The main purpose of the article is to consider the institution of literary award as something, which could consolidate a culture in spite of globalization - understood as a set of processes causing the cultural destabilization. The article is focused on literary texts honored with Angelus Central European Award (from a year 2006 to 2012). The following interpretations are used for exegesis of esthetical and ethical values, which are expected to form a kind of symbolical basis for the socio-cultural space of Central Europe.