Ukrainian publishing houses became the winners of the literary contest of the EU program "Creative Europe": Kyiv and Lviv publishing houses received grants for the development and implementation of their projects
The European Commission has announced the winners of the "Circulation of European literary works" competition of the "Creative Europe" program. They are two Ukrainian publishing houses - the Lviv publishing house "Irbis Comics" and the Kyiv publishing house "Vydavnytstvo". They will receive grants in the amount of about 130,000 euros for the implementation of their projects, and will also be able to promote them not only at the national level, but also in more than 40 member countries of the "Creative Europe" program.
Lviv project "To encourage children's reading in Ukraine with the help of incredible and interesting European comics!" aims to increase the interest children and young people in reading with the help of European comics. Irbis Comics plans to publish 9 books in 3 different series for 3 different age groups. At the same time, the emphasis is also on promoting cultural inclusion and ensuring the arrival of printed comics to school libraries and the creation of interactive video material for work in schools and presentation of this to children.
"Vydavnytstvo" from Kyiv has already introduced the Ukrainian reader to world masterpieces of social graphic prose. Now they decided to strengthen and diversify their activities with new works. In particular, Swiss, Flemish and Slovenian works are planned, which will be the first examples of graphic prose from these countries published in Ukraine. The project includes 7 titles, which are the following: The Thu by Mikaël Ross (translation from German); Panther by Brechts Evens (translation from Flemish); Balkanalia, Growing Up in Times of Transition by Samira Kentrić (translation from Slovenian); Blue Pills by Frederik Peeters (translation from French); Kinderland by Mawil (translation from German); The Reddest Rose Unfolds by Liv Strömquist (translation from Swedish); and Bergen by Anja Dahle Øverbye (translation from Norwegian). The publications will be followed by the open-air exhibition of works of the selected authors, presentation and master-classes.
"The European Union continues to support the cultural front of Ukraine, promoting the development of creative spheres and the mutual integration of Ukrainian and European cultures. Congratulations to Ukrainian publishing houses, which, despite difficult times, courageously implement their projects and help the country move towards our common European future," said Tetiana Shulha, Sector Manager for Culture, Youth and gender at the EU Delegation to Ukraine.
A total of 40 projects from 13 participating countries of the EU program "Creative Europe" were supported under this competition.
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Creative Europe is the European Commission's programme for supporting culture, creative and audiovisual sectors. The Creative Europe programme aims to fund projects and initiatives which enhance diversity and respond to the needs and challenges of cultural and creative industries. The programme supports the use of digital technologies, environmental friendliness, flexibility, adaptability, and inclusiveness. The budget of the programme is 2.44 billion euros. Ukraine became a participant of the programme in 2016. Since then, Ukrainian applicants can receive grant support in more than 20 different open calls. There is a permanent Creative Europe Desk Ukraine, which provides advisory support to Ukrainian applicants and disseminates the information about the programme.
There is a permanent Creative Europe Desk Ukraine, which provides advisory support to Ukrainian applicants and disseminates knowledge about the program.