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International Botev Prize


The International Botev Prize () is a prestigious Bulgarian award, presented to individuals with significant accomplishments in the field of literature.

It was established in 1972 and is named after Hristo Botev, an iconic Bulgarian revolutionary, journalist and poet.

Awarded

This list is incomplete. The award is presented in different categories every 5 years. The International Botev Prize was not awarded between 1986 and 1996.

1976

  • Soviet Union Alexey Surkov (1976)
  • Cuba Nicolás Guillén (1976)
  • France Pierre Seghers (1976)
  • Hungary László Nagy (1976)

1981

  • Spain Rafael Alberti (1981)
  • Syria Ahmad al-Ahmad (1981)
  • Yugoslavia Miroslav Krleža (1981)
  • Soviet Union Rasul Gamzatov (1981)

1986

  • Germany Günter Wallraff (1986)
  • Soviet Union Nil Hilevich (1986)
  • Uruguay Mario Benedetti (1986)
  • Soviet Union Dmytro Pavlychko (1986)

1996

  • South Africa Nadine Gordimer (1996)
  • Bulgaria Valeri Petrov (1996)

2001

  • Macedonia Branko Cvetkovski (2001)
  • Bulgaria Nikola Indzhov (2001)

2006

  • Russia Yevgeny Yevtushenko (2006)

2008

  • Russia Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2008) – exceptional award in commemoration of his death

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