Valeriy Shevchuk about Hryhoriy Skovoroda

Literary and artistic evening "Zankivchan evenings" at the National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Maria Zankovetska, October 12, 1994.

The writer Valery Shevchuk tells about the work of the Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda.

The works of Hryhoriy Skovoroda are recited by: writer Ihor Kalynets, theater and film actor Svyatoslav Maksymchuk, and artist Bohdan Kozak. The pipe quintet of the All-Ukrainian Music Union performs.

The presenter of the event is Svyatoslav Maksymchuk.

Reference: Valeriy Shevchuk is a Ukrainian writer of the sixties, a master of psychological and gothic prose, and an interpreter of the Ukrainian literary baroque.

He was born on August 20, 1939, in the family of a shoemaker in Zhytomyr. In 1961, he made his debut with the short story “Nastushka”. Valeriy Shevchuk is the author of about 500 scientific and journalistic articles. His works have been translated into 22 languages.

The artist has received the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine, the Antonovych Foundation Prize, and the Malaniuk, Pchilka, Kopylenko, and Ogienko Literary Prizes. In 1999, he was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the V degree. On November 29, 2011, the Institute of Philology and Journalism of Zhytomyr University launched the Valeriy Shevchuk Prize, a creative award for the best book of prose published in Ukrainian.

Valeriy Shevchuk died on May 6, 2025.