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Under Constellation of Stray Dogs novel wins Kniguru

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Under Constellation of Stray Dogs novel wins Kniguru


11.12.2017

kniguru.infoResults of prestigious Russian book award for children and youth Kniguru have been announced, Year of Literature website reports. The first place is occupied by the novel written by Lidia Volkova Under Constellation of Stray Dogs, the second place is taken by the book by Antonina Malysheva from Novosibirsk under title Cat of Oblivion and the third place belongs to the novel by Stanislav Vostokov from Podmoskovye called Brother – Young Naturalist.

The first two names are unknown to literature fans, unlike the third author. The peculiarity of this contest is that its jury consists of young readers aged from 10 to 16. They are making a final decision about destiny of the literary books. All presented contest works are published online.

The most active readers got awards too. The most active readers are schoolgirls from Ekaterinburg gymnasium Irina Tumanova and Anastasia Avramenko. The author of the best book review is Polina Rutkovskaya from Petrozavodsk.

As per the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the contest for the best book review was conducted in USA and UK this year.

More than six hundred literary works were sent for the contest. Only fifteen of them were shortlisted.

Children’s books are very important, expert Shamil Idiatullin believes. In his words, the book for children is a unique tool turning a child into a personality.

Russkiy Mir


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