They've conferred the Yasnaya Polyana Book Awards, and since they gave The Symmetry Teacher -author Andrei Bitov one of the prizes (in the 'Modern Classics' category ) they must be doing something right.
Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being took the 'Foreign Literature' category prize for best translated work.
(If you're wondering about the prize money: 1,000,000 rubles amounts to less than US$16,000.)
Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being took the 'Foreign Literature' category prize for best translated work.
(If you're wondering about the prize money: 1,000,000 rubles amounts to less than US$16,000.)