Trafika Europe 7 - Ukrainian Prayer

Trafika Europe 7

our website. In our Yuri Andrukhovych audio interview (45 minutes) you can enjoy an introduction to this whimsical essay (38:13-42:02).

9 Ukrainian poet and prose writer Mariya Tytarenko (Марія Титаренко, born in Sakhalin, 1981) may be better known professionally in her homeland as an art critic, journalist, and educator at the Catholic University of Lviv where she teaches media communications. She was awarded the Bohdan Ihor Antonych Prize in 2010 for the best manuscript of poetry by a poet under 28 years of age. Her prose piece “A Half Hour of Sky” earned first prize in the category of the Ukrainian novella at the Book Arsenal Literary Festival in 2013. Her poem “Bridges” comprises a striking poetic meditation on Paul Celan with inventive use of language that collapses and expands on itself. We’re thrilled to offer you this poem as an animated video , performed by the poet herself in English translation.

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