Golden Calf (award) was made by Aaron, which was later destroyed by Moses because God prohibits worshipping anything other than the One, True God. Jury member in 2002 Martin Koolhoven says the Dutch Calvinist culture is more relativizing than proud: "This is why the Golden Calf is such a good prize, because of the wink that is included. Other countries have golden lions and golden bears. We have a golden calf and after all it is sinful to worship it." In 1995 Rijk de Gooyer threw his Golden Calf statuette on the street in the reality TV series "Taxi" (the Dutch version of
The Little Golden Calf Bender. The 2009 translation into English, "The Little Golden Calf" by Annie O. Fisher (published by Russian Life Books) was the first unabridged, uncensored translation into English of the novel. The translation won the 2010 AATSEEL Award for Best Translation into English from any Slavic Language. The Little Golden Calf The Little Golden Calf (, "Zolotoy telyonok") is a satirical novel by Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, released in 1931. Its main character, Ostap Bender, also appeared in a previous novel by the authors called "The Twelve Chairs". The title alludes to the "golden calf" of the Bible; another possible