Vasyl Stus Prize
| 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 |
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.
Winners[]
Among the winners (which is already over 60):
- Olena Golub
- Mykola Horbal
- Maria Burmaka
- Olga Bogomolets
- Taras Kompanichenko
- Nadiya Svitlychna
- The Telnyuk Sisters
- Moysey Fishbein
- .
- Oleksandr Riabokrys
- Myroslav Marynovych
- Iryna Zhylenko
- Yevgen Zakharov.
See also[]
- Kobzar Literary Award
- List of literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of European art awards
- Shevchenko National Prize
- Warrior of Light
References and footnotes[]
Categories:
- Visual arts awards
- Ukrainian literary awards
- Ukrainian culture
- Awards established in 1989
- Ukrainian art
- Recipients of the Vasyl Stus Prize