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SUMMARY:What We Defend: Poetry and Conversation with Yaryna Chornohuz
DESCRIPTION:You are invited Monday November 9 at 5:00pm to a reading and discussion with Ukrainian poet Yaryna Chornohuz. The event will take place at the Max Kade Center for German-American Studies (1134 w. 11th st.).\n\nJoin Ukrainian poet and soldier Yaryna Chornohuz for readings from Nobody’s Saffron and [dasein: defence of presence]\, both translated by Amelia Glaser\, and a conversation about the meeting of the ordinary and the extraordinary in wartime\, the possibilities of poetic language\, and how writing to comrades\, to a daughter\, and to future readers gives these poems their intimate form.\n\n \n\nBorn in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, Yaryna Chornohuz is a writer\, a poet\, and a sergeant in the Ukrainian Marine Corps. She first volunteered for Ukraine's defense effort in 2019 as a combat medic. She later joined the Marines and retrained as a drone pilot. As a service member\, she has been awarded the medals For Saving a Life\, For Military Service to Ukraine\, and the Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Chornohuz is the author of three poetry collections – How the War Circle Bends (2020)\, [dasein: defense of presence] (2023)\, and Nobody’s Saffron (2025). Her first nonfiction book\, documenting six years of her experience as a female combatant in Russia's war against Ukraine\, is forthcoming in Ukrainian. She was awarded Ukraine's highest literary distinction\, the Taras Shevchenko National Prize (2024)\, for [dasein: defense of presence]\, as well as the UN Women in Arts Award (2024). Her poetry has been translated into English\, French\, German\, Polish\, and other languages. She is a member of PEN Ukraine.\n\n \n\nThis talk is sponsored by Razom for Ukraine\, the KU Center for Russian East European & Eurasian Studies\, the KU Max Kade Center for German-American Studies\, and the KU Dept. of Slavic\, German\, & Eurasian Studies.
LOCATION:Max Kade Center\, Lawrence\, KS
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