Broward County Library (BCL) is hosting a Ukrainian themed poetry celebration. BCL will feature subject matter exper ts discussing the history of Ukrainian poetry and its impact. Furthermore\ , Ukrainian poets will read some of their poems.
\nPanelist One - Iya
Yanivna Kiva
Iya Yanivna Kiva \;(another spelling - \;Ija Kiva) (Ukrainian\; born May 4\, 1984) is a Ukrainian poet\, translator\, j ournalist\, and critic. She is the author of the books\, \;Further fro m Heaven\, \;The First Page of Winter\, and \;We Will Wake Up to O thers: Conversations with Contemporary Belarusian Writers on the Past\, Pr esent and Future of Belarus. She is a member of \;PEN Ukraine. \;K iva writes in \;Ukrainian \;and \;Russian.
\n\nPanelist Two< /strong> \;- \;Daryna Gladun
\nDaryna Gladun (born in 1993) is an award winning poet\, conceptual artist and translator from Ukraine. She writes in Ukrainian and English. Her poems have been translated into 2 7 world languages. She is the author of three poetry collections and numer ous artworks exhibited in numerous European countries. Daryna participated in International Literary and Art Festivals\, Art Residences\, Fellowship and Scholarship Programs in Austria\, Australia\, Bangladesh\, Canada\, C hina\, Czech Republic\, France\, Germany\, Israel\, Latvia\, Montenegro\, Norway\, Poland\, Slovakia\, Sweden\, Switzerland\, the USA. Daryna Gladun is currently studying Creative Writing at the MALS program of Dartmouth C ollege.
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Panelist Three - Oksana Lutsyshyna
Oksana Lutsyshyna is a Ukrainian writer\, translator\, and poet\, author of three novels\, collection of short stories\, and five books of poetry\, the lat est of them published in the English translation in 2019 (Persephone Blues \, Arrowsmith). For her latest novel\, now forthcoming in English from Dep Vellum Publishing\, Ivan and Phoebe\, she was awarded Lviv City of Litera ture UNESCO Prize (2020) and the Taras Shevchenko National Award in fictio n (2021). She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature\, and is currently a n Assistant Professor of Instruction in Ukrainian Studies at the Universit y of Texas at Austin\, where she teaches the Ukrainian language and Easter n European literatures in translation. \;
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