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 awarded1989

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]

  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.