Pushkin Prize

Pushkin Prize

The Pushkin Prize (Russian "Пушкинская премия") was established in 1881 by the Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). The prize was awarded to the Russian who achieved the highest standard of literary excellence. The prize was discontinued during the Soviet period. It was restored in the 1990s.

Incomplete list of winners

Before 1917

*Ivan Bunin (1870-1953)
*Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
*Ferdinand de la Bart
*Nikolai Kholodkovsky (1858-1921)
*Konstantin Stanyukovich (1843-1903)

After 1991

*Vladimir Makanin
*Arna W. Bontemps (1926)
*Yevgeny Rein
*Genrikh Sapgir
*Dmitri Alexandrovich Prigov (1993)
*Oleg Chukhontsev (1998)
*Tamara Anatolievna Kazakova
*Alexander Kushner (2001)

See also

*Demidov Prize
*Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation


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