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Kyiv Arsenal Book Fair 2024

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Culture of Ukraine

Kyiv Arsenal Book Fair 2024 draws 35,000 visitors despite war. PHOTO REPORT

At Kyiv Arsenal 2024, charred books from a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv stood alongside works by soldier-authors, illustrating Ukrainian literature's endurance under fire.

Ukrainian poetry Shevchenko

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Opinion

Why I translate Ukraine’s silenced poets

For Russians, good or bad, the war and Ukraine are usually all about them. That is why now, more than ever, we must work to recover Ukrainian culture as a whole from its marginalization.

byStephen Komarnyckyj

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Russia eradicates Ukrainian literature in occupied territories, replaces it with russian books

Russia has sent an estimated 2.5 million Russian books to the occupied Ukrainian territories in 2023, Ukraine's National Resistance Center reported.

byIryna Voichuk

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Russian literature reinforces its imperialistic policy, Ukrainian writer Zabuzhko says

Oksana Zabuzhko, a famous Ukrainian writer and one of the most translated to foreign languages, spoke about the illusion of Russian culture as allegedly unrelated to politics during the Lviv Book Forum, one of Ukraine's most popular annual literature events in the city of Lviv.

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Opinion

Ukraine’s message to the West: We are not Russia’s backyard

Neither breaking news nor military victories cement a nation in the global consciousness. Only through its culture may a nation's voice truly be heard, says Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

Zabuzhko and Sentsov

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France grants Legion of Honor to Ukrainian writer and filmmaker

Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov are awarded the French Legion of Honor, the French Ambassador…

bySerge Havrylets

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The magic of Ukrainian mythology in Mavka. The Forest Song

With distribution rights in more than 80 countries and a record-breaking opening weekend in Ukraine, the animated film unveils a fantasy world rooted in the nation's folklore.

byOrysia Hrudka

Russian imperialism literature war

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Culture of Ukraine

Russian literature is an accomplice in war against Ukraine – literary critic

Over the past thirty years, Ukrainian literature has embarked on a new path, turning its face away from…

byChristine Chraibi

Ukrainian movies in English

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Culture of Ukraine

Discover Ukrainian literature, movies in the largest-yet English-language database

In partnership with the Ukrainian Institute, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI) has launched the Ukraïnica…

Kotyhoroshko

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Culture of Ukraine

Ukrainian folk tale Kotyhoroshko translated to Japanese, tells story of boy born from peas like Japan’s Momotaro

The project was implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Ambassador of…

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Culture of Ukraine

Transreading Ukrainian Poetry: the first course inspiring English writers through Ukraine’s literature

PEN Award-Winning Poet and Literary Translator Stephen Komarnyckyj is teaching an online creative writing course that uses his…

byStephen Komarnyckyj

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Culture of Ukraine

Ukrainian writer Kateryna Babkina wins Angelus Central European Literature Award

“From the 1920s in Kharkiv and the destruction of the Les Kurbas Theater, through the Holodomor, World War…

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Culture of Ukraine

After returning historical name, Ukraine’s frontline New York debuts with literary festival

“You know, there are no absolutely safe places in the world – this is just an illusion that…

Drahoman Prize

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Translate Ukraine: new grant programs open Ukrainian literature to the world

Translate Ukraine — a major step in cultural revival and diplomacy Throughout the 20th century, Ukrainian literature was…

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Lesia Ukrainka: Teen idol, beacon of erudition & fervent advocate of European integration

Born Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka in Novohrad-Volynsky, Zhytomyr Oblast in 1871, Lesia suffered immensely from her disease, travelling from…

byChristine Chraibi

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Culture of Ukraine

Eleven books to understand Ukraine’s ongoing struggle: a shortlist by Ukrainian politicians

Read also: The rebirth of Ukrainian literature and publishing: famous contemporary authors and new policy for their support…

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How important were the Soviet dissidents: the case of Ukraine

Those who were active in Ukrainian diaspora communities in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s were keenly aware of…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Civil Society

For the first time, Ukraine will sponsor translations of Ukrainian literature to foreign languages

For the very first time, Ukraine is going to sponsor translations of Ukrainian literature to foreign languages under…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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The many faces of Ukrainian writer & feminist Lesia Ukrainka

In the family circle, Lesia Ukrainka was often called Larysa, Lesia, Zeya, Mysholosiya. Her mother called her Zeya,…

byChristine Chraibi

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Slovo House — how a special Soviet apartment block for writers became their prison

At the end of the 1920s, a unique house in the shape of a letter C was built…