Andrij Lyubka

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Andrij Lyubka

Andrij Stepanovyč Ljubka ( Ukrainian Андрій Степанович Любка ; scientific transliteration Andrij Stepanovyč Ljubka ; born December 3, 1987 in Riga ) is a Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translator.

biography

Andrij Ljubka was born in Riga, where his mother studied. He grew up in Vynohradiv, Carpathian Ukraine , then attended the Mukachevo military school and finished his studies in Ukrainian philology at Uzhhorod University in 2009 . His first poems and books were published during his academic years. Since then he has published in numerous Ukrainian literary magazines and his poems have been translated into a good dozen languages. After numerous scholarships and participation in poetry festivals from Moscow to Rio de Janeiro, he has now risen to the position of curator and worked in this role at the Meridian Chernivtsi and at “Kiewer Lawren”. During his student days, Ljubka was politically active like no other Ukrainian author. He supported Viktor Yushchenko during the Orange Revolution in 2004 and the candidate Aljaksandr Milinkevich during the 2006 elections in Belarus . For the latter, after 15 days in prison, he was declared persona non grata in Belarus for 10 years. 2006–2008, Ljubka headed the student parliament at Uzhhorod University, in the city where he lives.

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Andrij Ljubka is a very disciplined and productive poet, essayist and translator. He belongs to the young generation of Ukrainian authors who live, think and write without being influenced by the times of the Soviet Union. Provocative and youthful, he has found a large number of readers. His column articles on cultural policy appear regularly in the online magazine Zbruč , in the Kiev daily newspaper Den , in the Krakow magazine New Eastern Europe and other media. One of his topics is, in particular, the cultural character of Carpathian Ukraine . His novel Karbid , published in August 2015, describes facets of the life of a smuggler in Carpathian Ukraine . He is the translator of four volumes of poetry by the well-known Polish poet Bohdan Zadura and one volume “Aquarelle” by the author Lidia Ostałkowska. His youthful charm, which earned him the image of an "illegitimate son of Andrukhovych ", predestined Lyubka for the role of the 2013 romantic video clip of the group "Rock-H".

Scholarships and Awards

Ljubka has received numerous grants, including that of “Willa Deciusz” in Krakow (2009) and twice from “Gaude Polonia” (2010 and 2012) as well as travel grants. The awards of the young author include

  • Debjut (2007)
  • Kyivska Lavra (2011)
  • Central European Initiative Fellowship, Slovenia (2017)
  • Jurij Shevelov Prize for the volume "Saudade" (2017)
  • Kovaliv Foundation literary prize (2017)

bibliography

Poems

  • Eight months of schizophrenia (Вісім місяців шизофренії). Uzhhorod 2007.
  • Terrorism (ТЕРОРИЗМ). Uzhhorod 2008.
  • Forty dollars plus tip (Сорок баксів плюс чайові). Chernivtsi 2012.
  • (together with DJ Dimka Special-K) Before the explosion we will kiss (Перед вибухом поцілуємося). 2012.
  • Emergency room . Innsbruck 2012.

Four poems, translated into German by Claudia Dathe, can be found on the Zeitzug website.

prose

  • Killer (КІЛЕР. Збірка історій). Lviv, Piramida, 2012. Erg. New edition Knyhy-XXI / Meridian Chernivtsi 2018. Polish. Wroclaw 2013.
    • Killer . Translated by Bohdan Zadura . Biuro literackie, Wrocław 2013.
  • Sleeping with women (Спати з жінками). Chernivtsi, Knyhy-XXI / Meridian Chernivtsi 2014.
  • The coronation (translated by Maria Weissenböck), in: Radar 9/2014, 102-108.
  • Carbide . Chernivtsi, Meridian Chernivtsi 2015.
    • Carbide . Translated by Bohdan Zadura . Warsztaty Kułtury, Lublin 2016.
    • Carbides . Translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes. London 2019 (in preparation)
  • A room for mourning (Кімната для печалі). Chernivtsi, Meridian Chernivtsi 2016.
  • Saudade (Саудаде). Chernivtsi, Meridian Chernivtsi 2017.
  • Your look, Cio-Cio-San (Твій погляд, Чіо-Чіо-сан). Meridian Chernivtsi 2018.
  • In search of barbarians (У пошуках варварів). Meridian Chernivtsi 2019.

Interviews

  • Russia is the problem
  • I am an atheist - for me death is the end
  • interview
  • Literature supports us in a way, in: Apofenie September 16, 2018

German newspaper article

  • Slowly forward. Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union 25 years ago. What has changed since then, in politics, in everyday life? A balance sheet (translated by Irina Serdyuk), in: TAZ August 24, 2016, online [1]

English article

  • A barbarian in the besieged city, in: New Eastern Europe 5/2018, pp. 63–69, also online
  • Has the war really changed Ukrainians ?, in: New Eastern Europe 5/2017, pp. 63–69.
  • In search of barbarians, in: New Eastern Europe 6/2016, pp. 21–28, also online

Book translations

  • Bohdan Zadura , Nightlife (Нічне життя). Lviv, Piramida, 2012 (Ukrainian translation)
  • Bohdan Zadura , The Worst Behind Us (Найгірше позаду). Knyhy-XXI, Chernivtsi (2015)
  • Lidia Ostałowska, watercolors (Акварелі). Chernivtsi, Knyhy XXI / Meridian Chernivtsi (Ukrainian translation)
  • Svetislav Basara, conspiracy of cyclists (Ukrainian title: Фама про велесопедистів ). Knyhy-XXI, Chernivtsi (2017)
  • Muahrem Bazdulj, concert . Chernivtsi 2018 (Ukrainian translation)

literature

  • PM Chodanyč, Art. Ljubka, Andrij St., in: ESU 18 (2017) p. 306, also online.
  • Reilly Costigan-Humes, Ukrainian Literature's Boy Wonder Goes West, in: Odessa Review Jan. 2018, also online.

Web links

Commons : Andrij Ljubka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The English translation of the novel by Reilly Costigan-Humes is planned for spring 2019 in London.
  2. ↑ Rock-H, До милої (To a sweetie)
  3. ↑ http://zeitzug.com/poems/andrij-lyubka.html
  4. ↑ Andrij Ljubka, Die Krönung ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / att.e-radar.pl
  5. ↑ Deutsche Welle interview from March 28, 2014
  6. ↑ BBC interview of November 30, 2016
  7. ↑ Vogue Interview from December 3, 2016
  8. ↑ Apofenie Interview
  9. ↑ A. Lyubka, A barbarian in the besieged city
  10. ↑ A. Lyubka, In Search of Barbarians
  11. ↑ Chodanyč, Art. Ljubka
  12. ^ Costigan-Humes, Ukrainian Literature's Boy Wonder
personal data
SURNAME Ljubka, Andrij
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lyubka, Andrij Stepanowytsch (full name); Любка, Андрій Степанович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvian SSR , Soviet Union