Public presentation of a Mark of Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize took place within the framework of the events of the 100th anniversary of death of the Great Kameniar (Bricklayer) at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv on Friday, May 27.

“I am the son of the people coming up”, such word are engraved on the Mark of Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize. The Mark of Laureate is represented by a round proof-like medal with eyelet of 30 mm in diameter and 24 grams weight made of 37.5% pure gold. A woven ribbon in blue and yellow colours with the elements of folk embroidery patterns fastens to a metal piece with images of a feather and bay leaf. The Mark has been produced by Kyiv Company Heroldmaster, LLC on the order of Ivan Franko International Fund.

An author of the design of the Mark is a Canadian artist of Ukrainian origin Oleh Lesiuk – the Head of the Ukrainian Union of Fine Artists of Canada, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and Association of Sculptors of Canada.

The design had been developed taking into account the works of the student of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Dmytro Kruhliak from Zaporizhzhia and the member of the Association of Collectors of Ukraine Serhii Lytvyn from Poltava who had participated in the Contest for the best design of the Mark of Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize.

The Mark with a cash prize will be awarded to the winner of the prize on August 27, 2016 on a native land of the Great Kameniar (Bricklayer) in Drohobych. Besides the Golden Mark, the winner will be awarded with a cash prize; a prize find amounts to five hundred thousand hryvnias in 2016.

The winners of Ivan Franko International Prize will be determined in two categories: for a considerable contribution to the development of the Ukrainian Studies and for significant contribution to the development of social and humanitarian sciences.

We would like to remind that an awarding ceremony of the winners of the Contest took place on March 30, 2016 in Kyiv. The jury had accepted altogether 12 works that responded to the Procedure of holding the contest for the best design of the Mark of Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize. Dmitro Krugliak from Zaporizhzhya city and Sergii Lytvin from Poltava city shared the third place and received a cash prize in the amount of 3 thousand hryvnias. The second place and a cash prize in the amount of 5 thousand hryvnias was given to Oleh Lesiuk from Toronto (Canada.) Whereas, none of the design projects has become a winner, the jury took the decision not to decide the first place but to finalize the design of the Mark.

A grandson of Ivan Franko and the Head of the Board of the Fund, Roland Franko and the President of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Doctor Volodymyr Melnyk, the Director of the Fund Ihor Kurus and the Members of the Board of Ivan Franko International Fund participated in the presentation of the Mark.

In the course of the presentation the Certificates – gratitude were held in for the financial support of the Prize.