Simonyan Wins Book of the Year Prize
Margarita Simonyan was awarded the 'Book of the Year' prize in the 'Prose of the Year' category, sharing it with writer Sergey Shargunov. The announcement was made at the Moscow International Book Fair, amid controversy over her inclusion in the longlist.
Consensus
- Margarita Simonyan received the 'Book of the Year' award in the 'Prose of the Year' nomination.
- She shared the prize with writer Sergey Shargunov.
- The award was announced at the Moscow International Book Fair in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow.
- The winning works were Simonyan's novel 'In the Beginning Was the Word — at the End Will Be the Number' and Shargunov's 'Popovich'.
- The longlist for the prize was initially published with 29 works on April 22.
- The official list on the prize's website and Telegram channel later included 30 books, including Simonyan's novel.
- The organizers stated that Simonyan's book was in the longlist from the beginning, but a 'highly unpleasant error' occurred.
- The post on the Telegram channel of 'Big Book' was edited after public attention.
- The 'Poetry of the Year' award was shared between Anna Revyakina and Dmitry Vodennikov.
Points of divergence
- A review by Nikita Sungatov published on Republic criticized Simonyan's novel, accusing her of sacralizing political language and aligning Christ with Putin through irony. — tg_republicmag
- The material is produced and/or disseminated by foreign agent project 'Republic' or concerns the activities of foreign agent project 'Republic'. — tg_republicmag
- A video recorded by Simonyan at the Eastern Economic Forum was shown during the award ceremony. — tvrain
- A video recorded by Simonyan at the Eastern economic forum was shown during the award ceremony. — tg_tvrain
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- Marghita Simonian received the "Book of the Year" award for the novel "At the Beginning was the Word — at the End will be the Number". Also, the award was received by... — Republic
- Marghita Simonian became the winner of the "Book of the Year" award in the main nomination "Prose of the Year". She shared it with writer Sergey Shargunov — Дождь
- Marghita Simonian became the winner of the "Book of the Year" award in the main category "Prose of the Year". She shared it with writer Ser... — Дождь (Telegram)
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