New Literary Prizes for Works of Children’s Literature

Abstract

In the last years, the new literary prizes for works of children’s literature as well as special festivals of children’s literature became frequent events. Ol’ga Kolpakova, writer and member of an international Vladislav Krapivin literary prize committee, discusses the impact of such endeavours. She sees, in this new institution, direct support for the development of contemporary literature for children and young adults. At the end of the interview, one can find the list of Krapivin prize winners for 2010 and 2011.