The laureates of the Shevchenko Prize have been announced, among the winners is RS journalist Vitaly Portnikov

The laureates of the Shevchenko Prize have been announced, among the winners is RS journalist Vitaly Portnikov

In Kyiv, the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine announced this year’s laureates. Among them is the journalist of Radio Liberty, the host of the “Roads to Freedom” program Vitaliy Portnikov.

The Shevchenko Prize is awarded for contribution to culture and art, it is the country’s highest award in this field. Portnikov was chosen by the jury of the award for journalistic articles and performances of recent years. Besides him, the laureates were:

Poet Ekaterina Kalytko – for the book of poems “Order of the Silent Women”.

Literary critic Mikhail Nazarenko – for the book “Except Kobzar. Anthology of Ukrainian Literature. 1792 — 1883” in two parts.

Director Iryna Tsylyk for the documentary “The Earth is Blue, Like an Orange”

Performers of the group “Horeya Kozatska” – for the album “Songs of the Ukrainian Revolution”.

This year, in addition to the traditional nominations, the prize will be awarded in the “Contribution to Victory” nomination. It is assumed that the laureate will be announced later – in May, the Ukrainian Service of the Russian Federation reports.



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