Bukov Prize · billionaire · Vologda (премия · букеровский · миллиардер)

The International Booker Prize will bear the surnames of billionaires Igor and Dmitry Bukhmanov from Vologda following an agreement on funding, according to the prize's website. The Booker Prize is the most prestigious award in English-language literature.

Consensus

The International Booker Prize will be renamed after Igor and Dmitry Buhman
The Buhman brothers are from Vologda, Russia
The prize's cash award will increase to £100,000
Buhman Philanthropies will fund the prize for 10 years
The Booker Prize is the most prestigious English-language literature award

Points of divergence

Writer Katie Kitamura will head the jury committee, along with other jurors including Patrick McGinnis, Caleb Azuma Nelson, Olga Ravn and Tessa Thompson — vedomosti

Coverage (2 sources)

The Booker Prize to be renamed after billionaires from Vologda — Вести
The Booker Prize Will Be Renamed After Billionaires Bukhmanov — Ведомости

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