Vakhtang Kipiani

Vakhtang Kipiani
Vakhtang Kipiani in 2017
Vakhtang Kipiani 2017
Born
Vakhtang Kipiani

(1971-04-01) April 1, 1971 (age 53)
Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , USSR
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • historian
  • opinion journalist
Years active1990–present

Vakhtang Kipiani (Georgian: ვახტანგ ყიფიანი, Ukrainian: Вахтанг Кіпіані; born April 1, 1971) is a Ukrainian journalist, historian, and opinion journalist the most famous for his book "The Case of Vasyl Stus" that won the first place in the "List of 30 iconic books of Ukrainian Independence" compiled by Ukrainian Book Institute and Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine with help of voting of qualified voters in 2021.[1] He is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Istorychna Pravda (from September 2010), the head of the Museum-Archive of the Press and lecturer in Ukrainian Catholic University and in National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He is a recipient of Shevchenko National Prize in journalism[2] and a Honored Journalist of Ukraine (from 2005).

  1. ^ "Ukrainians have chosen 30 notable books of published since proclamation of Independence". UATV. October 28, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "UNWLA Detroit branch hosts talk by Ukrainian journalist Vakhtang Kipiani". The Ukrainian Weekly. January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.