Literary critic Yevgeny Sidorov, the chairman of the Russian Booker competition jury, attends news conference at the Golden Ring Hotel which makes public 2008 Open Russian Booker Literary Prize finalists with the best novel in the Russian language. These are Ilya Boyashov ("Armada"), Mikhail Yelizarov ("The Librarian"), Yelena Nekrasova ("Shchukinsk and Cities), Gherman Sadulayev ("The Pill"), Vladimir Sharov ("Be like Children") and Galina Shchekina ("The Pulp-Writer"). The name of the Russian Booker prize winner to receive $20,000 will become known on December 3, 2008.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 02.10.2008
- Date published: 02.10.2008
- Author: Mikhail Fomichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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