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Winner
2021 Grand Prix for Excellence in Translation
History of Ukraine-Rus' Volume 2
Mykhailo Hrushevsky – Author
Ian Press – Translator
Tania Plawuszczak-Stech – Co-translator and Managing Editor
CIUS Press – Publisher
“The Grand Prix was awarded not only as an acknowledgement of the volume’s excellence in translation, but also in recognition of its exceptional importance in making Hrushevsky's magnum opus accessible to a global audience.”
Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus’ represented a seismic break from the Russocentric paradigm that had previously driven historiography. Russian imperial domination of political history had sought to entrench a narrative advocating a direct continuity between Rus' and the Suzdalia-Muscovy-Russian Empire — an interpretation of medieval history that, for decades, Western scholarship had fully embraced. The content of Hrushevsky’s volume 2—especially its three chapters of political history covering the period from 1015 to 1252—was central to contesting the imperial legend that Russia was the direct political successor of the Kyivan-Rus’ state — a myth that Russia’s present-day political leadership continues to perpetuate. The fact that this monumental history is now available in English, guarantees that this historically significant work will forever be accessible to a worldwide scholarly audience.
Mykhailo Hrushevsky Author
Winners
2021 Translated Book Awards:
2021 Translation-in-Progress Grants
2021 Awards Gala
Acceptance Speeches
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Peterson Literary Prize
The Peterson Literary Prize is a biennial international book prize recognizing original works of nonfiction written in English or Ukrainian. The prize is awarded in even-numbered years.
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Established Writers Grant
The Established Writers Grant is designed for established writers whose proposed manuscript has received approval from a reputable publisher. The grant is awarded to a work of fiction or non-fiction, written in English or Ukrainian, whose subject matter promotes a better understanding of the Ukrainian experience or is deemed relevant to the global Ukrainian community.
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Emerging Writers Grant
All Writers Grants offered by the Peterson Literary Fund are awarded in two-year cycles, in even-numbered years.
The Emerging Writers Grant is designed for new writers who have not yet been published in book form. Grants are given to writers of both works of fiction and non-fiction, written in English or Ukrainian, whose subject matter promotes a better understanding of the Ukrainian experience or is deemed relevant to the global Ukrainian community.
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Translated Book Award
The Peterson Literary Fund Translated Book Award is presented biennially. The Translated Book Award recognizes the best recently published translated books of non-fiction or fiction.
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Translation-in-Progress Grant
The Translation-in-Progress Grant is awarded biennially to deserving translators of literary works of fiction and non-fiction that promote a better understanding of Ukraine or the Ukrainian people or are deemed to be of significant interest to the global Ukrainian community.
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