Essays and notes on translation, the books we publish, and the literatures of the Slavic world and beyond.
Somewhere in the world, in the last few seconds, someone has said the word robot. It is one of the very few words that almost every language on earth has taken up without translating it, from Japanese to Portuguese to Swahili. It…
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At 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, a thermal explosion tore through Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The blast was…
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Table of Contents Introduction Background: A Poet Born Into Resistance The Literary Voice of a Dissident Creativity as an Act of Defiance Artistic Techniques…
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Long before the age of self-help gurus, a man roamed the roads of Ukraine with little more than a bag, a flute, and a…
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Imagine a culture on the brink. Its language was dismissed as a dialect, and its history was fading under an empire’s shadow. However, one…
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An Introduction to the Unseen Canon In the grand library of 19th-century European literature, certain shelves are brightly lit. We know the Brontës, we…
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Table of Contents Introduction: The Dawn of Ukrainian Prose Early Life & Formative Influences: Roots in Kharkiv Soil Literary Context & Cultural Backdrop: A…
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Introduction: A Colossus of Ukrainian Thought Ivan Franko (1856–1916) stands as a colossus in Ukrainian culture, a true Renaissance mind whose prodigious intellect and…
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Table of Contents Introduction Historical Context Major Armenian Chronicles Key Themes & Motifs Literary Style & Technique Impact on Armenian Identity Modern Reception &…
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Table of Contents Introduction Early Life Literary Career Artistic Career Political & Social Activism Influence & Legacy Conclusion Introduction Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861) stands…
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