Anti-Booker prize

The Anti-Booker prize (Russian: Антибукер) was a Russian literary award that existed between 1995 and 2001. Established by newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta using money of Boris Berezovsky. Its name refers to British-sponsored Russian Booker and differences are:

  • prize was to be one dollar more than the Russian Booker
  • not limited to novels, but has five nominations (also poetry, stageplays, literary critics and memoirs)
  • current year's works were awarded.