Serhii Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Шевченко; born August 4, 1960, in Kramatorsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (modern-day Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)) is a Ukrainian writer, journalist and editor.[1] Merited Journalist of Ukraine.[2]

Serhii Shevchenko
Сергій Шевченко
Serhii Shevchenko is journalist and a writer
Serhii Shevchenko is journalist and a writer
BornSerhii Volodymyrovych Shevchenko
Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Шевченко
(1960-08-04) August 4, 1960 (age 63)
Kramatorsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationJournalist, writer
NationalityUkrainian
CitizenshipUkraine
EducationJournalist
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1982)
GenreArticle, essay
Subjectdocumentaries
Literary movementhistorical research
Notable worksSolovki requiem Ukrainian: Соловецький реквієм (2013)
Notable awardsMerited Journalist of Ukraine (2007)

Award Ivan Franko in information activities (2007, 2018)
International Award Volodymyr Vynnychenko (2011)
Art Аward Kyiv (2014)
Viacheslav Chornovil Prize for the best nonfiction in journalism (2014)
Gold Medal of Ukrainian Journalism (2009)

The First Prize of the Literary and Scientific Competition of the Ukrainian Free University Foundation (NY, USA) (2023)

Biography edit

Shevchenko was born in the town of Kramatorsk, in Ukraine (at that time – the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union). After finishing secondary school in 1977, he enrolled into the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 1982, Shevchenko graduated from the Journalism faculty of University as a journalist. From 1982 to 1985, he worked at the Bila Tserkva newspaper as a correspondent. Then he made a career in the Security Service of Ukraine (press-officer, editor, executive editor, head of research unit of the Institute of State Security Problems). Colonel, a veteran of military service.[3][4][5]

2010–2012 – head of Department of the State Service of Ukraine on Drugs Control (activities – international relations, public consultation, interaction with the media). After 2012 creative and social activities, Kyiv.

Shevchenko works in the field of literature since the 2000s. He is the author of a number of books about the tragedy Solovki, Sandarmokh, and also numerous articles in the periodical press. August 2, 2012, he has been stopped from taking part in the Days of Remembrance for the Victims of the Terror in the Sandarmokh Clearing in Karelia. He was one of a delegation from Ukraine travelling to Sandarmokh for annually held memorial events which mark the anniversary of the unleashing of what is known as the Great Terror (1937—1938). It is not clear what the grounds are for refusing Serhiy Shevchenko entry to Russia.[6]

From October 2017 to June 2019, he worked as an assistant to the president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU).

From May 2022, on the recommendation of the NUJU, he was a participant in the international program of professional protection of journalists "Journalists-in-Residence Kosovo" and lived in Pristina, Kosovo.[7]

Shevchenko is a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (1994), the National Writer's Union of Ukraine (2011), the National Union of Ukrainian ethnographers (2015).

Books edit

Books written by Serhii Shevchenko and historian Dmytro Viedienieiev:

Articles edit

Awards edit

  • Honorary title of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Почесне звання України) ″Merited Journalist of Ukraine″ (2007), the state award.
  • Award Ivan Franko in information activities (2007, 2018), the award of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.[14][15]
  • International Award Volodymyr Vynnychenko (2011), the award of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
  • Art Аward ″Kyiv″ (2014), the award of the Kiev City State Administration.[16]
  • Viacheslav Chornovil Prize for the best nonfiction in journalism (2014), the award of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.[17]
  • The First Prize of the Literary and Scientific Competition of the Ukrainian Free University Foundation (NY, USA) (2023)[18] (in Ukrainian)
  • Gold Medal of Ukrainian Journalism (2009), the award of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

References edit

  1. ^ Редактор роману-трилогії "Вершина" Сергій Шевченко на прес-конференції, Київ, 9 жовтня 2012 року
  2. ^ Website of Kyiv Regional Organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Solovki Encyclopaedia. Автор книг о Соловках — лауреат премий Украины
  4. ^ Website of Kyiv Regional Organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine
  5. ^ FINDING OUT THE FATE OF UKRAINE’S BEST
  6. ^ Ukrainian historian refused entry into Russia
  7. ^ "Two Ukrainian journalists arrive in Kosovo, will practice their profession remotely". IMK - InfoMedia Kosova (in Albanian). May 22, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  8. ^ Liudmyla Mekh is a Ukrainian journalist, president of the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation "Journalist Initiative"
  9. ^ В Інституті журналістики презентовано книжку ″Золоте перо″
  10. ^ Літературно-художнє видання ″Соловецький реквієм″
  11. ^ Website of Committee for Shevchenko National Prize
  12. ^ Пам'ять народу в книжці «Імперія терору»
  13. ^ A Bloody Turning Point
  14. ^ Лауреати премії імені Івана Франка у галузі інформаційної діяльності
  15. ^ Премія Франка: названі переможці в інформаційній сфері
  16. ^ Лауреати Мистецької премії «Київ» 2014 року
  17. ^ Урядовий портал. Визначено лауреата премії імені В'ячеслава Чорновола за кращу публіцистичну роботу в галузі журналістики в 2014 році
  18. ^ Виховання національної пам’яті — наш головний самозахист

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