Lesya Ukrainka Award is the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine prize awarded for literary and artistic works for children and youth. It is awarded yearly on the birthday of a prominent Ukrainian writer, Lesya Ukrainka, on 25 February.
The Lesya Ukrainka Award is granted for works that have gained broad public recognition and contribute to the education of the younger generation in the spirit of national dignity and spiritual unity of Ukrainian society. [1] In 2004, it received the status of the government award, and since then, it has been awarded in four nominations of 10,000 Ukrainian hryvnias (UAH) each:
In 2018, the Government of Ukraine increased the amount of the financial reward for winning each of the nominations from 10,000 to 20,000 UAH to encourage journalists, authors, artists, translators of artistic and journalistic works, and theater and film teams to create new original works. [2]
Lesya Ukrainka Literary Award for the best work for children was established by the resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR dated July 17, 1970, N 372 "On the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lesya Ukrainka". [1] The prize has been awarded annually since 1972, for 1,000 rubles "for deep-ideal and highly artistic works for children that contribute to the communist education of the younger generation and have gained wide public recognition."
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