Moscow. Reputed literary periodical Nash Sovremennik have announced the winners of its annual prize, having named Mikhail Gutseriev as one of the greatest literary figures of 2015.
Thus, the list of laureates includes poets, writers and critics, who contributed significantly to national literature and whose works were of high demand.
Among the discoveries of the year, there is the name of a poet and one of the prominent business leaders Mikhail Gutseriev, whose outstanding literary talent is being widely recognized. The prize was awarded to Gutseriev after his album Flesh and Essence had been published in the October issue of the journal. The same issue included an editorial review, made by Editor-in-Chief Stanislav Kunyaev, who familiarized readers with Gutseriev’s biography, retraced the evolution of his unique poetic gift and gave the highest appraisal to his literary artistry. It is noteworthy, that the other laureates of 2015 are famous writers Alexander Prokhanov, Yuri Loshitz and poet Yuri Klyuchnikov, as well as prominent literary scholars Lidia Sychiova, Ivan Charota and others.