basil's day, the writer and philosopher yevhen sverstyuk presented this award, and since 2016 , his case has been taken care of by the ukrainian pen kyiv-mohyla business school and publishing house spirit and litera, this is not an award given for achievements this year, for a book written this year, or a film created - this is an achievement award for the way the artist came over a long period of time, this is actually the value of uniqueness, and i would say that in general, most of the awards, which i consider to be the same award, all this is a certain opportunity to thank this person, the successors of yevgeny sverstyuk made changes to the tradition of the stus award, created a jury regulation on the award and distinction in three months to the award ceremony . each member of the jury nominates one candidate every year. first, a long list of candidates is formed by rating, and then the winner is chosen based on the result of a simple majority of votes. it is impossible to find out the full list of applicants. it is difficult every year, because thank god, the land of ukraine gives m