Vera Levchenko was born in Poltava on August 5, 1893. Her father, Vasyl Levchenko belonged to the ancient XVII-century Cossack family. He graduated from the Philology Department of the Moscow Empire University, her mother – from a finishing school. According…
Hi, Grigory! Tell please to those who don’t know what the Authors’ Reading Month is? The ARM is a big cross-border literary festival, which involves more than three hundred events in thirty days. In general, it is a big literary…
Note: “When the Trees Fall” is the first full-length film by Marysia Nikitiuk. Last year, the film was chosen for the Panorama Berlinale, where in February, the premiere took place. Ukrainian premiere took place on 19 and 21 July, 2018 at…
Hello, Marek! My first question will be about your own thoughts on this news. You know, of course, there were emotional posts on Facebook. I’ve seen quite a lot people coming to you and sharing their emotions. For me, nothing…
Seva, last time you visited Odesa in 1974. As far as I know, then you managed to walk across the city as well as to visit a famous market Privoz. Can you compare the impressions? Because many Odesa citizens are…
Last time I saw him at the ethno festival Kraina Mriy in Pyrohov three years ago. Mr. Lukyanenko was a participant of a book fair, he was selling his books there. We had a 10-minute talk, I bought his book…
Stanislav, you once said that being an actor is fate: if it is your destiny, you will be involved into it anyway. What made you enter the Kyiv Theatre University along for the ride with you friend? I don’t know.…
Evgueni, you have been living in France for 25 years already. You don’t often come to former USSR countries. What do you feel when you come here? Do you feel more like a guest or a Kyivan from Podil (historical…
Ivan Drach was born in the village of Telizhnytsi near Kyiv in the family of a collective farm worker… in 1936 – exactly when a Soviet machine of repressions was holding one more grudge against Ukrainians. After finishing a secondary…
There is not enough time, it’s true. Apart from all the work, I am also recording programs on the Ukrainian radio about the anthology now [The Anthology of Ukrainian XX Century Poetry. From Tychyna to Zhadan – ED.] The audience…