Vasyl Slapchuk | Ukraine<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>(b. 1961 in Novyi Zboryshiv in Volhynia) – poet, prose writer, literary critic, literary scholar, translator. He served in Afghanistan, where he was gravely wounded. He has penned several novels, collections of poems and short stories, two of which have been published in Polish: \u201cWoman from Snow\u201d (2012) and \u201cKnyha zabutti\ufe20a\ufe21\u201d (The Book of\u00a0 Oblivion, 2014) which was shortlisted for \u201cAngelus\u201d Central European Literature Award. He has authored collections of literary criticism, essays and books for children, and has translated Polish poetry by Krzysztof Sawicki and Wojciech Pestka. He has won over twenty literary awards, including Shevchenko National Prize and J\u00f3zef \u0141obodowski Literary Award. Slapchuk\u00a0 has received the decoration of honour \u201cMeritorious for Polish Culture\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"a](\"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.warsztatykultury.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/s\u0142apczuk.jpg\" "\\"s\u0142apczuk\\"")
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(b. 1961 in Novyi Zboryshiv in Volhynia) – poet, prose writer, literary critic, literary scholar, translator. He served in Afghanistan, where he was gravely wounded. He has penned several novels, collections of poems and short stories, two of which have been published in Polish: \u201cWoman from Snow\u201d (2012) and \u201cKnyha zabutti\ufe20a\ufe21\u201d (The Book of\u00a0 Oblivion, 2014) which was shortlisted for \u201cAngelus\u201d Central European Literature Award. He has authored collections of literary criticism, essays and books for children, and has translated Polish poetry by Krzysztof Sawicki and Wojciech Pestka. He has won over twenty literary awards, including Shevchenko National Prize and J\u00f3zef \u0141obodowski Literary Award. Slapchuk\u00a0 has received the decoration of honour \u201cMeritorious for Polish Culture\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>Books<\/h2>\n<\/div>