: Kozhokhin Alexander, newspaper "Vechernyaya Moskva"
: Kozhokhin Alexander, newspaper "Vechernyaya Moskva"
declared the short list from seven prose writers: Kozlova A. (book "F20"), Dolgopyat Ye. ("Homeland"), Filimonov A. ("Tadpole and sacred"), Belyakov S. ("Mazepa's Shadow"), Brener A. ("Lives of the murdered artists"), Rubanov A. ("Patriot") and Chebotarev Ye., Figlmigl known under pseudonym ("This country"). The winner will receive one million rubles, but the tenth its part should be given to the nominator (to the one who voted for book inclusion in the long list (known writers, publishers, critics).
Six finalists will receiveon 60 thousand, and they should not share. Will choose the winner the director Khlebnikov Boris, the president of the Union of a mental health care Treushnikova Natalia, the architect Choban Sergei, the composer Khrushcheva Anastasia, the writer Yuzefovich Leonid and the musician Vakulenko Vasilii (That will do). The general director of the First channel Konstantin Lvovich Ernst will be the chairman of jury.