The winners of the second season are: Ksenia Buksha, Alexandra Krashevskaya and Oleg Radzinsky. They will receive grants for the translation of their works into three languages: English, German, and French.
Statement by Mikhail Shishkin, Chair of the Dar Prize Jury, on the results of the second season’s vote
“According to the results of the Jury vote, three books from the shortlist received an equal number of votes: “A Little Paradise“ by Ksenia Buksha, “Lullaby for Mariupol“ by Alexandra Krashevskaya, and “Days of Repentance“ by Oleg Radzinsky, and we now find ourselves in a situation where the competition has produced three winners instead of the announced two. As Chair of the Jury, I have decided that this season the Dar Literary Prize, in the form of translation grants, will be awarded to all three works that received the highest number of votes. This is a challenge for us, but we are confident that we will manage. Congratulations to the winners!”
Shortlist of the second season of the Dar Prize
From the submitted books, Board of Experts selected 12 works for shortlistedOn May 26, 2026, the Independent of the jury announced the winners of the second season of the Dar Prize. Each member of the Jury selected from one to three works from the shortlist. The authors of the works that received the highest number of votes were declared the winners.
(NOT) ABOUT WAR — Zhenya Berezhnaya
DAMOCLES TECHNO — Ilya Danishevsky
A LULLABY FOR MARIUPOL — Alexandra Krashevskaya
LITTLE PARADISE — Ksenia Buksha
DREAMERS VS. ASTRONAUTS — Evgeny Feldman
ONLY CACTUSES SURVIVE IN WAR — Alexander Motsar
NOTHING BUT THE HEART — Grisha Prorokov
DAYS OF REPENTANCE — Oleg Radzinsky
THE MORNING WAS THE EYE — Igor Beloded
EVRIDIKA, CHECK IF YOU TURNED OFF THE GAS — Tatyana Zamirovskaya
Expert Council
Mikhail Edelstein
Literary scholar
Evgeniya Vezhlyan
Poet, literary critic, essayist, literary scholar and sociologist of literature
Elizaveta Birger-Eroğlu
Philologist, translator, literary critic, curator of cultural events, and manager of the bookstore "Poltory Komnaty" in Istanbul
Nikolai Aleksandrov
Cultural and literary scholar, essayist, journalistMembers of the Jury
The award jury comprises professional writers, authors, prominent figures from culture, science, and education, as well as public personalities
Mikhail Shishkin
Writer, Jury Chairman
Polina Barskova
Poet
Giulia Marcucci
Slavist, translator
Dmitry Kuzmin
Poet, translator, publisher
Andrey Bilzho
Artist
Luba Jurgenson
Writer, slavicist, translator
Georgi Borissov
Poet, translator, publisher
Carina Cóckrell-Ferré
teacher, publicist, novelist
Demyan Kudryavtsev
Poet, media manager
Vitaly Komar
Artist
Sergey Nikolaevich
Journalist, theater critic, writer
Ilya Vinitsky
Literarty scholar
Tamara Eydelman
Author of the channel History "Lessons with Tamara Eidelman"
Sergey Gandlevsky
Poet, prose writer
Irina Scherbakova
Historian, chairman of the board Memorial-Zukunft (Berlin)
Elena Fanailova
Poet
Rosemarie Tietze
Translator
Vera Pavlova
Poet, librettist, performer, musician
Mikhail Gigolashvili
Writer, artist, publicist, literary scholar
Andrey Makarevich
Musician, artist, poet, writer
Mark Lipovetsky
Philologist, literary scholar
Oleg Lekmanov
Philologist, writer
Ilya Kukulin
Cultural historian, cultural sociologist, literary critic
Dmitry Krymov
Theater and film director
Yuli Gugolev
Poet
Ksenia Larina
Journalist, critic, television and radio presenter
Sergei Solovyov,
poet, writerFounders and Co-Founders
Mikhail Shishkin
Writer, Jury Chairman
Mikhail Epstein
Philologist, philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, essayist
Vladimir Jurowski
Musician, conductor
Grigory Chkhartishvili
Writer
Sasha Filipenko
Writer
Artemy Troitsky
Сritic, academic, broadcaster
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Writer
Vitaly Mansky
Film director, president of the IDFF Artdocfest
Roma Liberov
Film director, producer, the founder of the We Exist! Foundation. (UK)
Sergey Kuznetsov
Writer, journalist, educator
Armen Zakharyan
Philologist, lecturer, author of the literary project "Armen and Fyodor"
Anton Dolin
Film critic
Dmitry Glukhovsky
Writer
Alexander Genis
writer, essayist, broadcaster, cultural critic
Ivan Vyrypaev
Film and theater director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, actor
Tomas Venclova
Poet, essayist
Dmitry Bykov
Poet, writer, journalist, literary critic
Ulrich Schmid
Historian, cultural history of Eastern Europe
Gervaise Tassis
Slavist, the University of Geneva
Ilma Rakusa
Writer, translator, literary critic
Georges Nivat
Slavist, historian of ideas
Jean-Philippe Jaccard
Literary scholar, the University og Geneva
Kulturus
European Commission
Forum of Free Culture SlovoNovo
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