@sumriko

poet, tranlastor, juornalist

 Ukraine
t.me/iyakiva
Joined January 2018
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So, my American book «Silence Dressed in Cyrillic Letters», translated by the Amelia Glaser (@aglaser) and Yuliya Ilchuk, is officially out. Many thanks to @Oleh_Kotsyuba , Harvard University Press, Ukrainian Research Institute (@HURI_Harvard). books.huri.harvard.edu/books…
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Rosella Renzi wrote the deep article about my and not mine poetry: poesiadelnostrotempo.it/decl…
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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@huribooksOct 21
In an interview with Olivia Resenterra of Kyiv Desk, poet and translator Iya Kiva shares her vision on the role of poetry in the russo-Ukrainian war. Describing poetry as "a private soldier in the battle of narratives," she speaks to how poetry's language and form, from free or experimental texts to rhymed and more traditional ones, become a crucial part of cultural defense, "to preserve everything and everyone." "In this sense, Ukrainian poetry is simply doomed to a new language, because only in this way can it be alive and true. What is happening in Ukrainian poetry today resembles the eruption of a volcano that explodes and explodes, because the Ukrainian land during the great Russian-Ukrainian war is a huge open wound that writers are trying, if not to heal, then at least to describe, because words can also be cotton wool, plasters, and bandages. It’s just that they need to be changed very often. And this requires intense poetic thinking, deep metaphoricity, and absolute and ruthless sobriety in the hell of war." #UkrainianLiterature
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16-18 жовтня буду на VIII Мюнхенській книжковій толоці. ✷ П'ятниця, 16.10.26 • 18:00 — Дискусійна панель «Переосмислення відчуття дому, ідентичності та того, що нас тримає…» ✷ Субота, 17.10.26 • 16:00 — Авторська зустріч: «Бути одне одному домом» та інші події
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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@huribooksOct 13
In an insightful review for The Times Literary Supplement @TheTLS, @BorisDralyuk, a poet, translator, and Associate Professor at the University of Tulsa, discusses the deeply moving poetry of Iya Kiva's @sumriko new collection, 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 (translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk, with an introduction by Amelia Glaser). Highlighting themes of displacement, language, and war—where silence itself is "dressed in Cyrillic letters"—Dralyuk brings crucial attention to contemporary Ukrainian literary voices. Catch the complete piece on TLS. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature #PoetryInTranslation #ContemporaryPoetry @HURI_Harvard
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In the latest @TheTLS, I review Iya Kiva’s uncompromising collection “Silence Dressed in Cyrillic Letters,” translated from Russian and Ukrainian by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk (@huribooks): the-tls.com/literature/poetr…
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I picked up an anthology of contemporary Ukrainian women's poetry from the post office, which was published this year in the UK, and my poems are included. Here you can find the voices of 12 contemporary female poets, with a cover by the incredible Katya Lisova
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I slept through yesterday's Russian attack on Lviv. And then I looked at this photo by Roman Baluk for a long time. If you look at the language of expression , it's an absolute Lviv pietà, but the 6-year-old boy in the photo is, fortunately, alive, although he has many injuries.
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Charaf, Edwan i Kiva veuen units els seus noms per la guerra que ho sotraga tot. Per la resistència, també. Perquè comparteixen, sense haver-ho demanat, una mateixa tensió: crear en condicions adverses. @PENCatala @sumriko @VilaWeb "Charaf, Edwan i Kiva": vilaweb.cat/noticies/charaf-…

Charaf, Edwan i Kiva

Es diuen Kholoud Charaf, Bissan Edwan, Iya Kiva i no tenen gran cosa a veure. Kholoud Charaf és poeta i novel·lista i activista cultural. Va haver de deixar Síria, el seu país, per culpa de les...

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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@PENCatalaJul 14
📚DES DE L’ALTRA BANDA: CREACIÓ I RESISTÈNCIA Núria Cadenes conversa amb Kholoud Charaf, Bissan Edwan i Iya Kiva, autores residents a Vil·la Joana, sobre creació, guerra, exili, censura i el poder transformador de la paraula. 📍 @LibreriaALIBRI 📅21 de juliol - 18.30 h
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📝 Ukrainian poet, translator and essayist Iya Kiva took part in Poetry International Rotterdam, one of Europe's most prestigious international poetry festivals. 📸 Photo: Rosa Quist
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Кажуть, у Малій Галереї Мистецького Арсеналу відкривається ось така виставка. А ще кажуть, що там буде трохи і моєї недоокупованої пам’яті. Виставка «Фото на згадку. Ваша, АН» триватиме протягом Книжкового Арсеналу — з 28 до 31 травня. Куратор виставки: Володимир Прилуцький
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It's 'poem in your pocket' day in America, where people are encouraged to share a poem they like for the end of poetry month over there. One by Iya Kiva from me, from her bilingual collection Silence Dressed in Cyrillic Letters (trans. Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk).
створили з пісень про війну підпільну гуманітарку вантажимо її у Європу Америку Індію та Китай торуємо шовковий шлях великої української літератури що везете братчики – питаються на кордонах – мовчання вбране у кириличні літери живий вогонь свічечок літери «ї» нашу і вашу свободу лягати у землю любові поламаними деревами довгої пам’яті що везете братчики – питаються наші мертві – історію роду з брудною шматою в роті трухляві скрині життів діда й баби прабаби й прадіда які ми століттями носимо на хребтах мов карпати що везете братчики – питаються наші живі – рушники воєнного епосу й розтягнуті светри люті недбалі креслення з мапами нової європи дитячі обкладинки майбутніх книжок що везете братчики – питаються наші люстерка – мідні грошики дихання в дірявих кишенях тривогу повітря у вибитих шибках ротів пульсуючі прожилки часу в червоних очах 16.03.22

ALT створили з пісень про війну підпільну гуманітарку вантажимо її у Європу Америку Індію та Китай торуємо шовковий шлях великої української літератури що везете братчики – питаються на кордонах – мовчання вбране у кириличні літери живий вогонь свічечок літери «ї» нашу і вашу свободу лягати у землю любові поламаними деревами довгої пам’яті що везете братчики – питаються наші мертві – історію роду з брудною шматою в роті трухляві скрині життів діда й баби прабаби й прадіда які ми століттями носимо на хребтах мов карпати що везете братчики – питаються наші живі – рушники воєнного епосу й розтягнуті светри люті недбалі креслення з мапами нової європи дитячі обкладинки майбутніх книжок що везете братчики – питаються наші люстерка – мідні грошики дихання в дірявих кишенях тривогу повітря у вибитих шибках ротів пульсуючі прожилки часу в червоних очах 16.03.22

we've packed a contraband humanitarian aid kit of war songs and shipped it to Europe America India and China paving the silk road with great Ukrainian literature what have you got there, brothers -- they ask at the borders -- silence dressed up in cyrillic letters the sacred fire of the candlelight letter "ї" our and your freedom to rest in a land of love like the broken trees of distant memory what have you got there, brothers, -- ask our dead -- the history of a tribe with a dirty rag in its mouth rotting chests filled with grandparents' and great-grandparents' lives which we've carried for centuries as if shouldering the Carpathians what have you got there, brothers, -- ask our living -- cloths embroidered with military chronicles and stretched-out sweaters of wrath sloppy sketches mapping the new Europe children's dust-jackets for future books what have you got there, brothers...

ALT we've packed a contraband humanitarian aid kit of war songs and shipped it to Europe America India and China paving the silk road with great Ukrainian literature what have you got there, brothers -- they ask at the borders -- silence dressed up in cyrillic letters the sacred fire of the candlelight letter "ї" our and your freedom to rest in a land of love like the broken trees of distant memory what have you got there, brothers, -- ask our dead -- the history of a tribe with a dirty rag in its mouth rotting chests filled with grandparents' and great-grandparents' lives which we've carried for centuries as if shouldering the Carpathians what have you got there, brothers, -- ask our living -- cloths embroidered with military chronicles and stretched-out sweaters of wrath sloppy sketches mapping the new Europe children's dust-jackets for future books what have you got there, brothers...

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As Ukraine struggles for its existence, Iya Kiva offers lyric poems that acknowledge the deep trauma of war while radiating love and hope. Learn more at the official book launch of 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 on May 13!
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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@huribooksMay 4
Today, we celebrate Iya Kiva's birthday, a Donetsk-born poet, translator, and journalist whose life and work have been reshaped twice by the russo-Ukrainian War. Now she lives in Lviv. Kiva's poetry has become a vital example of resistance that speaks to the world about Ukraine’s struggle by demonstrating the profound spiritual resilience and strength of its people in the face of imperial aggression. Her masterfully crafted poems carry multiple meanings, reaching in different directions across borders and cultures. Kiva's latest collection, 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 (translated by Amelia Glazer and Yuliya Ilchuk), projects a belief that, even when life is shaken to its core, the fundamental values of freedom, safety, and cooperation remain worth fighting for. #HURIBooks #ukrainianliterature #ukrainianpoetry @HURI_Harvard
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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@huribooksApr 20
As part of #NationalPoetryMonth, we continue to share Ukrainian poetry. In this post, a poem by Iya Kiva from her collection 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk, and introduced by Amelia Glaser. Take this opportunity to hear the poem in both #Ukrainian and #English, reflecting Ukraine’s reality, memory, and the experience of war. #huribooks #ukrainianliterature #ukrainianpoetry @HURI_Harvard
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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@huribooksMar 11
A powerful reading by Iya Kiva of her poem “memory dries like grass in summer’s garden” from her recently released book 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, followed by the English translation by Yuliya Ilchuk. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature #NewBook @HURI_Harvard
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Iya Kiva retweeted
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@huribooksMar 19
Sometimes we need more than ordinary speech to address the momentous events of our lives. But where ordinary words fall short, poetry begins—acting as a bridge between people and allowing us to see life from a different perspective. Starting today, we are launching a series of posts in recognition of World Poetry Day (March 21). They aim to invite listeners to engage with voices that shape memory, vulnerability, and hope. The cycle opens with the poetry of Iya Kiva from her collection, 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk, and introduced by Amelia Glaser. #HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature #WorldPoetryDay #UkrainianPoetry @HURI_Harvard
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Iya Kiva : "Poetry is a private soldier in the battle of narratives" kyivdesk.com/2026/03/07/iya-…

Iya Kiva : “Poetry is a private soldier in the battle of narratives”

It is hard to imagine sharper answers than those given by Iya Kiva in this interview. Perhaps the right expression is “ruthless honesty.” One thing is certain : we are very happy to bring our reade…

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Дякую усім, завдяки кому ми досі тут. (нічого не змінилося: допомагати, дякувати, донатити - таке в нас 3D) *фото з березня 2022
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