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Vasyl Lozynsky
Vasyl Lozynsky (born in Ukraine, 1982) is a poet, essayist,
translator, literary critic and curator, based in Kyiv. He studied
German language and literature in Lviv and Berlin, and translated
Franz Kafka’s short story collection
Contemplation
into Ukrainian,
as well as a volume by Polish poet Tadeusz Dabrowski, and a book
of poetry by Ron Winkler.
His articles, translations and poetry have been published in
journals including
PROstory, Krytyka, SHO, Chetver, KORYDOR,
Ostragehege,
and
Lichtungen
. His poetry has been translated into
German, Polish and Russian. Lozynsky’s projects include readings
“Insha robota” (Foundation Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv,
and Centre for Visual Art at UKMA), evenings of Polish poetry,
“Kyiv Laurels” and “Literarichner Briefklub” in cooperation with
the Goethe Institute Library in Kyiv. He has been a member of
the interdisciplinary curatorial association Hudrada since 2008,
and is on the editorial board of
PROstory
, a journal of society
and culture. His first collection of poems is called
Holiday after
Debauchery.
Translated from Ukrainian by Ostap Kin and Ali Kinsella.