Her writings have been translated into English, Swedish, Polish, German, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Romanian, Czech, and Chinese. Her plays have been staged in Kyiv, Vienna, and Geneva. Translated books: poetry collection Ask for the same for all (Haver Laet Publishing House, Israel), novel Sonia (Warsztaty Kultury, Poland), novel Heute Fahre Ich nach Morgen (Haymon Verlag, Austria), a collection of short stories Szcz\u0119\u015bliwi nadzy ludzie (Warsztaty Kultury Publishing House, Poland), Happy naked people (VINTAGEbooks, Cyprus), Nikt tak nie ta\u0144czy\u0142 jak m\u00f3j dziadek (Warsztaty Kultury Publishing House, Poland), Cappy and the Whale (Penguin Random House), Nie boli (2023, Poland) translated by Bohdan Zadura, and others. The collection of poems Nie boli is based on the Ukrainian collection “It does not hurt”, but poems from the time of the full-scale invasion of 2022-2023 were added<\/p>\n
Kateryna Babkina has written columns for Esquire Ukraine, Le Monde, and Harper’s Bazaar. Her poetry was published in a number of anthologies and almanacs (The Kenyon Review (USA), Poem (UK), Washington Square Review etc).<\/p>\n
There are several short movies based on Kateryna Babkina’s stories. In 2016 a short film by her script was screened at Cannes Film Festival in the young director’s selection.<\/p>\n
In 2021 Kateryna Babkina won the Angelus Central European Literature Award for the My grandfather danced better than anyone else published in the Polish language. In 2022, Kateryna\u2019s novella for children \u201cCappy and the Whale\u201d was published in translation by Penguin Random House, UK.<\/p>\n
In April 2023, the novella “Mom, do you remember?” was published in Ukrainian (Warstwy, Poland).[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2632″ bio_alt_image_url=”2632″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Dmytro Biriukov” image_size=”regular”]Producer of contemporary Ukrainian cultural products, producer of the series “The Will” and “The King\u2019s Will” in Poland
\nDmytro is an experienced promoter of contemporary Ukrainian cultural products in Poland. With a passion for promoting the best of Ukrainian culture, Dmytro has introduced a range of exciting products to the Polish market, such as comic book series, board games and educational toys.<\/p>\n
Before moving to Poland, Dmytro was the organizer of the biggest showcase of Ukrainian hi-tech innovative products and services, known as City of Future. His move to Poland did not dampen his love for promoting Ukrainian culture, and he works closely with The Will Production, one of the most prominent teams of comic book creators in Ukraine, known for their comic book series such as “The Will”, “King’s Will”, and many others.<\/p>\n
Dmytro’s efforts are focused on fostering a deeper understanding of Ukrainian culture by showcasing and developing products that inspire and captivate the audience.<\/p>\n
[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2634″ bio_alt_image_url=”2634″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Viacheslav Buhaiov” image_size=”regular”]Author and comic book producer, co-founder of The Will Production
\nViacheslav, a visionary and co-founder of The Will Production, a comic book publisher that has created many well-known series on alternative Ukrainian history. Together with his friends Denys Fadeev and Oleksandr Filipovych, Viacheslav co-created the comic book series “The Will” and “Prince’s Will,” which have gained popularity since their release in 2014 by offering a unique and engaging perspective on history.<\/p>\n
Viacheslav is the co-creator of “Peremoha: Victory for Ukraine” a unique anthology of graphic stories from some of the best-known comics artists and writers. The comic book has helped raise significant funds to support Ukraine and has become one of the symbols of Ukrainian national identity and resilience. The stories included in the anthology show the ingenuity and determination of the Ukrainian people to win the war.<\/p>\n
As both an author and producer, Viacheslav has been responsible for the development of more than 10 comic book series.<\/p>\n[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”30px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”20″ top_padding_tablet=”40″ bottom_padding_tablet=”0″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2484″ bio_alt_image_url=”2484″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Yaryna Chornohuz” image_size=”regular”]Yaryna Chornohuz (1995) is a Ukrainian activist and poet who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2019 before the full-scale Russian invasion. She traveled to Donbass during the so-called \u2018non-active\u2019 phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war, resulting in her belief that Russia won\u2019t stop unless Ukraine stops it.<\/p>\n
Yaryna studied philology at the Ukrainian National University \u201cKyiv-Mohyla Academy\u201d, majoring in Ukrainian language and literature. She began to write poems long before the war, but her time in the service still led to poetic inspiration \u2013\u00a0 her debut poetry book was published in 2020.<\/p>\n
Yaryna started her service in 2019 as a paramedic, and now serves in the marines. She wanted to join the Army immediately after Russia\u2019s aggression in 2014, but had just given birth, so decided to spend time raising her daughter. As the war proceeded, Yaryna was motivated to fight for her daughter\u2019s future in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
When Russia invaded in February 2022, Yaryna was already in Donbass. During the full-scale war, she fought in furious battles near Popasna, Mariupol and Bakhmut.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2481″ bio_alt_image_url=”2481″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”\u0406ryna Danewska” image_size=”regular”]\u0406ryna Danewska (1981) \u2013 ukrainian writer, author of 6 historical novels, published in Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian.<\/p>\n
Direct speech: “The history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – is the main heroine of my books. I love and respect her, and by telling simple and interesting stories about complex things, I can make the reader fall in love with the past\u201d<\/p>\n
Book list:<\/p>\n
In 2014, for patriotic reasons, she stopped working with Russian publishers.<\/p>\n
Translations:<\/u><\/p>\n Author of the books Phenomenology of Experience <\/em>(in Ukrainian), Meshes of Fate <\/em>(in Ukrainian) and more than 90 articles in Ukrainian, English, German, and Polish, which were published in Ukraine, Austria, Czechia, Germany, Lithuanian, Poland, Romania, Slovenia.<\/p>\n Co-author of the books Grounding for the Practical Philosophy <\/em>(in Ukrainian), Philosophical Education in Ukraine: History and Modern Times<\/em> (in Ukrainian), \u00d6ffentlichkeit und Demokratie in der Metamorphose<\/em> (in German), Ukraine in Histories and Stories<\/em> (in English), Future We Want<\/em> [Edited by Vakhtang Kebuladze] (in Ukrainian), State of War<\/em> (in Ukrainian).[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2471″ bio_alt_image_url=”2471″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Andriy Kohut” image_size=”regular”]Dr. Andriy Kohut is a Director of the Sectoral State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine. The Archive stores the largest collection of declassified KGB files. He received his Ph.D. in History from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and his M.A. in History from Ivan Franko Lviv National University. Was a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University for 2021-2022. His academic and professional interests cover various topics related to Soviet deportations, communist secret services history, memory politics, and cultural diplomacy.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”30px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”20″ top_padding_tablet=”40″ bottom_padding_tablet=”0″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2640″ bio_alt_image_url=”2642″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Halyna Kruk” image_size=”regular”]Halyna Kruk (1974) – poet, translator and literary scholar. Born in Lviv, where she also lives now. She published a number of poetry books, including Journeys in Search of a Home<\/em> and Footprints on Sand<\/em>\u00a0(both 1997), The Face beyond the Photograph<\/em> (2005), Co(an)existence<\/em>\u00a0(2013) and An Adult Woman<\/em>\u00a0(2017), as well as a collection of short stories Anyone but me<\/em> (2021), honoured with the prize for the best book of 2021 in the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature category presented by the Publishers’ Forum in Lviv and with the Kovalev Foundation Prize. She is a translator of poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Bohdan Zadura and Kazimierz Wierzynski, as well as prose by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Weronika Gogola, Pawel Soltys and Stanislaw Lem, among others. Her poems are often published in Polish literary magazines and anthologies, including: Poci\u0105g do poezji<\/em> (2011; translated by Bohdan Zadura), W\u0119z\u0142y, sukienki, \u017cagle. <\/em>Nowa poezja, ojczyzna i dziewczyna<\/em> (2013; translated by Artur Fryz), Portret kobiecy w odwr\u00f3conej perspektywie. 12 poetek z Czech, S\u0142owenii i Ukrainy<\/em> (2013; translated by Aneta Kaminska), Wsch\u00f3d \u2013 Zach\u00f3d. Wiersze z Ukrainy i dla Ukrainy<\/em> (2014; translated by Aneta Kaminska), Komiks wierszem po ukrai\u0144sku<\/em> (2015; translated by Aneta Kaminska). Year 2018 saw the publication of selection of her poems entitled Wakacje nad Let\u0105<\/em>, followed by a collection of short stories Ktokolwiek tylko nie ja<\/em> (translated by Bohdan Zadura) and a bilingual poetry book entitled \u017bywica <\/em>(translated by Aneta Kaminska), both published in 2022. Halyna Kruk has been awarded the GAUDE POLONIA scholarship for the arts (Polish Ministry of Culture, Warsaw, 2003 & 2010) and the HOMINES URBANI scholarship in Villa Decius (Krak\u00f3w, 2005). She is a member of PEN Ukraine. She is a professor of literary studies at Lviv National University.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2475″ bio_alt_image_url=”2475″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Dmytro Kuzmenko” image_size=”regular”]Dmytro Kuzmenko \u2014 a Ukrainian children\u2019s writer, an author of 17 books for kids, and an illustrator. In 2014 and 2018 he had the scholarship of \u201cGaude Polonia\u201d program of the Ministry of Culture of Poland, accomplished his projects in the Warsaw Academy of Arts. In 2019 he won \u201cThe Best Book Design\u201d award of the Ukrainian largest literature festival \u201cBook Arsenal\u201d. In 2021 the Polish publishing house \u201cAdamada\u201d with the assistance from the program \u201cTranslate Ukraine\u201d of the Ukrainian Book Institute published Dmytro Kuzmenko\u2019s book \u201c#whatismaths?\u201d with his illustrations. Father of 3 kids.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2646″ bio_alt_image_url=”2644″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Kyrylo Malov” image_size=”regular”]\u0421omic book artist and illustrator, an artist in the comic book series “Peremoha: Victory for Ukraine”, “13th Hut” and “The Will” Kyrylo’s work can be found in a variety of notable projects, including “Victory”, a comic book anthology featuring stories by most of Ukraine’s most famous comic book artists. He is also one of the contributing artists to the upcoming third volume of the comic book series “The Will”.<\/p>\n Currently, Kyrylo is working on a new Ukrainian comic book series called “13th Hut”. This fantasy-action series follows the epic tale of Cossacks battling against dark forces.<\/p>\n In addition to his work in the comic book world, Kyrylo has also contributed to the creation of animated comic stories in the popular game “Warface”.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2648″ bio_alt_image_url=”2650″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Oleksandra Matviichuk” image_size=”regular” team_member_mini_bio=”Centrum Wolno\u015bci Obywatelskich”]Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. At present she heads the human rights organization\u00a0Center for Civil Liberties, and also coordinates the work of the initiative group Euromaidan SOS.\u00a0The activities of the Center for Civil Liberties are aimed at protecting human rights and establishing democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region. The organization is developing legislative changes, exercises public oversight over law enforcement\u00a0agencies and judiciary, conducts educational activities for young people and implements international solidarity programs.<\/p>\n The Euromaidan SOS initiative group was created in response to the brutal dispersal of a peaceful student rally in Kyiv on November 30, 2013. During three months of mass protests that were called the Revolution of Dignity, several thousand volunteers provided round-the-clock legal and other aid to persecuted people throughout the country. Since the end of the protests and beginning of Russian aggression in Ukraine, the initiative has been monitoring political\u00a0persecution in occupied Crimea, documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the hybrid war in the Donbas and conducting the #LetMyPeopleGo and #SaveOlegSentsov international campaigns to release political prisoners detained by the Russian authorities.<\/p>\n Oleksandra Matviichuk has experience in creating horizontal structures for massive\u00a0involvement of people in human rights activities against attacks on rights and freedoms, as well as a multi-year practice of documenting violations during armed conflict. She is the author of a number of alternative reports to various UN bodies, the Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE and the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n After the beginning of new armed aggression in February 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk together with other partners created the \u201cTribunal for Putin\u201d initiative in order to document international crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in all regions of Ukraine which became the targets of attacks of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n In 2016 she received the Democracy Defender Award for “Exclusive Contribution to Promoting Democracy and Human Rights” from missions to the OSCE. In 2017 she became the first woman to participate in the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program of Stanford University. In 2022 Oleksandra Matviichuk was awarded with the Right Livelihood Award and recognized as one of the 25th influential women in the world by Financial Times. The same year Center for Civil Liberties which Oleksandra Matviichuk head\u2019s for received the Nobel Peace Prize.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”30px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”20″ text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” css=”.vc_custom_1683918046293{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2652″ bio_alt_image_url=”2652″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Yevgeniya Podobna” image_size=”regular”][\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2726″ bio_alt_image_url=”2726″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Vitaly Portnikov” image_size=”regular”]Vitaly Portnikov an author and renowned journalist working in democratic media in Central and Eastern Europe for more than three decades. He is the author of hundreds of analytical articles in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish, Russian, Israeli, Baltic media. He hosts television programs and his own analytical channels on YouTube. He is currently broadcasting at the office of the Espreso TV channel in Lviv and continues to cooperate with the Ukrainian and Russian services of Radio Liberty. On the Russian service of Radio Liberty, he continues the project about the post-Soviet space \u201cRoads to Freedom\u201d, which was aired first from Moscow, then from Kyiv, and is now being produced in Lviv as a joint project of Radio Liberty, the Current Time TV channel and the Espreso TV channel.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2497″ bio_alt_image_url=”2497″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Ostap Slyvynsky” image_size=”regular”]Ostap Slyvynsky is a Ukrainian poet, translator, essayist and scholar. He authored five books of poetry in Ukrainian, his poetry collections have been published in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Macedonia. Ostap Slyvynsky was the first program director of the International Literary Festival in Lviv in 2006\u20132007. In 2016\u20132018, he organized the literary project Literature Against Aggression <\/em>and the public discussion platform Stories of Otherness <\/em>(the series of public interviews with writers, intellectualists and civic activists who suffered from different kinds of social exclusion). Since 2021, he organizes PEN Ukraine\u2019s festival Propysy <\/em>(The Writings) aimed at novice authors. He was elected the Vice President of PEN Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n Ostap Slyvynsky\u2019s main research interests are intercultural communication, comparative history of the literatures of East Central Europe, the role of literature and popular culture in the construction of historical memory. In 2007, he earned a PhD degree in Humanities. \u041de is a frequent visiting lecturer at Polish, Bulgarian and Western European universities.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2493″ bio_alt_image_url=”2493″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Mariia Shahuri” image_size=”regular”]Mariia Shahuri is a Ukrainian cultural figure, translator (Polish, Ukrainian, English), editor, and co-founder of Kyiv Comic Con. She is engaged in a number of information and culture projects in Poland (Polskeradio.pl, culture.pl<\/a>, Nowa Polska) and is the managing editor of the comics and SF&F series at the Kyiv-based publisher RM. Among her Ukrainian book translations are Regu\u0142a Zakonu by Piotr G\u00f3rski, Bezcennyi by Zygmunt Mi\u0142oszewski, and the Justice League series from DC Comics. 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She is the author of the urban fantasy novel “Lazarus” (2018), the post-apocalyptic\u00a0 Si-Fi novel “House of Salt” (2023), a number of short stories and comics. Her work has won LitAccent Literary Award in Ukraine and The CHRYSALIS AWARDS from the European Society of Science Fiction. She is the author of the title story “Language of Babylon” of the collection of Ukrainian fiction, which was published in Poland in 2022, the Stalker books publishing house is preparing a Polish translation of her novel “Lazarus”.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”small_desktop” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][team_member image_url=”2478″ bio_alt_image_url=”2478″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Halyna Tkachuk” image_size=”regular”]Halyna Tkachuk \u2013 author of 15 books for children and teenagers.<\/p>\n Studied comparative literature at the National University \u201cKyiv-Mohyla Academy\u201d, and graduated in 2010. Her children\u2019s books have won numerous awards in Ukraine, including the BBC Children\u2019s Book of the Year 2016. 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Vitaliy Vorobyor”]Yuri Vynnychuk, one of independent Ukraine\u2019s most popular writers, was born in the city of Ivano-Frankivs\u2019k in 1952. Unable to have his own works published until the early 1990s due to Soviet cultural policy, Vynnychuk would publish them as \u00abtranslations\u00bb from ancient languages (Irish, Welsh) or even made up languages such as Arcanumian.<\/p>\n Unable to obtain employed as a philologist, he worked as a freight handler and a painter. In 1987 he cofounded the cabaret theater Ne Zhurys\u2019! (Don\u2019t Worry!), writing songs and scenes for its performances. Since 1990 he has worked as a journalist and has been sued over 30 times over this period of time for his scandalous articles. His latest brush with the law was in 2012 due to the publication of his poem \u00abKill the Bugger\u00bb about the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, in which Yanukovych is outwardly referred to as a crook. Vynnychuk received the honorary title of Halyts\u2019kyi Lytsar (Galician Knight) in 1999 for his weekly article written under the pseudonym Yuzio Observator (Yuzio the Observer) in the Post-Postup newspaper.<\/p>\n Since 1990 he has been publishing everything that he had written over the years but had remained unpublished. This includes poetry, short stories and the novels Vesniani ihry v osinnikh sadakh<\/em> (Springtime Games in Autumn Orchards, 2005) and Tango smerti<\/em> (Tango of Death, 2012). Tango smerti<\/em> was awarded the prestigious BBC Book of the Year prize for 2012. In the following years the novels Pharmacy<\/em> (2015), Censor of Dreams<\/em> (2016), Lutetia<\/em> (2017), Sisters of Blood<\/em> (2018). He has also authored many popular publications covering the history of the city of L\u2019viv; his immensely popular two-volume set Lehendy L\u2019vova<\/em> (Legends of L\u2019viv) is republished every year. He is also the author of retro detective stories about Lviv 1938-1940, translated into English.<\/p>\n His books were published in the USA, France, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, China, Netherlands, Israel.[\/team_member][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][team_member image_url=”2490″ bio_alt_image_url=”2506″ team_memeber_style=”bio_fullscreen_alt” bio_fullscreen_alt_parallax=”true” bio_fullscreen_alt_hide_link_arrow=”true” image_loading=”default” team_member_bio_full_html=”html” hide_link_arrow=”true” name=”Yury Zavadsky” image_size=”regular” team_member_mini_bio=”fot. Ivan Polyvoda”]Yury Zavadsky \u2013 poet, publisher, musician, literary scholar and social activist. Experimenter and performer. Doctor of philological sciences. He is known in Ukraine as an extreme poet, constantly searching for new means of expression and poetic genres. Among other things, he creates characteristic phonetic poetry – poems without words, in which sounds and syllables play the main role. Participant in numerous musical projects. He has published 10 volumes of poetry. Translated into many languages, published in Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic. FORMA published a selection of poems “Free Man Has Not Yet Been Born” (FORMA 2019), translated by Marcin Gaczkowski. In addition to his own work, he is involved in translation and publishing; he is the founder and head of Krok Publishing House. 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\nKyrylo is a multi-talented artist whose work spans the worlds of comics, gaming, and cinema. Highly experienced in his craft, he has a proven track record in game development, film production, and the TV industry.<\/p>\n
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