Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award

Originally, until 2005, there were only two categories: an Outstanding Work of Russian Fiction and an Outstanding Debut in Russian Fiction. These were renamed Contemporary Classic and 21st Century, respectively. In 2012 (the award's 10-year anniversary), another category was added to the award – Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, named after Leo Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels. A fourth category, Foreign Fiction, was added in 2015, and the fifth, Readers' Choice, in 2016. In 2017, Contemporary Classic was renamed Contemporary Russian Fiction, the Event category was added, and Childhood, Boyhood, Youth abandoned. Notably, 21st Century was never provided again. The award's fund doubled since 2010. Currently, it amounts to , making it the largest endowment of any literary award in Russia. The Readers' Choice winner is awarded with a theme trip to South Korea, presented by Samsung. All winners receive a special statuette. Recent years In October 2023, the jury announced the winners of the 21st awards, renaming Event to Personality of the Year, and adding a category for Missed Masterpiece, meaning a work that flew under Russian critics' radar until a recent translation made it more notable. The monetary fund of was distributed to the honorees: • the winner of the Modern Russian Prose award receives , while is divided between the finalists. • a sum of goes to the Foreign Fiction laureate, while the work's translator gets . • another is given to the Personality of the Year. • the remaining goes to the translator of the Missed Masterpiece. • the Readers' Choice winner is awarded with a theme trip to South Korea, presented by Samsung. In October 2024, the jury is set to announce the winners of the 22nd awards. A category called "Youth", which aims to highlight works targeting young adults, has been added. The longlists and shortlists were announced between May and September 2024. The monetary fund of will be distributed to the honorees: • the winner of the Modern Russian Prose award receives , while is divided between the finalists. • a sum of goes to the Foreign Fiction laureate, while the work's translator gets . • the winner of New Adult / Youth gets • another is given to the Personality of the Year. • the remaining goes to the translator of the Missed Masterpiece. • additionally, the Readers' Choice winner is awarded with and a theme trip to South Korea, presented by Samsung. ==The jury==

The jury, which consists of famous writers, critics and literature experts, select authors whose works preserve the traditions of classic literature and, at the same time, represent the relevant trends of modern Russian and foreign literature. Yasnaya Polyana jury members include famous Russian writers, literary critics and public figures. there are: • Vladimir Tolstoy– chairman of the jury, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on cultural matters, journalist; • Pavel Basinsky – journalist, writer, literary critic; • Aleksey Varlamov – novelist, scholar of 20th-century Russian literature; • Eugene Vodolazkin – literary critic, writer, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award; • Valentin Kurbatov – writer, essayist, literary critic; • Vladislav Otroshenko – Russian writer and essayist, winner of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award. == Winners ==

Source: 2003 — 2005 2006 — 2011 2012 — 2014 2015 — 2016 Since 2017 == See also ==