The Kniguru shortlist

The shortlist for the Kniguru book prize has been announced.  (Read more about the prize here on the blog.)  Following is the shortlist with authors and their places of residence:

• Библия в SMSках, Аи эН (Москва)
• Друг-апрель,  Эдуард Веркин (Иваново) 
• Время всегда хорошее, Андрей Жвалевский и Евгений Пастернак (Белоруссия) 
• Как люди научились понимать время, Петр Кошель (Москва)
• Перелетные дети, Ася Кравченко (Москва) 
• Занимательная медицина, Светлана Лаврова (Екатеринбург) 
• Филя, Анна Мазурова (США)
• Голландские рассказки, Николай Назаркин (Нидерланды) 
• Пенки, Юрий Нечипоренко (Москва)
• Модэ, Владислав Пасечник (Барнаул) 
• Жирафы на парашютах, Ася Петрова (Санкт-Петербург) 
• Сто лет, или Цепочка из рукопожатий, Илга Понорицкая (Чебоксары) 
• Удивительные приключения мальчика, который не называл своего имени, Елена Попова (Белоруссия) 
• Ныкалка, Григорий Салтуп (Петрозаводск).

( Information on the authors from RIANovosti.)

Children can register on the kniguru site and take part in the voting for the prize, which will be announced on July 1.

Bonus: You can read each of the short-listed titles here!

Any predictions?

The Kniguru Prize

On November 11, 2010, the Bol'shaia kniga committee announced a new award, Kniguru.  This prize will be for the best Russian work of 2010 for children and Young Adults.  The organizers note that the name of the prize was chosen by children. (It's pretty good, isn't it?)

A panel of children's book experts will select first a long list of nominated books and then a short list of the best for a jury of youngsters ages 10-16 (those registered on the official site) to consider.  This "jury" will ultimately choose the winning book whose author will receive an award of 300, 000 rubles.


A press release from February 4 announces that the contest has now closed and there will be 403 books considered. The Fairy Tale and Fantasy are most popular in this first year, with the Young Adult realistic novel in third place.