DUA
Ukrainian War Poetry: Translating Experience
Поетичний Салон. Українці разом з британцями працюють над літературним перекладом воєнних віршів сучасних українських поетів.
With DUA’s strong commitment towards its cultural and education programme, it recently joined forces with academics in the University of Exeter’s Department of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies, to run a series of community workshops, ‘Ukrainian War Poetry: Translating Experience’, with support from the University’s Bridging Communities Fund. The workshops invited Ukrainians in Devon and Exeter to participate in poetry reading, share their reactions to it, inspiring their own creative writing to ‘translate’ their experience. The Devon-based prize-winning poet Fiona Benson was leading the creative sessions. This project draws on the power of poetic expression as a source of resilience and defiance in the face of brutal force that seeks to destroy Ukrainian language, culture, and lives. It also serves as another platform for the Ukrainian community in Exeter and Devon to demonstrate their own inspirational resilience