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Since its debut in 2021, the Peterson Literary Fund has undertaken an annual presentation of awards, prizes, and grants, alternating biennially between books in translation and original language editions.

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Philanthropist Howard G. Buffett and historian Timothy Snyder among this year’s Peterson Literary Fund honourees

TORONTO, October 28, 2025 — The Peterson Literary Fund at BCU Foundation will host its annual awards gala in Toronto on November 29, 2025, to recognize this year’s esteemed honourees. The fund launched its Translated Book Awards in 2021 and, in 2023, established the Journey for Truth Project to encourage the dissemination of information about crimes committed by Russia by supporting publications, documentary films, scholarly research, and international conferences.

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Yaroslav Trofimov wins the 2024 Peterson Literary Prize

TORONTO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, LONDON, KYIV – Yaroslav Trofimov has won the 2024 Peterson Literary Prize for his book Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s War of Independence (Penguin Press). The winner was announced at the Peterson Literary Fund’s awards gala held in the Guildhall of the historic Old Mill Toronto on November 30, 2024.

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Shortlist for the 2024 Peterson Literary Prize is Announced

TORONTO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, LONDON, KYIV. The Peterson Literary Fund at BCU Foundation has announced six books shortlisted for the 2024 Peterson Literary Prize for nonfiction. The biennial international prize recognizes the best nonfiction books, written in English or Ukrainian, that promote a better understanding of Ukraine-related topics relevant to a global audience. 

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Winner 2022 Peterson Literary Prize Announced

TORONTO – The Peterson Literary Fund at BCU Foundation is pleased to announce that Taras Kuzio, author of Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality, is the winner of the 2022 Peterson Literary Prize for nonfiction.

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