Announced laureates of the Moscow Account Prize

On November 29, the Non/Fiction Intellectual Literature Fair in Moscow announced laureates of the Moscow Account for the best poetic books of 2017 in Moscow. A large prize for the second year in a row was awarded to Mikhail Aizenberg.

According to the organizers of the award, the Association "Cultural Initiative" , he was awarded for the book "Say Winter" (M.: New Publishing House, 2017).

Irina Kotova received a small prize for the book “Submarine” (M.: Voimega, 2017).

Two books were awarded special awards:

• Irina Essa - “Lift” (M.: Voimega, 2017);
• Maria Stepanova - “Against lyrics” (M.: AST, 2017).

The prize diplomas received eight books that gained the largest number of votes:

• Anna Arkatova - “Glass Coat” (M.: Voimega, 2017);
• Nikolai Baytov - “Encyclopedia of Illusions” (M.: New Literary Review, 2017);
• Alexander Belyakov - “Shumersky spy” (M.: Voimega, 2017);
• Sergey Gandlevsky - “Rust and yellowness” (M.: Time, 2017);
• Kirill Kovalji-“late lines” (M.: West Consulting, 2017);
• Arseny Rovinsky - “unforgettable” (M.: New Literary Review, 2017);
• Ekaterina Sokolova - “lupus” (M.: New Literary Review, 2017);
• Sanjar Yanyshev - “Umr. New book of appeals ”(M.: Art House Media, 2017).

The Moscow Account Award - the poetic Oscar of the Russian capital, reflecting the position of the "workshop of poets" - is awarded since 2003. The prize is awarded in two nominations. A poet is awarded a large prize whose book gained the largest number of votes. Malaya is the author of the best debut book. A special prize is noted books that separated several votes from the winners.

The 2017 list included 158 books, more than 150 Moscow poets who represent different literary trends and generations took part in the vote.

As an experiment in 2018, the award was first awarded in the student nomination of the Moscow Account Award. The nomination is coordinated by the center of the latest Russian literature IFU RSUS. The winner was elected the initiative jury, which included students in the Russian State University, in the future it is planned to attract students of other universities to his activities. Rostislav Amelin’s book “The Key to the Tower. Russian Gothic ”(M.: Book Review; Argo Risk, 2017).

General Partner of the Moscow Account Award - the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation, the prize partner - the State Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V.I. Dalya

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