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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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27.10.2021
The miniatures of Korotko in Japanese
Translations into Japanese have been added to the translations of Alexander Korotko’s poetry into Chinese….
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07.10.2021
The interview with Alexander Korotko on the blog page of the London publishing house “Europe Books”
Publishing house “Europe Books” in London continues to promote and sell on the book market…
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29.09.2021
80 years of the Babiy Yar tragedy
September 29 is an official annual date associated with the horrific story of the extermination…
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29.08.2021
Family in the creation of Korotko
Today, on his birthday, the poet receives congratulations from both readers and friends, and of…
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23.08.2021
Poetry in one line translated into German
*** Родина просила оставить её в покое. Motherland asked to leave her in peace. Die…
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15.08.2021
The Poetry of Alexander Korotko translated into French
Translations of Alexander Korotko’s works into many languages have occupied a special place in his…
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08.08.2021
Why tne poem of Korotko “The Rock-climber” we are publishing exactly today?
On August 8, the world celebrates the International Day of Mountaineer. On August 8, 1786,…
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27.07.2021
“The voiceless summer”, “the tanned summer”, “the summer of time” – all of this is from the poems of Alexander Korotko
The poet Korotko spends his long-awaited summer vacation on the seaside. But this is not…
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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