Poet Viktor Bryukhovetsky won the Governor’s Literary Award named after Robert Rozhdestvensky in 2014. It was awarded for his collection of poems “Selected writings”, that is now housed in the museum collection. The award ceremony was held in the village of Kosikha, the native village of Rozhdestvensky, where the literary festival Rozhdestvensky Regional Readings has been held since 2007.

Viktor Bryukhovetsky was born in 1945 — same year as Rozhdestvensky, in Altai Krai. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation and worked at the Institute of Applied Chemistry. Bryukhovetsky’s first poetic book “Father’s House” was published in 1983. After that, he published several more poetry collections: “And tenderness will fill the soul” (1991), “Second Breath” (1993), “Over the candle”s narrow flame " (1996), “I will not return” (2000), “The Golden Ratio” (2003), “Let’s pass over the imminent abyss” (2011). Bryukhovetsky dedicated many of his poems to his homeland (Aleysk), the Russian village imagery, and the rural way of life:

The poems show his extensive erudition and motifs inspired by the works of his favorite poets. The themes of Siberia and proximity to one’s roots are very prominent, as well. Bryukhovetsky is a laureate of the International Pushkin Prize and Prize of A.A. Prokofiev “Ladoga”. Today he lives in the village of Kuzmolovo, Leningrad region.

For the first time, the Governor’s Literary Award named after Robert Rozhdestvensky was awarded at the 6th Literary Rozhdestvensky readings dedicated to the poet’s 80th anniversary, in 2012. Then, the winner of the competition was a Moscow poet Viktor Verstakov. Poets from all over Russia take part in the competition.