's Artist of the USSRet al.

Winners

* 1995 - Aleksei Varlamov, "Nativity" ("Рождение") (novel)
* 1996 - Dmitri Bakin (pseudónim), "Country of origin" ("Страна происхождения") (novel)
** - Sergei Gandlevski, "Holiday" ("Праздник") (poetry)
** - Ivan Saveliev, "Voyage at the edge" ("Путешествие на краю") (piece)
* 1997 - Dmitri Galkovsky, "Infinite Dead-end" ("Бесконечный тупик") (novel) - Dmitri Galkovski declined the prize
** - Timur Kibirov, "Paráfrasis" ("Парафразис") (poetry)
** - Oleg Bogaiev, "Russian popular post" ("Русская народная почта") (stageplay)
** - Aleksandr Goldstein, "Farewell to Narciss" ("Прощание с нарциссом") (literary critics)
* 1998 - Andrei Volos, "Hurramabad" ("Хуррамабад") (novel)
** - Maksim Amelin, cycle of poetry "Follow Sumarokov with olive of victory" ("За Сумароковым с победною оливой") (poetry)
** - Maksim Kurochkin, "Ironwill" ("Стальова воля") (stageplay)
** - Oleg Davydov, "Demon of Solzhenitsyn" ("Демон Солженицына") (literary critics)
** - Emma Gershtein, "Memoirs"
** - Marina Tarkovski, "Shackles of mirror" ("Осколки зеркала") (Memoirs)
* 1999 - no prose was awarded
** - no poetry was awarded; prize was kept and later awarded Boris Ryzhi, "From Sverdlovsk with love"
** - Evgeni Grishkovets, "Notes of Russina voyager" and "Winter" ("Записки русского путешественника", "Зима") (stageplays)
** - Pavel Basinski, (literary critics)
** - Aleksandr Ivanchenko, "Bathing of red horse (poem without heroes)", " ("Купание Красного коня (поэма без героев)")
* 2000 - Boris Akunin "Coronation or ultimate from Romanov" ("Коронация, или Последний из РОМАНОВ") (novel)
** - Bajyt Kenzheiev, "Girl from the morning dream" ("Снящаяся под утро") (poetry)
** - Vasili Sigarev, "Plasticine" ("Пластилин") (stageplay)
** - Evgeni Yermolin, (literary critics)
** - Aleksei Filippov , "Diary of desperation and hope" ("Дневник отчаяния и надежды")

External links

* [http://curtain.ng.ru/plot/2000-01-21/4_howitwas.html History of the prize (in Russian)]
* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1282873/Anti-Booker-Prize Article in Britannica]