The International "Cyril and Methodius" Prize medal GOLD

The International Botev Prize (Bulgarian: Международна ботевска награда) is a prestigious Bulgarian award, presented to individuals with significant accomplishments in the field of literature.It was established in 1972 and is named after Hristo Botev, an iconic Bulgarian revolutionary, journalist and poet.
Awarded:
This list is incomplete. The award is presented in different categories every 5 years. The International Botev Prize was not awarded between 1986 and 1996.

1976
Alexey Surkov (1976)
Nicolás Guillén (1976)
Pierre Seghers (1976)
László Nagy (1976)
1981
Rafael Alberti (1981)
Ahmad al-Ahmad (1981)
Miroslav Krle¸a (1981)
Rasul Gamzatov (1981)
1986
Günter Wallraff (1986)
Nil Gilevich (1986)
Mario Benedetti (1986)
Dmitro Pavlichko (1986)
1996
Nadine Gordimer (1996)
Valeri Petrov (1996)
2001
Branko Cvetkovski (2001)
Nikola Indzhov (2001)
2006
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (2006)
2008
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2008) - exceptional award in commemoration of his death