Awarded the literary prize named after the Strugatsky brothers
on June 21 in the main (Pulkovo Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences, where in astrophysics laboratory worked Boris Strugatsky, a ceremony was held international literary prize of the Strugatsky brothers in the field of fiction ( " ABS-award " ).
This date was not accidental - it was chosen in 1999 with the establishment of the awards,
as this day is equidistant from the birthdays of members of writers ' tandem whose name it bears. Since then, the presentation takes place on the 21st of June.
The prize has been awarded for the 15th time, and the 2nd time - without Boris Strugatsky, which had identified the jury, and was the nomination list.
in 2012, has not become Boris Strugatsky, playwright, philosopher, literary guru for several generations of Russian science fiction writers. Since its Foundation and until his death he single-handedly shaped the short list of works
proposed by the nominational Commission. In 2013, the rules have changed: concern about the life of the short-list was completely on the shoulders of the members of the jury, comprised of prominent writers, literary critics, publishers and journalists.
by tradition the prize is awarded in 2 categories. In the nomination " Artistic prose "
defeated Mikhail Uspensky With the novel " Bogatyrskie Bones Zhikhareva "