Fifteen Ukrainian publications shortlisted for BBC Book of the Year Award 2023
BBC Ukraine has shortlisted fifteen Ukrainian publications in three categories for the prestigious BBC Book of the Year Award 2023:
BBC Book of the Year 2023
"Just don't bark", Olena Zakharchenko, Kharkiv, Vivat, 2023
"Sorrow and madness" (translated from the Russian), Oleh Kostiuk, Kyiv, Oleh Fedorov's Printshop, 2023
"The ladder" Yevhenia Kuznetsova, Lviv, Staryi Lev Publishing House, 2023
"There is land beyond the Perekop", Anastasia Levkova, Kyiv, Laboratory, 2023
"The road to Asmara", Serhiy Synhaevsky, Kyiv, Komora Publishing House, 2023
BBC Children's Book of the Year 2023
"Our bedroom", Kateryna Yehorushkina, Kharkiv, Vivat, 2023
"Toliks. About those who rewound the tape with a pencil", Yulia Mak, Kyiv, Laboratory, 2023
"Princess of Kyiv, Queen of France", Ivan Malkovich and Anna Yaroslavna, Kyiv, A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-GA, 2023
"Mirror of desires", Yulita Ran, Kharkiv, ACCA, 2023.
"Blue Notebook", Halyna Tkachuk, Kharkiv, Vivat, 2023
BBC Essay of the Year 2023
"Eros and psyche. Love and culture in Europe", Volodymyr Yermolenko, Lviv, Staryi Lev Publishing House, 2023
"The Rise of the Ukrainian Sun. Stories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions at the beginning of the twenty-first century", Kateryna Zarembo, Lviv, Choven, 2022
"Call sign Job. Chronicles of the invasion", Oleksandr Mykhed, Lviv, Old Lion Publishing House, 2023
"Adventures of Ukrainian Literature (from Romanticism to Postmodernism)", Rostyslav Semkiv, Kyiv, Tempora, 2023
"A light and disturbing book", Iryna Slavinska, Kharkiv, Vivat, 2023.
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The winners will be announced at the BBC Book of the Year Award Ceremony 2023 on Dec. 14.
This year's jury includes Vira Ageieva, professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Svitlana Pyrkalo, writer and cultural advisor to the EBRD; Vitaliy Chepinoha, blogger; Vitaliy Chernetsky, professor at the University of Kansas; and Marta Shokalo, editor-in-chief of BBC Ukraine.
The prize is awarded in partnership with the Cultural Program of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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2022 winners include Andriy Semyankiv for “Dancing with Bones. Medical Thriller”; Andriy Bachynsky for “Phantoms of Chorna Dibrova”; and Pavlo Kazarin for "Wild West of Eastern Europe".
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