Literature & Literary Studies

The First Page of Winter

by Iia Kiva

Description

"The First Page of Winter" is a collection of poetry by Iia Kiva, which includes poems composed from 2015 till 2019. The main theme is language and the inability to speak, the search for identity and historical memory, the understanding of great history and private stories inscribed in it, the war and traumatic experiences, about rooting and mapping. And in general - about a person in turbulent times and the search for words to understand what is happening, has happened and will happen. The poetry collection "The First Page of Winter", received a special award from the jury of the "ЛітАкцент-2019" (LitAccent-2019) literary award, and was included in the list of the best books of 2019 according to PEN Ukraine.

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Author Biography

Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, and literary critic. Iia is the author of the books “Further from Heaven”, “The First Page of Winter”, “We Will Wake Up Different People: Conversations with Contemporary Belarusian Writers on the Past, Present and Future of Belarus). The author is a member of PEN Ukraine.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Chasopys Dukh i Litera
  • Publication Date 2019
  • Orginal LanguageUkrainian
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789663786865
  • Publication Country or regionUkraine
  • Pages72
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleПерша сторінка зими
  • Original Language AuthorsКіва Ія

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