The Vasyl Stus Prize (Ukrainian: Премія імені Василя Стуса), given since January 1989, is the first non-governmental prize awarded for "talent and courage" and being worthy of the memory of Vasyl Stus.[1] This Prize was set up by the Ukrainian Association of the Independent Creative Intelligentsia and awarded every year on the poet's, Stus', date of birth in Lviv.[2] In 1990 it moved to Kyiv.[3]
| Vasyl Stus Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | ...awarded authors, who have outstanding achievements in their field, take a clear public position, actively present in the Ukrainian cultural space |
| Country | Ukrainian SSR / Ukraine |
| First awarded | 1989 |
Winners
editAmong the winners (which is already over 60):
- Olena Golub
- Mykola Horbal
- Maria Burmaka
- Olga Bogomolets
- Igor Zhuk
- Opanas Zalyvakha
- Taras Kompanichenko
- Mykhailyna Kotsiubynska
- Ivanna Krypyakevych
- Volodymyr Kuchynsky
- Raisa Lysha
- Sergiy Moroz
- Kost Moskalets
- Vasyl Ovsienko
- Ivan Svitlichny
- Nadiya Svitlychna
- Liudmyla Semykina
- Halyna Sevruk
- Galyna Stefanova
- The Telnyuk Sisters
- Moysey Fishbein
- Valeriy Franchuk
- Oleksandr Riabokrys
- Myroslav Marynovych
- Iryna Zhylenko
- Yevgen Zakharov
- Lyubov Panchenko
- Oleksandr Polozhynskyi
- Serhii Babkin
- Taras Voznyak
See also
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References and footnotes
edit- ^ "STUS, Vasyl Semenovych". Dissident movement in Ukraine.
- ^ The Association of independent creative intelligentsia awarded its Vasyl Stus prizes. By khpg.org at 2000/12/08
- ^ "Останні новини України та Світу | Українські Національні Новини УНН". unn.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.