Russian poet Maria Stepanova wins Leipzig Book Prize

Russian poet Maria Stepanova wins Leipzig Book Prize

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Category : Awards Published on: May 03 2023

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  • Maria Stepanova, an author of Russian-Jewish descent, has been honoured with the prestigious Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding in the year 2023. 
  • Stepanova was recognised in Leipzig this week for her poetry collection titled Girls without Clothes.
  • The award ceremony took place on April 25, marking the opening of the 30th Leipzig Book Fair. 
  • The prize has been granted since 1994 with the aim of promoting reconciliation in Europe, and it was previously won by another Russian exile, Masha Gessen, a journalist residing in the United States, for her book The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia in 2019.
  • Stepanova, a Russian-Jewish poet, novelist, and journalist born in Moscow in 1972, has been a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin’s administration.
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