Trafika Europe 7 - Ukrainian Prayer

Trafika Europe 7

2 Poet, essayist, and now novelist Natalka Bilotserkivets (Наталка Білоцерківець, born in Kuianivka, 1954) became one of the most prominent poets of the 1980s generation that marked a transitional period from the Soviet era to the complete independence of Ukrainian literature. She is best known for her collections November (1989), Allergy (1999), and Hotel Central (2004), and has recently completed her first novel The History of My Man, which is forthcoming. Her poem “We’ll Not Die in Paris” has become a classic of Ukrainian rock music recorded by the Dead Rooster band. A number of her other poems such as “May” and “A Hundred Years of Youth” have also become classics of Ukrainian poetry. Trafika Europe recorded an audio interview with Natalka during her recent visit to the US, including a reading and discussion of her seminal poem, “We’ll Not Die in Paris.” (1-hour audio – bilingual Ukrainian-English)

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