Writer Elena Pshenichna received Oles Honchar Prize
Elena Wheat’s debut novel « Where the sun goes down »
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Writer Elena Wheat She became the laurel of Oles Honchar Prize for the novel « Where the Sun goes. »
The name of the winner was announced by the State Agency of Ukraine for Arts and Art Education on Gonchar’s Birthday, April 3.
« Where the sun goes down » is a novel about the elderly home. The main character of Viri is 72, and she finds herself there because her son is engaged in volunteering in the war. The book reveals the topic of old age in Ukrainian society and the process of adopting aging.
”Where the sun goes down « Helen Wheat is a bold text. Bold not only because for the first time they wrote a novel in Ukrainian, inhabited mainly by elderly people, which means – a novel with extremely unusual optics and a set of questions that are usually not taken to sound« , – wrote about the novel by a bookserist UP. Culture Arina Kravchenko.
Last year the book « Where the sun goes down » noted In Ukrainian PEN, adding the publication to the best books of 2024. Laboratory published by the Laboratory Publishing House.
This year the winner was elected among 36 authors and authors. Also members of the Committee of the Prize noted the work of some candidates:
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Bashinsky Sergey – Book « Ukrainian Church: Forbidden History »
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Nesterovich Juliana – the novel « The Tale of the Red Snake »
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Paplauskaite Maria – a collection of stories « The train arrives on a schedule. Stories of people and rail »
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Valentine’s mind – a collection of stories « February Year of Independence »
The Oles Honchar Prize is awarded annually for the best literary works that affirm the ideals of humanism, the spiritual values of the Ukrainian people, the ideas of Ukraine’s independence.
