When reading this work, I was not personally acquainted with its author. Though I can say that poetry best describes an author as you make an opinion of a person through ideas, images in poetry.So, I immediately felt something native in this poem, it was very warm and cozy. It seems to have asked me…

This poem seemed to be very difficult to translate. In fact, it is so vivid and atmospheric that it takes breath away, and one wants to plunge into its depths and feel the same feelings which the author had been feeling when writing it. Especially when the spirits is not the highest, and it seems…

This poem complemented the book on the Revolution of Dignity. It describes the tragic destiny of the Ukrainian people. Translating poems on such topics for an international book is not easy, as one must be aware of responsibility both to his native state and to other countries. Modern patriotic art gives the world the opportunity…

About three years ago, I was asked to artistically proofread the translation of patriotic poems and slogans from the President’s book that should come out in the near future. I offer you to have a look at my version of the translation of Shevchenko’s masterpieces that became the symbol of the Ukrainian freedom. It was…