Juhan Smuul literary award ( et, Juhan Smuuli kirjanduse aastapreemia) is an Estonian

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

. The award, from 1972 named after the Estonian writer

Juhan Smuul Juhan Smuul (18 February 1922 – 13 April 1971) was an Estonian writer. Until 1954 he used the given name Johannes Schmuul. Career Smuul was born in Koguva village on the island of Muhu to Jüri and Ruudu Schmuul (née Tuulik). He had three ...

, was given out from 1970 to the beginning of 1990s and again from 1995 using the new name ''Eesti Kultuurkapital kirjanduse sihtkapitali aastapreemia'' (Estonian Cultural Endowment Annual Literary Endowment Award). The award has many categories: e.g. best piece of prose, best piece of poetry, best piece of children's literature.

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{{Reflist Estonian literary awards Soviet literary awards