{"id":2851,"date":"2025-07-16T19:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darprize.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:37:32","slug":"itogi-pervogo-sezona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darprize.com\/en\/2025\/07\/16\/itogi-pervogo-sezona\/","title":{"rendered":"Results of the first season of the Dar Prize and plans for the second season"},"content":{"rendered":"

We present the results of the first season of the Dar Literary Award and share our plans for the next season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The main goal of the award was to support Russian-language authors and publishers \u2014 and Dar accomplished this mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman of the Award Jury, writer Mikhail Shishkin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can be said in summary of the first season of the Dar Literary Award? First and foremost, despite all the anticipated difficulties, the award came into being. And that is already a success. The award was organized by remarkable people, writers, poets, critics, philosophers, artists, musicians, directors, and well-known cultural figures who represent the true culture of the country that has exiled them as enemies. People of culture are the enemies of the regime that has taken both the population and the language itself hostage. The Dar Prize is a statement that the Russian language is our weapon of resistance and belongs not to a gangster state, but to world culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the award is to help writers, publishers, and readers who find themselves in a situation where literary life has to start practically from scratch. We have drawn the attention of Russian-speaking readers to the books on the shortlist, and translators and Western publishers have shown interest in our authors and their texts. These stated objectives have been achieved, which is also a great success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is only natural and entirely appropriate that Ukraine has become the main theme. It could not be otherwise. The war could not fail to influence the authors, readers, and the jury's decision. As is well known, the first winner of the Dar Prize was Maria Galina's diary, \u201cNear the War,\u201d written in Odessa under bombardment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was initially clear that a Russian-language prize in the fourth year of the war would meet with a mixed attitude in Ukraine. Maria Galina's refusal to accept the prize should be treated with understanding and we should continue to do this important and necessary work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are receiving an enormous wave of support from all sides: writers and publishers are writing to say that they are preparing to submit books for the competition, PEN International is asking us to continue with the award, and Ukrainian Russian-language writers, poets, and publishers are expressing their support. People are writing to us about the importance of the work we have begun and asking us not to stop.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A global cultural shift is currently underway: a transition from Russian literature to literature in Russian. Writers living in different countries around the world who write in Russian are not producing \u201cRussian literature\u201d but their own literature, and they are accountable for their texts not to their \u201cfatherland\u201d but to the global culture of humanity. We continue. The acceptance of books for the second season will begin on September 1. Writers write books, publishers publish them \u2013 the Dar Prize makes literary history.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Below are the key figures, details of the two parts of the competition (the jury's work and the readers' vote), and details about the second season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Shortlist and work of the professional jury<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last fall, we received more than 150 applications<\/strong>, from which our expert council selected 12 shortlisted participants.<\/strong> Next, a professional jury (headed by writer Mikhail Shishkin) began its work. \u041f\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u043c \u041f\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0438\u0438  \u2014 \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0434 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439, \u0444\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0443\u0437\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0438 \u043d\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0446\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0438.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jury's grand prize<\/strong> in the first season was awarded to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maria Galina<\/strong> for the book
\u201cNear the war. Odessa. February 2022 \u2014 lute 2023\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is a profound and sincere text about how war changes people and preserves their humanity.\u201d
\u2014 Mikhail Shishkin
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Maria Galina subsequently declined the prize; her statement<\/a><\/em> and statement by the jury chairman<\/a> can be read on the website<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Reader voting and donations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the same time as the jury was working, a reader vote was held. Readers could support their favorite book with their vote \u2014 a donation of \u20ac10.

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