The national award "The Poet" was Sergei Gandlevsky

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Sergei Gandlevsky, poet, novelist and translator, belonged to the same generation of writers that Timur Kibirov, Lev Rubinstein, Alexei Tsvetkov, Lev Prigov. Thus, in the 70-ies of the last century, a young writer belonged to multiple groups of poetry, including "Moscow Time" in "intimate conversation".
The first book Gandlevsky in Russia appeared in 1989. Since then he has published several collections of poetry, as well as several prose works, including the novel "Craniotomy", which brought him "Little Booker" in 1996. As a poet he awarded "Atibukerom, as well as prizes" Northern Palmira ", and Apollon Grigoriev.
Recall that the prize "The Poet" was founded in 2005. It is awarded by the Russian-speaking poets, regardless of nationality and residence. Send it can only be one, will not be awarded posthumously award, the division between several authors also prohibited. The best poet, the jury selected on the basis of its annual creativity, receives a diploma, a badge and a cash prize of $ 50 thousand dollars.
In the past, winners of a "Poet" was Alexander Kushner, Olesya Nikolaeva, Oleg Chukhontsev, Timur Kibirov and Inna Lisnyanskaya.

[Кирилл Сызранский]

Sergei Gandlevsky "Dmitry Prigov."

Read by Nikolai Fomenko.