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Writers from 20 countries submitted works for Kniguru contest

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Writers from 20 countries submitted works for Kniguru contest


01.08.2019

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More than six hundred applications have been submitted for the Kniguru contest for the best work for children and adolescents in Russian. This year the competition is being held for the tenth time, the site of the Year of Literature reports. Works came from 245 cities located in twenty countries.

According to the writer Shamil Idiatullin, it is not yet possible to even name popular topics of this year. He noted that the texts that claimed victory were very different in style and did not resemble the works submitted last year.

It is gratifying that an increasing number of writers are striving to tell about the lives of children and adolescents and the problems they face in the modern language.

The distinctive feature of the competition is that the jury consists of young readers aged 10 to 16 years. It is they who make the final decision on the fate of the texts. All works submitted to the contest are published on the Internet. Children choose winners from a short list of applicants.

In turn, the short list is formed by specialists, including writers and literary critics. According to the director of the Russian literary prize Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) and co-founder of Kniguru Georgy Urushadze, ten years of experience suggests that young readers can be trusted. He assured that the children chose bright and talented texts.

Russkiy Mir reported that the literary prize would be complemented by the international project Book in the World for the fourth year in a row. It is somewhat different from the one held in Russia. In our country, children read the texts and choose those that made the greatest impression on them. In other countries, children themselves participate in the competition and write reviews. Young Americans between the ages of 10 and 21 can compete for prizes: groups of schoolchildren, students who study Russian, and even entire families.

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