The debut collection of short prose “Hemingway Knows Nothing” by Ukrainian writer and military man Artur Dronya won the Book Bloggers Award as part of the Book Country festival, which takes place at VDNKh in Kyiv.. As the festival organizers reported on Facebook, this book was the most discussed in the reading community, social networks and book clubs.

As stated on the official website of the " The idea of \u200b\u200bthe prize is not to reward authors or publishers and not to divide it into genres, but to evaluate a book as a cultural phenomenon - its recognition, public resonance, presentation, meaning and influence on the reading environment.

The award consists of three stages. First, the jury forms a long list, where each of ten book bloggers proposes three candidate books.

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Next, a reader vote takes place, which determines the ranking of books based on the number of votes.. The five publications that receive the most support are shortlisted, and the jury selects the final winner by rating vote. This year's shortlist also included:.

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Arthur Dron until 2022 worked as an event manager at the " In March 2022, he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participated in hostilities in the Donetsk, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions, and after being seriously wounded in October 2024 and acquired disability, he was demobilized.

Hemingway Knows Nothing is his debut collection of short prose, written while in rehab.. The first edition sold out in less than a month, the total circulation exceeded 40 thousand copies. The book was included in the list of the best publications of 2025 according to the Ukrainian PEN in the essay category.