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    Rules and application form: 'Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize' ™ 2023 Fiction Category

    Posted On: January 27th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    Ukrainians and Jews have lived side-by-side on the territory of modern-day Ukraine for nearly two millennia. Separately and together, they weaved a tapestry that has left an indelible mark on Ukraine's cultural, linguistic and historical...

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    Oksana Forostyna: "We are strong enough to talk frankly about the complicated moments of our history"

    Posted On: September 20th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    [Editor’s note: LB.UA, one of Ukraine’s leading publications, ran a series of interviews with jury members for the 2023 "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ before the prize winner was announced on 18 September 2023....

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    The winner of the 2023 'Encounter' prize is the novel Amadoka by Sofia Andrukhovych

    Posted On: September 18th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, and Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce that Amadoka, written by Sofia Andrukhovych and published by Ukraine's "The Old Lion Publishing House"...

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    Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno discusses his novels, poetry, and S.Y. Agnon in Jerusalem

    Posted On: August 28th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Culture

    Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno traveled to Israel between 23 June and 2 July 2023 to discuss the intersection of Ukrainian and Jewish literature and culture in Ukraine and abroad. His presentations before Ukrainian-, English- and...

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    The short list announced for the 2023 'Encounter' prize

    Posted On: August 21st, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    In December 2019, the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, in cooperation with Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine), announced a new initiative entitled "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize ™." The prize aims to...

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    Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno reads his poetry in Tel Aviv and Haifa

    Posted On: August 10th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Culture

    Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno traveled to Israel between 23 June-2 July 2023 to discuss the intersection of Ukrainian and Jewish literature and culture in Ukraine and abroad. His presentations before Ukrainian-, English- and Hebrew-language audiences...

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    The long list announced for the 2023 'Encounter' prize

    Posted On: July 24th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    In December 2019, the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, in cooperation with Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine), announced a new initiative entitled "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize ™." The prize aims to...

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    International jury announced for the 2023 'Encounter' prize

    Posted On: May 23rd, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    Ukrainians and Jews have lived side-by-side on the territory of modern-day Ukraine for nearly two millennia. Separately and together, they weaved a tapestry that has left an indelible mark on Ukraine's cultural, linguistic, and historical...

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    The "Encounter" prize to judge fiction submissions in 2023

    Posted On: December 22nd, 2022
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    After a delay caused by Russia's genocidal war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and the NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce that the 'Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize' prize will resume...

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    The awarding of the 'Encounter' prize has been suspended until further notice

    Posted On: March 31st, 2022
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives
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    The "Encounter" prize in Krytyka magazine

    Posted On: February 10th, 2022
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    The Ukrainian-language translation of The Anti-Imperial Choice: The Making of the Ukrainian Jew by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, published by Krytyka Press in 2018, was the second winner of "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ in 2021....

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    Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize  

    The 'Encounter' prize aims to build on the common experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries, expressed in literature and nonfiction. The Prize will be awarded annually to the most influential work in literature and nonfiction (in alternate years) that fosters Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, helping solidify Ukraine's place as a multi-ethnic society and giving truth to the motto, "Our stories are incomplete without each other."

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