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'Encounter' Literary PrizeLeft to right: Natalia A. Feduschak, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter's communications director; Olha Mukha, curator of congresses, committees and new centers of PEN International, head of jury "Encounter" prize; Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize; Marjana Savka, editor-in-chief of The Old Lion Publishing House; Igor Shchupak, board member of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter; Oksana Forostyna, co-founder at Yakaboo Publishing, editor, translator and writer, jury member "Encounter" prize.
"Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ is designed to be based on the common centuries-old experience of Ukrainians and Jews, which has found expression in fiction and non-fiction literature. The prize, sponsored by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, with the support of the NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine), is awarded annually for the most influential work of fiction and non-fiction (in 2023 — fiction) that promotes Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, helping to strengthen the position of Ukraine as a multi-ethnic society and embodying UJE's motto "Our stories are incomplete without each other." The award ceremony was held on 5 October 2023 at the Lviv BookForum with the participation of Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel Amadoka won the 2023 prize; Marjana Savka, editor-in-chief of The Old Lion Publishing House; Olha Mukha, curator of congresses, committees and new centers of PEN International; Oksana Forostyna, co-founder at Yakaboo Publishing, editor, translator and writer; Igor Shchupak, board member of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter; Natalia A. Feduschak, UJE's communications director.
From left to right: Igor Shchupak, Board Member of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter; Oksana Forostyna, co-founder at Yakaboo Publishing, editor, translator and writer, jury member "Encounter" prize.
At the ceremony.
Left to right: Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize; Marjana Savka, editor-in-chief of The Old Lion Publishing House.
At the ceremony.
Left to right: Olha Mukha, curator of congresses, committees and new centers of PEN International, head of jury "Encounter" prize; Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize.
At the ceremony.
Left to right: Olha Mukha, curator of congresses, committees and new centers of PEN International, head of jury "Encounter" prize; Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize.
Left to right: Olha Mukha, curator of congresses, committees and new centers of PEN International, head of jury "Encounter" prize; Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize.
Left to right: Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize; Marjana Savka, editor-in-chief of The Old Lion Publishing House.
Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize.
Left to right: Ukrainian writer Ivanna Stef'iuk, whose book "About You" was shortlisted for the 2023 prize; Natalia A. Feduschak, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter's communications director.
Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize.
Ukrainian writer Sofia Andrukhovych, whose novel "Amadoka" won the 2023 prize.
