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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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11.04.2021
The Memorial Day of Concentration Camp Prisoners
April 11 – International Day for the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camp Prisoners. It is…
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01.04.2021
Nikolai Gogol – a prose writer or a poet?
April 1, 1809 is the birthday of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, a recognized classic of world…
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17.03.2021
Review of the Italian edition of the book “Moon Boy”
The Ukrainian magazine “Vsesvit” (No. 1-2, 2021) published a review of Alexander Korotko book, published…
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11.03.2021
Alexander Korotko’s interview in English
In 2020, the London publishing house “Europe Books” published the book of Alexander Korotko “The…
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05.03.2021
New version of the site korotko-poetry.com
The official website of Alexander Korotko appeared on the Internet about twenty years ago. He…
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27.02.2021
Alexander Korotko: New Chapters of Essay about Hölderlin
Work continues on an essay about Friedrich Hölderlin, the German romantic poet. The essay, as…
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22.02.2021
Wikipedia in English opened the page of Alexander Korotko
Aleksandr Korotko, Ukrainian poet, prose writer, essayist, miniaturist, who writes in Russian, entered the English-language…
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18.02.2021
Piotr Rykhlo continues the series of essay’s translations into German
Professor Piotr Rykhlo collaborates with Alexander Korotko, translating his poetry into German. Recently, they have…
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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