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THE KOVALIV PRIZES The 1995 Kovaliv Prizes, established by Lesia and Petro Kovaliv to promote Ukrainian studies and Ukrain ian literature, were announced at the Philadelphia Con vention of the UNWLA on Sunday May 26,1996. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Vice President of the UNWLA and ex oficio chair of the Kovaliv Jury, announced the decision on behalf of Professors John Fizer, Yuri Luckyj, and Larissa Onyshkevych. The jury was unanimous in singling out Tamara Gundurova and Maria Savchyn Pyskir as having written works worthy of the Kovaliv Prize. Gundurova, who resides in Kyiv, will pick up her award in the fall, at a special lecture organized by the UNWLA. At that time, she will be in the United States on a scholarly exchange program. Maria Savchyn Pyskir travelled half-way around the world to recive the Kovaliv Prize, a trip that took three decades. A member of UNWLA Branch 51 in Milwaukee, Mrs. Pyskir was honored for the frank, lively, and perceptive memoirs of her service in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army between 1944 and 1953. Not only was she an active soldier in the Army, she bore two sons during this period. The children were raised by others, while she actively served her beleaguered nation. She and her husband were among the last of the insurgents to be caught by the Soviets. She was sent to the West to spread false information about the situation in Ukraine. This she would not do, even at the risk of the safety of her husband and her children. The memoirs, published in Ukrainian as part of the multi-volume series of documents of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, are a treasure trove of information des cribing of the courageous wars of the Ukrainian Insur gent soldiers and the way in which they managed to continue their struggle into the 1950’s. Avoiding bom bast and pathos, Maria Savchyn demonstrates a keen sense of observation, excellent memory, and a writer’s eye for detail. In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Pyskir noted how difficult it was for her to maintain public silence in the United States and how gratified she is by the final course of events. To say, however, that Ukraine gained its independence by avoiding bloodshed is not to have looked into its history. Tamara Gundurova, a literary scholar from Ukraine, received the award for her innovative study of modernist and romantic literature in Ukraine. Gundurova provides fresh readings of a variety of writers, including Lesia Ukrainka and Ivan Franko, by using post-modernist approaches. The award will enable Ms. Gundurova to shepherd her completed manuscript to publication. ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЧЕРВЕНЬ 1996 Maria Savchyn Pyskir. 19
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