Vladislav Otroshenko Awarded 2026 Solzhenitsyn Literature Prize

Vladislav Otroshenko

The 2026 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Prize in Literature has been awarded to essayist Vladimir Otroshenko “for the multidimensional portrayal of the life of the Don Cossacks in his short stories and novellas—works in which reality blends harmoniously with phantasmagoria, imbuing his artistic language with a unique magic—and for his persistent dedication to fathoming the universe of Gogol, the most enigmatic genius of Russian literature.”