The head of the Volyn organization of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, Vasyl Hei, has become a laureate of the international Dmytro Nytchenko Prize for the active protection, affirmation and popularization of the Ukrainian language. The award was presented to him in the premises of the National Union of Writers at an evening dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the well-known philanthropist and public figure, who in Australia organized Ukrainian schooling, the Vasyl Symonenko club, and in independent Ukraine supported many initiatives aimed at protecting, affirming and popularizing the Ukrainian language. Incidentally, the Dmytro Nytchenko Prize was founded in 1999 by the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists and the Nytchenko family. \n