Vasyl Stus Prize
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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
| 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 award | 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] 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]
