Awarding Ceremony of the IV Ivan Franko Literary Competition
On August 27, the Central City Library named after Ivan Franko hosted a festive awarding ceremony for the winners of the IV municipal competition dedicated to the memory of the prominent Ukrainian writer.
This event was held in honor of the birthday of the great I. Ya. Franko, who left a significant mark on Ukrainian culture.
In 2024, the competition, which gathered writers from various regions of Ukraine, is being held for the fourth time.
The winners are:
in the category of “Journalism”:
- Vyacheslav Kushnir (Odesa, “Pages of Newspapers and Facebook”);
- Eduard Amchislavsky (New York, “Actors, Cinema, Odesa…”);
in the category of “Prose”:
- Volodymyr Shevchenko-Vasylenko (Kremenchuk, “A Boat Full of Grief”);
- Iryna Feofanova (Irpin, “A Stranger, A Native”);
in the category of “Poetry”:
- Oksana Lozova (Lviv, “Time Does Not Pass”), along with her son Vasyl Lozovyi, who is currently defending Ukraine, co-authored the collection “We Are!”;
- Yuriy Ostrovershenko (Vradievka, Mykolaiv region, poetry collection “Whip”);
in the category of “Promotion of Ivan Franko's Creativity”:
- Denys Rudyi (Odesa, second prize, script for the literary-musical concert “Withered Leaves”),
- Olesya Franko (Kalush, first prize, local history tour “Franko City”).
A special award from the Franko Library was given to Vasyl Dobriansky, a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, known for his historical novels.
An honorary certificate from the Odesa District Council was awarded to Natalia Klykova, the director of the Centralized Library System for Adults.
To conclude the event, students and teachers from the Odesa Art School No. 1 named after Hilels performed, along with the laureate of literary awards, Svitlana Lukina.
On Ivan Franko's birthday, library staff and admirers laid flowers at his monument.
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The literary competition was established in 2021 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence Day and the 165th anniversary of the birth of the great Ukrainian writer, philosopher, and public figure I. Franko.
