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Poetry is freedom of spirit, flight, imagination. There are always sparks of the Divine in good poetry. When you read real poetry, you not only feel it, but also see it – in fact, you are in the cinema, where there is only one spectator, and this spectator is you, the reader!
Alexander Korotko
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03.11.2022
The famous Ukrainian magazine VSESVIT informed its readers about the publication of a fragment from Korotko’s poetry book “War” in a British literary magazine
Today, the official website of the Ukrainian magazine of foreign literature “VSESVIT” published the news…
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15.10.2022
A magazine with poems of Aleksander Korotko about the war in Ukraine was published in China
The new issue of the Chinese-Taiwanese literary magazine “World Literature” / March-April 2022 in Shanghai…
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14.10.2022
The poem “War” was announced in the newsletter for members of the British PEN club
Another official newsletter for members of the British PEN Club – English Pen Membership News…
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08.10.2022
One of the first readers of Korotko’s new collection “War poems” became the Director of “English PEN” Daniel Gorman
The president of “English PEN”, Daniel Gorman, became one of the first readers of the…
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03.10.2022
Poems from Aleksandr Korotko’s new collection “War Poems” were published in the autumn edition of the famous British literary publication “East-West Review”
The military poetry of Aleksandr Korotko is again in the columns of the British edition…
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12.09.2022
Alexander Korotko’s new book about the war “War Poems” in English was published in London by Glagoslav Publications
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022, the writer and poet Alexander Korotko…
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21.07.2022
Director of “English PEN” Daniel Gorman personally congratulated Alexander Korotko on joining the community
Alexander Korotko became an honorary member of "English PEN" on July 8, 2022. After the…
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14.07.2022
The authoritative Ukrainian edition “Vsesvit” published the news about Aleksandr Korotko’s admission to English PEN
“Vsesvit” is the only Ukrainian periodical that publishes exclusive translations of world classics and works…
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Подмастерье. Книга о творцах
Сборник поэзии Александра Коротко, посвящённый великим творцам: от Пушкина и Лермонтова – до Пикассо и Магритта, от Кафки и Фрейда – до Высоцкого и Нуриева. В сборник также вошла поэма "Париж"...
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Памяти Мавзолей
Сборник философско-психологических стихов Александра Коротко о страшных страницах нашей истории (ГУЛАГ, Холокост)...
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Книга «Moon Boy» / «Лунный мальчик» в переводе на английский язык
How many remarkable lives there are within us. I went to meet the nocturnal guest. I don't know why, but at the very moment when I opened the door, I felt such warmth and tenderness, felt...
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Книга «Ragazzo di luna» / «Лунный мальчик» в переводе на итальянский
Korotko si riferisce alla demenza del tempo in modo trascendente, mentre l’intelligenza e la coscienza sono il frutto di uno sforzo che è necessario compiere: bisogna interrompere il...
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Irrazionalismo
Alexander Korotko is a Russian-language Ukrainian poet from Kyiv. Born in Korosten, Ukraine, he studied economics at Odessa University. His first collection, "Window", was published in 1989. Since then he has published more...
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Stus, Kindle Edition
A Narrative Poem by poet and writer Alexander Korotko. Tragic story of Ukrainian dissident poet Vasyl Stus, who died in Soviet forced labor camp....
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Joseph and Jacob, Kindle Edition
A Narrative Poem by poet and writer Alexander Korotko. This poem tells about the dramatic events that occurred in ancient times in Egypt with Joseph, his brothers, and their father Jacob....
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Abraham and Isaac, Kindle Edition
A Long Poem by poet and writer Alexander Korotko. Biblical story of the righteous Abraham, who was ready to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac at the behest of God...
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Bera and Cucumber, Kindle Edition
Tales, short stories and essays - Alexander Korotko's prose of the latter decade in a new book with an intriguing title. The action takes place in the Ukrainian city Odessa, where the author spent his childhood and youth. Non-standard plot, elements of ...
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Criticism
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Very occasionally a unique new voice in poetry rises above the clamouring crowd to command
attention. Informed by a very different culture, language and environment from his Anglophone
audience, Korotko’s short, sharp observations of life around him are far from the easiest to
translate...
Hillary Shears, translator and poet. December 2019, London