Prize laureates
Polish scholar of Ukrainian studies, translator and promoter of Ukrainian literature, researcher at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and chair of the Society for the Promotion of Ukrainian Culture in Poland and Polish Culture in Ukraine. Academic editor of the three-volume Legacy of Vasyl Mudry, covering the work of the Ukrainian civic and political figure, journalist, Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm and vice-president of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council.
Author of landmark studies of Ukrainian culture, historical memory and identity. Her book Farewell to the Empire: Ukrainian Debates on Identity won the Jerzy Giedroyc Prize and the Eastern Review award, while Courage and Fear received the Grand Prix of the Lviv Book Forum in 2015. In recognition of her contribution to Polish-Ukrainian cultural dialogue, Ola Hnatiuk has received, among other honours, the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.