Shevchenko National Prize
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Shevchenko National Prize (Shevchenko Award), the highest award given for works of art and literature in Ukraine
. It is named after the Spiritual leader of Ukrainian national revival Taras Shevchenko
.
. It was awarded to the prominent performers of literature, arts, music, theater, and cinematography.
The first laureates received the Prize on March 9, 1962. They were Pavlo Tychyna
(recent speaker of Verkhovna Rada
) and Oleksandr Honchar in literature, and Platon Mayboroda in music.
Since April 23, 1969 the award was renamed into the Shevchenko State Prize of Ukrainian SSR. By the order of the President of Ukraine #800/2000 on June 22, 2000 the award became to be known as the Shevchenko National Prize.
From 1962 to 2007 the award was given to 566 people and eight collective ensembles.
. There are up to five prizes in the following nominations:
A special committee is elected to organize a concourse in three stages. Once decided the names of the candidates are forwarded to the State Committee of Awards and Heraldry that petitions them to the President.
The Awarded are paid by the Committee of amount size of which is identified annually by the President. The monetary award of the Prize for 2009 was ₴160,000 for each prize. For comparison, in 2008 the Prize money amounted to ₴130,000 which was equivalent to $25,000+. The first award in 1962 was given along with 2,500 Soviet ruble
s. The monetary award of the Prize in 2010 was confirmed at ₴130,000 which by 40,000 less than the last year (implying that it was ₴170,000). The Party of Regions
spokeperson Hanna Herman
commented that the funds were awarded only that one that were already on the Shevchenko's Fund. Shevchenko lived modestly, lived in need, and to buy him out of serfdom the Russian Intelligentsia
collected 2,500 ruble
s - she added.
The literary and artistic works that reached the third stage can be nominated for the second time, but no more than two times. The special committee accepts all the works for the National Prize starting the following year from August 1 to November 1 of the current year.
The collective authors of a presented work cannot exceed three persons, no more than five for collective of performers. The participants that performed any administrative, organizational, or counseling functions cannot be included among the laureates.
The National Prize is awarded to an author or a performer only once in the lifetime.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is named after the Spiritual leader of Ukrainian national revival Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...
.
History
The Shevchenko Republican Prize was established on May 20, 1961 by the Declaration of Ministry Council of Ukrainian SSRUkrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
. It was awarded to the prominent performers of literature, arts, music, theater, and cinematography.
The first laureates received the Prize on March 9, 1962. They were Pavlo Tychyna
Pavlo Tychyna
Pavlo Tychyna was a major Ukrainian poet, interpreter, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman.-Life:Born in Pisky in 1891, he was baptized on January 27 that mistakenly was considered his birth date until recently. His father, Hryhoriy Timofiyovych Tychyna, was a village deacon and...
(recent speaker of Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
) and Oleksandr Honchar in literature, and Platon Mayboroda in music.
Since April 23, 1969 the award was renamed into the Shevchenko State Prize of Ukrainian SSR. By the order of the President of Ukraine #800/2000 on June 22, 2000 the award became to be known as the Shevchenko National Prize.
From 1962 to 2007 the award was given to 566 people and eight collective ensembles.
Statute of Award
The National Prize is awarded annually by the order of the President of UkrainePresident of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
. There are up to five prizes in the following nominations:
- Literature (fiction or artistic literature)
- Literature (non-fiction or documentary and scientifically critical literature)
- Journalism and opinion journalismOpinion journalismOpinion journalism is journalism that makes no claim of objectivity. Although distinguished from advocacy journalism in several ways, both forms feature a subjective viewpoint, usually with some social or political purpose...
- Arts
- Performing Arts
A special committee is elected to organize a concourse in three stages. Once decided the names of the candidates are forwarded to the State Committee of Awards and Heraldry that petitions them to the President.
The Awarded are paid by the Committee of amount size of which is identified annually by the President. The monetary award of the Prize for 2009 was ₴160,000 for each prize. For comparison, in 2008 the Prize money amounted to ₴130,000 which was equivalent to $25,000+. The first award in 1962 was given along with 2,500 Soviet ruble
Ruble
The ruble or rouble is a unit of currency. Currently, the currency units of Belarus, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria, and, in the past, the currency units of several other countries, notably countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union, are named rubles, though they all are...
s. The monetary award of the Prize in 2010 was confirmed at ₴130,000 which by 40,000 less than the last year (implying that it was ₴170,000). The Party of Regions
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...
spokeperson Hanna Herman
Hanna Herman
Hanna Herman Hanna Herman Hanna Herman (born April 24, 1959; village of Kolodruby, Ukrainian state and political activist, and the spokeswoman for Viktor Yanukovych.-Biography:...
commented that the funds were awarded only that one that were already on the Shevchenko's Fund. Shevchenko lived modestly, lived in need, and to buy him out of serfdom the Russian Intelligentsia
Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a social class of people engaged in complex, mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them...
collected 2,500 ruble
Ruble
The ruble or rouble is a unit of currency. Currently, the currency units of Belarus, Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria, and, in the past, the currency units of several other countries, notably countries influenced by Russia and the Soviet Union, are named rubles, though they all are...
s - she added.
Special Conditions
The works that seek the National Prize are presented by the Ministry of culture and tourism of Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Academy of Science, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, the Ukrainian artistic unions, and the Ukrainian literally and artistically critical associations. It may be awarded to the citizens of Ukraine as well as with a foreign or no citizenship.The literary and artistic works that reached the third stage can be nominated for the second time, but no more than two times. The special committee accepts all the works for the National Prize starting the following year from August 1 to November 1 of the current year.
The collective authors of a presented work cannot exceed three persons, no more than five for collective of performers. The participants that performed any administrative, organizational, or counseling functions cannot be included among the laureates.
The National Prize is awarded to an author or a performer only once in the lifetime.
See also
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- Order of Saint Nestor the Chronicler
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