Awards Ceremony for Ivan Franko Competition Winners
On August 27, the Central Library named after Ivan Franko held a ceremony to honor the winners and participants of the IV municipal literary competition dedicated to Ivan Franko.
This event was organized in celebration of the birthday of the renowned Ukrainian writer, philosopher, and public figure I. Ya. Franko.
The competition, which features literary talents from various regions of Ukraine, is being held for the fourth time in 2024.
The winners of the competition included:
in the «Journalism» category:
- Vyacheslav Kushnir (Odessa, «Through Newspapers and Facebook»);
- Eduard Amchislavsky (New York, «Actors, Cinema, Odessa…»);
in the «Prose» category:
- Volodymyr Shevchenko-Vasylenko (Kremenchuk, «The Boat Sails Full of Grief»);
- Iryna Feofanova (Irpin, «Strange Own Native»);
in the «Poetry» category:
- Oksana Lozova (Lviv, «Time Does Not Pass»), together with her son Vasyl Lozovyi, who is currently defending Ukraine, authored the collection «We Are!»;
- Yuriy Ostrovershenko (Vradievka, Mykolaiv region, poetry collection «Whip»);
in the «Promotion of Ivan Franko's Works» category:
- Denys Rudyi (Odessa, second prize, script for the literary and musical concert «Withered Leaves»),
- Olesya Franko (Kalush, Frankivsk region, first prize, local history tour «Franko City»).
A special recognition from the Franko Library was awarded to Vasyl Dobryansky, a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, known for his historical and detective novels from Ivano-Frankivsk.
The head of the Centralized Library System for Adults, Natalia Klykova, received an honorary certificate from the Odessa District Council.
The event concluded with performances by students and teachers from the Odessa Art School No. 1 named after Gilels and literary award winner Svitlana Lukina.
On Ivan Franko's birthday, library staff and fans of his work 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.
