Thousands of literary awards are held annually around the world. Millions of applications are submitted to participate in them. The awards are held on a national and global scale, in different categories: children's literature, poetry, fiction and journalistic literature, science fiction and fantasy.
10. Booker Prize
From 1969 to 2001, this award was known as the Booker Prize. Since 2005, the Man Group has become the main sponsor of the award, and therefore the award has been renamed the Man Booker Prize. The award is presented every two years. Initially, the Booker Prize only accepted entries from the Commonwealth of Nations, Zimbabwe and Ireland. But since 2014, the award has acquired international status, which has made it possible to expand the list of participants - a writer from any country whose novel is written in English can become a nominee. You can only become a laureate once. The cash prize is £ 60,000. The International Prize has a separate award for the translation of the novel. Since 2016, the Booker Prize has been awarded for the translation of a fiction novel, with the winning author and translator receiving £ 50,000.
9. Pulitzer Prize
The man credited with founding the Pulitzer Prize was Joseph Pulitzer, a respected journalist from a wealthy family who lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The prize is awarded for work in the field of music, literature and journalism, taking into account work in the Internet space and print media - newspapers and magazines. The Pulitzer Prize is administered by Columbia University and is awarded in 21 categories. Winners of 20 categories are awarded a certificate and $ 15,000. A gold medal is awarded to one winner by the Civil Service Department of the Journalism Competition. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Book was founded in 1918. Ernest Poole became the first laureate of the award. He received an award for his novel His Family.
8. Neustadt Literary Prize
Another prestigious literary prize, the Neustadt Prize, originated in the United States in 1969. It received its original name "International Prize for Foreign Literature" from its founder - the editor of foreign books Ivar Iwask. The award changed its name in 1976 and was named after new sponsors Walter and Doris Neustadt of Ardmore, Oklahoma. Since that time, the University of Oklahoma has been a permanent sponsor of the award. The recipient of the award receives a certificate, a silver eagle feather and $ 50,000. The award recognizes outstanding work in the fields of drama, poetry and fiction.
7. Costa Prize
The award was established in 1971 as the Whitbread Prize. In 2006, Costa Coffee became the official sponsor of the award, which was the reason for its renaming into the Costa Prize. Applicants can be authors from Great Britain and Ireland, whose works are written in English. The award recognizes not only brilliant and outstanding work in the field of literature, but also books that are a pleasure to read. Promoting reading as a pleasant pastime is one of the main goals of the award. The prize is awarded in the following categories: Biography, Novel, Children's Literature, Best First Novel and Poetry. Laureates receive 5 thousand pounds each.
6. American Literature Prize
The American Literature Prize was introduced in 1994. It is awarded to authors who have contributed to the field of international writing. In part, the prize was created as an alternative to the famous Nobel Prize in Literature. The sponsor of the award is an educational project of contemporary art. The prize itself was founded in memory of Anna Farney. Each year, 6 to 8 jury members, including renowned American literary critics, playwrights, poets and writers, gather to determine the winner. For the victory, the laureate does not receive any cash prize.
5. Women's Fiction Award
This award is one of the United Kingdom's most coveted literary awards. The original title is the Orange Literary Prize. The award is presented annually to a female author, regardless of nationality, for an outstanding full-length novel published in the UK last year in English. In 1991, the Booker Prize pioneered the establishment of the Women's Fiction Prize, as the committee did not include women on its list of nominees. After that, a group of men and women who worked in the literary industry met and considered their next steps. The winner of the award will receive 30,000 British pounds sterling and a bronze statuette.
4. Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the man behind the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The prize is awarded for the best work published in the past year and written in the genre of science fiction or fantasy. The Hugo Prize is sponsored by the World Science Fiction Society.
The award has been presented at the annual World Science Fiction Convention since 1953 in several categories, including Best Short Story, Best Graphic Story, Best Fanzine, Best Professional Artist, Best Fancast, Best Dramatic Presentation "And" The best book about science fiction. "
3. Warwick Prize for Literature
The award was established in July 2008 by the University of Warwick. It is unparalleled in the world and consists of an interdisciplinary writing competition. Students, alumni and employees of the University of Warwick, as well as workers in the publishing industry, can nominate work for nomination. Each year a new theme is approved for the award. the work must be written in English.
2. Struzhsky poetry evenings
Every year in the city of Struga, in Macedonia, an international poetry festival is held. The most talented international poets receive the coveted prize of the Golden Crown Festival. The festival was first held in 1961 with the participation of famous Macedonian poets. A few years later, in 1966, the festival was transformed from a national to an international one. In the same year, the highest award of the Golden Crown Prize was established, the first laureate of which was Robert Rozhdestvensky. Over the years of the award, such outstanding literary figures as Seamus Haney, Joseph Brodsky and Pablo Neruda have become its laureates.
1. Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize is named after Albert Nobel, a man who made significant contributions to the fields of chemistry, literature, engineering and entrepreneurship in the 1800s. Already at the age of 17, he spoke 5 foreign languages fluently. In his will, Albert Nobel stipulated the conditions for establishing the award and allocated his own money for this. All Nobel Prizes are overseen by different institutions. The Nobel Prize in Literature is administered by the Swedish Academy. The winner receives a medal and a cash prize, the size of which varies from year to year. The Academy identifies the people and institutions that can be nominated for the award. I have the right to nominate a professor of literature and linguistics at higher educational institutions, laureates of the Nobel Prize for Literature and members of the Swedish Academy. The Nobel Literature Committee checks the candidates and transfers the collected information to the Swedish Academy. The prize has been awarded since 1901 to writers from different countries.
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