They've announced the winner of the Russian 'Большой книги' prize -- the 'Big Book' prize, a name that strikes me alternately as the most brilliant of book prize names, and as the most inane -- with Письмовник, by Mikhail Shishkin beating out a book by Vladimir Sorokin; see also the Okno Literary Agency information page about it.
(Shishkin also won this prize in 2006, for a book that Open Letter will be bringing out in English.)
For all your Большой книги and other Russian literary news, check out, of course, the invaluable Lizok's Bookshelf.
For all your Большой книги and other Russian literary news, check out, of course, the invaluable Lizok's Bookshelf.