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
CountryUkrainian SSR / Ukraine
First award1989

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] The prize was set up by the Ukrainian Association of the Independent Creative Intelligentsia and awarded every year on the poet Stus's date of birth, in Lviv.[2] In 1990 it moved to Kyiv.[3] The awarding of the prize is currently organized by Pen Centre Ukraine, Kyiv Mohyla Business School and Dukh i Litera publishing house.[4]

Winners

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ "STUS, Vasyl Semenovych". Dissident movement in Ukraine.
  2. ^ The Association of independent creative intelligentsia awarded its Vasyl Stus prizes. By khpg.org at 2000/12/08
  3. ^ "Останні новини України та Світу | Українські Національні Новини УНН". unn.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ a b "Премію Стуса-2025 отримав Тімоті Снайдер". 2025-09-11. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
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