Vakhtang Kipiani

• Ukrainian historian, journalist, author

• Editor-in-chief of the online edition of "Historical Truth"

• Winner of the Ukrainian PEN Club’s inaugural "Georgiy Gongadze Award"

• Author of The Case of Vasyl Stus — first place winner of the Ukrainian Book Institute’s "List of 30 iconic books of Ukrainian Independence"

“Supporting Ukrainian book writing and publishing is one of the most noble causes that an intellectual can pursue, wherever he or she may live. Because a nation survives, when its literature thrives.”