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.

[edit] Incomplete list of winners

[edit] Before 1917

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

• Demidov Prize
• Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation

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