Commenting on the shortlist,the chair of the 2023 jury,Srinath Perursaid, “In our shortlist meeting we reluctantly set out to eliminate five books from the longlist of ten. It turned out that every book on the longlist was a serious shortlist candidate for at least one jury member. But...
"First of all," he said, "take note that I am not a person in authority, but just such a subordinate official as you and Ivan Matveitch... I have nothing to do with it, and do not intend to mix myself up in the affair." I was surprised to find that he apparently knew all...