The best monographs published by the IOM’s researchers in late 2009 through 2010 were selected.

The IOM’s awards were given to the authors of the following works:

I

Trotsevich A.F., Guryeva A.A. Description of Manuscripts and Block-prints of Korean Traditional Culture. Part II: Manuscripts and Block-prints in Keeping of the Manuscript Department of of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences [Описание письменных памятников корейской традиционной культуры. Выпуск II: Корейские письменные памятники в рукописном отделе Института восточных рукописей Российской академии наук]. St Petersburg 2009, 424 p.

II

Oirat Vocabulary of Poetical Names [Ойратский словарь поэтических выражений]. Facscimile ed., transliteration, introfuction, translation from Oirat into Russian, dictionary with notes, appendices by N.S. Yakhontova. Moscow, Vostochnaya Literatura Publishers 2010. 615 p. (Pamyatniki pismennosti Vostoka, СХХ).

III

Zorin A.V. At the Source of Tibetan Poetry. Buddhist Hymns in Tibetan Literature from 8th to 14th century [У истоков тибетской поэзии. Буддийские гимны в тибетской литературе VIII—XIV вв.]. St Petersburg, Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie Publishers 2010. 384 p. (Orientalia).