Big Book (Russian: Большая Книга, romanized: Bolshaya Kniga) is a Russian literary award for best prose in Russian. The award is financed by the founders of the Center for the Support of Domestic Literature, Russian major businessmen and business structures. Acceptable candidates for the award are works of all prose genres, including memoirs, biographies and other documentary prose, written in or translated to Russian.The cash reward is as follows: First place — 3 million rubles. Second place — 1.5 million rubles. Third place — 1 million rubles. Source: Wikipedia (en)