The Moscow Observer Prize was awarded to Danila Davydov

Today, November 30, the winners of the literary and critical prize "Moscow Observer" of 2015 are announced. A large prize (50,000 rubles) was received by the critic and poet Danila Davydov.

According to the site of the founder of the award, the Cultural Initiative project, he was awarded for an article about the performance of Natalia Azarova with the translation of the Sea Oda Fernando Pessoa in the cycle of Metamorphosis. Conversations about artistic translation. "

The four other finalists of the third season of the Moscow Observer - Gennady Kanevsky, Stanislav Lviv, Masimo Maurizio and Evgeny Ritz - received a prize of 5,000 rubles each.

The announcement of the laureates took place at the closure of the South Stream program of the IX Moscow International Festival "Biennale of Poets" .

The Moscow Observer Award was established in 2013 by the site “Cultural Initiative” to encourage journalists and critics who actively respond to current events of the current literary life of Moscow and Russia as a whole and analyzing the development of modern poetry and prose.

The jury of the award includes famous poets and critics, representatives of different generations in literature: Kirill Kovalji, Kirill Korchagin, Leonid Kostyukov, Dmitry Kuzmin.

Prize partner - State Literary Museum