Ukrainian books of the last decade: a talk by Svitlana Pyrkalo
Date and time:
Thursday 12 February, 2015
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
Ukrainian Institute London
79 Holland Park
London
W11 3SW
We are delighted to invite you to this talk – Ukrainian books of the last decade – by Svitlana Pyrkalo, a prominent literary observer, writer, journalist, and panel member of the BBC Ukrainian Book Award (given in partnership with the EBRD cultural programme). As a curator and permanent panel member of the prestigious BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year, Svitlana will give a talk to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the award, introducing the best books and writers, and will share her vision of the modern trends of Ukrainian literature over the last decade.
This event will be held in Ukrainian and English.
FREE
Speaker
Svitlana Pyrkalo
Svitlana Pyrkalo is a London-based writer, journalist, and translator who writes in Ukrainian, English, and Russian. She graduated from the Kyiv National University, linguistics faculty, and currently lives and works in Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom. She blogs about life in her borough on pyrkalo.com. She currently works for the EBRD as a press officer. Until April 2011, she was a distinguished journalist with the BBC Ukrainian service and presented the Friday interactive evening programme in Ukrainian from London. Pyrkalo was the originator of the BBC Ukrainian annual book prize.
