Annual English-language book prize for non-fiction writing about Russia
The Pushkin House Book Prize is an annual book prize, awarded to the best non-fiction writing on Russia in the English language. The prize was inaugurated in 2013. The prize amount as of 2020 has been £10,000. The advisory board for the prize is made up of Russia experts including Rodric Braithwaite, Andrew Jack, Bridget Kendall, Andrew Nurnberg, Marc Polonsky, and Douglas Smith.[1]
Honorees
Notes
- ^ The 2013 judges were Sir Rodric Braithwaite, A.D. Miller, Rachel Polonsky, Lord Robert Skidelsky, and Dmitri V. Trenin.
- ^ The 2014 judging panel was chaired by Dr. Rowan Williams and included Boris Akunin, Viv Groskop, Catriona Kelly, and Douglas Smith.
- ^ The 2015 judges were Lord Browne of Madingley, Dmitry Bykov, Varya Gornostaeva, Bridget Kendall, and Catherine Merridale.
- ^ The 2016 judges were Geoffrey Hosking, Anne McElvoy, Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, and Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill.
- ^ Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator was named the Best Russian Book in Translation.
- ^ The 2017 judging panel was chaired by Simon Franklin and included Anne Applebaum, Petr Aven, Dominic Lieven, and Charlotte Hobson.
- ^ Memories was named the year's best Russian book in translation.
- ^ The 2018 judging panel was chaired by Nick Clegg and included Rosalind Blakesley, Oleg Budnitsky, Dervla Murphy, and John Thornhill.
- ^ Other Russias was named the year's best Russian book in translation.
- ^ The 2019 judging panel was chaired by Sergey Guriyev and included Rachel Campbell-Johnson, Alexander Drozdov, Alexis Peri, and Andrei Zorin.
- ^ The 2020 judges were Serhii Plokhy, Celestine Bohlen, Julia Safronova, and Richard Wright.
- ^ The 2021 judges were Fiona Hill, Declan Donnellan, Sergei Medvedev, George Robertson, and Maria Stepanova.
- ^ The 2022 judges were Evgenia Arbugaeva, Baroness Deborah Bull, Archie Brown (historian), Dmitry Glukhovsky, Ekaterina Schulmann.[11]
- ^ The 2023 judges were Ekaterina Schulmann, Philip Bullock, Masha Gessen, Alexander Rodnyansky, and Mary Elise Sarotte.
References
- ^ "About the prize".
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2013". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2014". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2015". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2016". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2017". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2018". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2019". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Book Prize 2020". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ^ Berdy, Michele A. (2020-10-30). "Sergei Medvedev's "The Return of the Russian Leviathan" Wins 2020 Pushkin House Book Prize". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
- ^ Times, The Moscow (2022-01-27). "Pushkin House Gets Ready for Its 10th Anniversary Book Prize". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ^ "История расширения НАТО и русско-еврейская семейная хроника: в Лондоне выбрали лучшие книги о России". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "2022 Pushkin House Book Prize Awarded to Mary Sarotte". The Moscow Times. 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Couch, Emily (2022-07-17). "'On The Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border'". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Sorokina, Yanina (2022-09-04). "Timothy Frye's 'Weak Strongman' Overturns the Putin Myth". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Berkhead, Samantha (2022-08-14). "'Klimat': A Look at Russia's Looming Climate Reckoning". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Maria Stepanova's 'In Memory of Memory'". The Moscow Times. 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Couch, Emily (2022-08-21). "'Stalin's Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow'". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Berdy, Michele A. (2022-07-31). "Lucy Ward Investigates 'The Empress and the English Doctor'". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Amos, Howard (2022-09-18). "Elizabeth Wilson Chronicles the Miraculous Life of Maria Yudina". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Pushkin House 10th Annual Book Prize Shortlists Ten Books". The Moscow Times. 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ "Pushkin House Prize Awarded to Owen Matthews for 'Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine'". The Moscow Times. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e "Pushkin House Announces Short List for 2023 Book Prize". The Moscow Times. 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e "2023 shortlist". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
External links
- Pushkin House Book Prize website