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Winner of the 2021 Taras Shevchenko National Prize in Literature

Ivan and Phoebe by Oksana Lutsyshyna, translated by Nina Murray environment politiciansWinner of the 2021 Taras Shevchenko National Prize in Literature Ivan and Phoebe chronicles the lives of several young people involved in the Ukranian student protests of the 1990s, otherwise known as the Revolution On Granite or the First Maidan. The story bounces between politically charged cities like Kyiv and Lviv, and protagonist Ivans small, traditional hometown of Uzhgorod. As characters come to exercise their rights to free speech and protest,