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The Griboyedov Prize
The Griboyedov Prize
Awarded for	Best Russian-language play
Country	Imperial Russia
Presented by	Society of Russian Dramatists and Opera Composers
First awarded	1883

The Griboyedov Prize (Russian: Грибоедовская премия) was a Russian literary award established in 1878 by the Society of Russian Dramatists and Opera Composers to honor Alexander Griboyedov. The opening ceremony was held on 11 February (old style: 30 January), on the anniversary of the great Russian playwright's death. The prize, collected through private donations, was awarded to the best play of the year, produced in Saint Petersburg and Moscow by either Imperial Theatres or their private counterparts. Despite the fact that the Prize was launched in 1878, it was first awarded in 1883.^[1]^[2]

Laureates

1882/1883 — Alexander Ostrovsky, The Handsome Man
1883/1884 — Nikolai Chayev, The Tsar and the Grand Prince of Rus Vasily Ivanovich Shuysky
1884/1885 — Alexander Ostrovsky, Not of This World
1885/1886 — Pyotr Nevezhin, Childhood Friend
1886/1887 — Vladimir Tikhonov, The Ace
1887/1888 — Pyotr Nevezhin, Second Youth
1888/1889 — Dmitry Averkiyev, Teophano
1889/1890 — Pyotr Gnedich, The Rolling Stone
1890/1891 — Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, The New Business
1891/1892 — Leo Tolstoy, The Fruits of Enlightenment
1893/1894 — joint winners: Modest Chaykosky, Prejudices; Evgeny Goslavsky, Price to Pay; Vasily Velichko, First Fly
1894/1895 — Modest Chaykosky, Fear of Life; Alexander Yuzhin, Old School
1896/1897 — Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Price of Life
1897/1898 — Modest Chaykovsky, Wrestlers; Alexander Yuzhin, The Gentlemen
1898/1899 — Ippolit Shpazhinsky, Two Fates
1900/1901 — Anton Chekhov, The Three Sisters
1901/1902 — joint winners: Maxim Gorky, The Philistines; Sergey Naydyonov, Vanyushin's Children and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, In Dreams
1902/1903 — Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths
1903/1904 — Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
1906/1907 — Leonid Andreyev, The Life of Man
1909/1910 — Evtikhy Karpov, Brilliant Personality; Evgeny Chirikov, King of Nature
1911/1912 — Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik, Happy Woman
1912/1913 — Pyotr Gnedich, The Assembly; Sergey Naydyonov, Aunt Anya's Love Affair
1913/1914 — A. Alpatin, The Last Bet; Vladimir Volkenstein, The Wanderers
1914/1915 — N.A. Grigoriev-Istomin, The Kedrov Sisters; Nikolai Shklyar, The Tale of Bonny Prince Albert, Alexey N. Tolstoy, Kasatka
1915/1916 – Vladimir Vinnichenko, The Lie; Sergey Naydyonov, The Woman Worker^[3]

References

^ The Griboyedov Prize // Устав Грибоедовской премии при Обществе русских драматических писателей и оперных композиторов]
^ The Griboyedov Prize at The Pushkin House Online Library
^ Literary Prizes in the Pre-Revolutionary Russia