- August 21, 2024
- 8:29 pm
- Ukraine
In December 2019, the Canadian non-profit organization Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, with the support of the Lviv Publishers Forum, announced the creation of the award. “Meeting: Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize” (Ukrainian “Zustrich: Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize”
).
The award is intended to recognize works that reflect the shared experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries and that contribute to mutual understanding while maintaining the multinational character of Ukrainian society.
About this on August 20, 2024 reports “Ukrainian-Jewish Zustrich”.
The prize is awarded annually in two categories: fiction and non-fiction.
In 2020, the prize in the fiction category was won by Vasyl Makhno for his novel The Eternal Calendar. In 2021, the winner in the non-fiction category was Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern for the Ukrainian translation of his work Anti-Imperial Choice: The Making of Ukrainian-Jewish Identity. In 2023, the prize in the fiction category was won by Sofia Andrukhovych for her novel Amadoka.
The 2022 award was cancelled due to Russia's war against Ukraine.
The following books are nominated for 2024 in the non-fiction category:
- Roman Mikhalchuk, “Death and Survival during the Holocaust: the Territory of Modern Rivne Region” (Rivne: Volynskie Oberegi Publishing House, 2022)
- Petro Rykhlo, “The Broken Strings of the Former Lyre…”: German-Jewish Poets of Bukovina (Kyiv: “Dukh i Litera”, 2023)
- Evgenia Senik, “Bo Bolit” (Brustury: “Discursus”, 2023)
- Yuri Skira, “Solid. Shoe Factory of Life” (Lviv: Choven Publishing House, 2023)
- Yulia Stakhovskaya, “Sonya and the Play of Flowers” (Kyiv: “Dukh i Litera”, 2022)
The winner of the award will receive a cash prize of 6,000 euros (4,000 euros for the author and 2,000 euros for the publisher). Four finalists will receive 250 euros each. The award ceremony will take place at the Lviv International BookForum 2024, which will be held on October 3-6, 2024.
The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize plays an important role in strengthening mutual understanding between the Ukrainian and Jewish peoples.
It supports the multinational identity of Ukraine and encourages literary works that highlight the shared history and culture of the two nations. Awards for such works contribute to a better understanding and integration of historical experience in the modern context, which is especially important in the context of global and local conflicts. The award encourages authors and publishers to create works that help preserve and develop cultural ties.
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