Ostap Slyvynsky (born October 14, 1978) is a

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, and academic. He is the author of several collections of poetry and was a recipient of Ukrainian and international literary awards. He is also noted for translating several works of fiction from other languages into Ukrainian.

Biography

Slyvynsky was born in

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. He completed his doctorate degree in 2007 at the Institute of Slav Language and Literature at the

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. His thesis, ''The Phenomenon of Silence'', analyzed the works of

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writers from the 1960s to the 1990s. Aside from writing poetry, Slyvynsky writes for different publications and has worked as an editor of anthologies of current and Belarusian literature. He also edited the literary magazine, ''Radar''. He is a lecturer at the University of Lviv, where he teaches Polish language and literature. He also organized the institution's hosting of the International Literature Festival in the years 2006 and 2007. Slyvynsky lives in Lviv.

Works

By 2009, Slyvynsky had published four volumes of poetry, which were all translated in eleven languages. His poetic style is described as restless and noted for associations and images as well as reflections on language, history, and politics. Slyvynsky's poetry earned for him the Antonych Literary Prize (1997), the Hubert Burda Prize (2009), and the Kovaliv Fund Prize (2013). Slyvynsky's translations included books authored by

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, Mikołaj Łoziński, Ignacy Karpowicz,

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, James Tate, and

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. He was recognized by the government of Ukraine for his translation works and also received the Medal of Merit for Polish Culture in 2014. Together with Bohdan Sehin, Slyvynsky staged a media performance in 2015 called ''Preparation'', which was dedicated to the victims of the East of Ukraine conflict.

Poetry

* ''Sacrifice of Big Fish'', (Lviv, 1998) * ''Midday Line'', (Khmelnyts'ky-Kyiv, 2004) * ''Ball in the Darkness'' (Kyiv, 2008) *''Driven by Fire'' (2009) * ''Adam'', (Chernivisti, 2012) * ''The Winter King'', (Lviv, 2018)

Translations

* ''Running Fire'' by Bohdan Zadura, (Wrocław, 2009). * ''Sand and Wine'' by Valéria Juríčková, (Brno, 2015). * ''Orpheus'' by Stanislav Belsky, (Dnipro, 2017)

Anthologies

* ''The Frontier: 28 Contemporary Ukrainian Poets. An Anthology,'' translated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky. London: Glagoslav Publications, 2017.

References

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