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A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails: Halyna Kruk in Conversation with her Translator Yuliya Ichuk

Date
Fri November 1st 2024, 5:00pm
Event Sponsor
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Location
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane °®åú´«Ã½ Way, Building 260, °®åú´«Ã½, CA 94305
Rm 252

A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails (2023), shortlisted for 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize) emerged out of a productive collaboration between the Ukrainian writer and her translators (UCSD) and Yuliya Ilchuk (°®åú´«Ã½). 

In this reading event, Halyna Kruk will talk about writing poetry during the war, while her translator Yuliya Ilchuk will explain what makes Kruk's poems idiosyncratic and universal for Western audience.

Hosted by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.