Vasyl Lopata

Vasyl Lopata (Ukrainian: Лопата Василь Іванович; born April 28, 1941) is a Ukrainian artist and prose writer.[1] He is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1971), National Union of Writers of Ukraine (2006). People's Painter of Ukraine (2001), laureate of Shevchenko National Prize (1993), Oles Honchar Literary Prize (2007), Lesya Ukrainka Literary and Art Prize (2008).

In collaboration with B. Maximov he designed the first Ukrainian hryvnia.

Lopata was born in Nova Basan, Bobrovytsia Raion.

References
  1. "Василь Лопата не лише малює гривні, а й пише про них". www.unian.ua. Retrieved 2019-11-04.



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