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April 11–18: Dina Rubina. Mirrors and Hidden Chambers of Fate in Chișinău, Prague, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, and Luxembourg
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April 9–11 in Rouen and Bougival. International Conference Ivan Turgenev and the European Novel
Interview
Georgy Urushadze on Books, Censorship, and Freedom Letters Publishing
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The Topography of Trauma: A Parabolic Novel about the Impossibility of Paradise. On Ksenia Buksha’s Novel A Little Paradise
About Dar Prize
What to Read? Literary Critics Discuss the Shortlist of the Dar Prize, Season 2. Episode 2
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Поэтика распада: о прозе Игоря Белодеда
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Oleg Lekmanov in Katerina Gordeeva’s Interview on Contemporary Literature and Wartime Poetry
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March 28 in Amsterdam: Evgeny Feldman. Presentation of the album This Is Navalny
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March 27 in Berlin: Masha Slonim. Presentation of the book Returns. An Unserious Memoir
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The Mechanics of Seizure: A Moscow Saga as Diagnosis. On Oleg Radzinsky’s Novel Days of Repentance
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March 26 in Berlin: Presentation of Anastasia Vepreva’s book On Hold
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The Exeter UNESCO City of Literature Writers’ Residency is now accepting applications for 2026
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March 24, online, Ksenia Luchenko, “The Sacred Language of War: How Religious Narratives Legitimize Violence”
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March 19 in Berlin: Ilya Danishevsky. Book presentation of "Damocles Techno" and "The Bear and the Pendulum"
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The Anatomy of a Survivor: A Novel-Epitaph for an Era. On Yuri Troitsky’s Novel Shatz
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Preface to the project The Word to Claude. Ways of Evaluating Literary Works
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On March 14, Sergey Girin's book “From 3+5 to Z. The Language of One War” will be presented in Prague.
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March 12 in Riga: presentation of Sergei Kuznetsov's novel Moss's Meat Grinder
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March 13 in Berlin Sasha Filipenko. “How We Fail to Notice the Elephant: Fear, Love, and Collective Blindness”
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Tamara Eidelman on Dmitry Petrov's book “Parents' Day”
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Oleg Radzinsky on the novel Days of Repentance — a conversation with Nikolai Alexandrov
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On March 11, Boris Iomdin's book New Words: Netudashka or Serdzhezmjak? will be presented in Berlin.
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Freedom Letters in February: new books, translations, and meetings with authors
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Evgeny Feldman on the book Dreamers Against Cosmonauts, protests, and emigration
About Dar Prize
What to read? Literary critics discuss the shortlist for season 2
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March 5 in Nice: Sergey Kuznetsov's author's evening
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March 3 in Nice Alexander Arkhangelsky. “Farewell, 19th Century!”
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How much Minsk is there here? Review of Tatiana Zamirovskaya's book “Eurydice, check if you turned off the gas”
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February 27 in Paris, presentation of Alexei Voinov's book “Winter Without Snow”
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February 26 in London and online discussion on post-Soviet independence and literature
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The winner is selected by a jury vote and receives a grant for translation into foreign languages.
What Are the Objectives of the Award?
The primary goal of the Award is to support authors and promote Russian-language literature worldwide. We welcome all who write and read in Russian, regardless of citizenship or place of residence. We aim to foster a Russian-language culture free from political and imperial influences.
How Is the Award Process Conducted?
The Award is given annually. The jury votes, with each member selecting between one and three works. The winner is the author whose work receives the most votes. Additionally, a reader’s vote (Crowdfunding) is conducted on the Award’s website, where readers can vote for authors and support them financially.
What Awards Are Provided?
The winner of the Award receives a grant to translate the work into English, French and German. Also, as part of the reader's vote, all collected funds are transferred to the authors for whom the readers voted.
When Does the Submission Period for the Competition Start and End?
Прием заявок на конкурс второго сезона премии начнется 1 сентября 2025-го и закончится 15-го октября 2025 года.
When will the list of finalists and winners be announced?
В январе 2026 года Совет Экспертов объявит список финалистов. Читательское голосование начинается в тот же месяц. В феврале-апреле члены жюри читают книги-финалисты, а победителей Премии и читательского голосования объявят в мае 2026 года.
What are the conditions for the nomination of a book for the award
В конкурсе второго сезона могут принимать участия произведения, изданные в 2024-м году. Произведения (роман, повесть, сборники рассказов и эссе, документальная проза), вышедшие отдельными изданиями или опубликованные в журналах. Номинировать на премию имеют право как издательства и редакции журналов, так и сами писатели или третьи лица (с согласия и письменного подтверждения автора). Тексты подаются к рассмотрению в электронном виде. Премия «Дар» открыта для всех авторов. Учитывая главные цели премии: продвижение современной русскоязычной литературы за пределами РФ и характер самого вознаграждение (грант на перевод) - приоритет будет отдаваться авторам, чьи произведения ранее не переводились на английский, французский и немецкий языки.
