Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava (Poetry)
Author: Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Translator: Volodymyr Tymchuk
Publisher: River Paw Press
ISBN: 978-1-7366871-3-0
Page Count: 188
Language: English and Ukrainian
Publication Date: March 11th 2023
Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava (Bilingual – English/Ukrainian) is the recipient of the prestigious Hryhorii Kochur Award, a national literary award presented by the State of Ukraine. The book was also a Finalist at the International Book Awards and has been archived on the Moon as part of the Lunar Codex project.
BOOK TRAILER
This is a book of love, pure and overwhelming as love should be. This is a book of spirit, strong and willing, as spirit should be. ~ Lyudmyla Khersonska (Людмила Херсонська), Author of “Vse svoi,” and “Tyl’naia-litsevaia,” reflections on Russian aggression in Ukraine.
A common spiritual child, a representative of the Indian and Ukrainian people, will bring us all closer to purification by a drop, a spark, and a metaphor…~ Ihor Pavliuk (Ігор Павлюк) People’s Poet of Ukraine, Winner of the British PEN Prize and Swiss Literary Prize 2021
These are poems meant to bridge the divide between one world and another, between a lover and those fighting on the front lines of Ukraine. Throughout these poems, this book implores us: “Let’s not close our eyes or look away!”~ Brian Turner, Author of “Here” and “Bullet.”
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis’ patriotic poems are her original interpretation of love poetry, which grows from nostalgic listening to the voices of Ukraine, attempting to go beyond the pathos and rhetorics of textbook ideas, expanding horizons with visions, overcoming fears and deep wounds with one word—LOVE.~ Marianna Cheletska (Маріанна Челецька) Literary Critic
An artist always asks questions. And they are much more important than answers. Especially when these questions are in letters with boundless love for Ukraine. With indescribable longing and hope. With faith and confidence in victory. Especially when it is talented! Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, the universe in letters. Travel through her universe. Enjoy her words. Look for answers. ~ Anatoliy Anatoliy (Анатолій Анатолій), Poet, Philologist, and Colonel, participating in the Russian-Ukrainian war
Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava” is among the most important books of American, Ukrainian, and Indian literary societies with a cultural mission.~ Volodymyr Tymchuk (Володимир Тимчук) (Poet, Translator, and Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
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Author and Translator
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is an Indian-American, poet, writer, filmmaker, and author of five poetry collections. Her works have appeared in “World Literature Today,” “Columbia Journal,” “Tupelo Quarterly,” “Cold Mountain Review,” “Indian Literature,” “Silk Routes” (IWP) at The University of Iowa, Stanford University’s “Life in Quarantine,” etc. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her poems from her award-winning book Bare Soul and her poetry film “River of Songs” have been selected to go on the moon with NASA’s missions. A former lecturer of Political Science, she is also an Advocacy Member at the United Nations Association of the USA. Her sixth poetry collection, “Trespassing My Ancestral Lands ” (2023) is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com
Volodymyr Tymchuk is a Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, and lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is also a senior teacher at the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy and a Technical Sciences candidate. The author of “To Burn and Fire, to Outlive and Overcome!” (2016), “Opus of Pace” (2018), “Azov … Crossed” (2020), “From Cossack Hetmanate’s infinity” (2021), and other books, he managed the “World Poetry Day For Ukraine” in 2022 and ‘In principio erat Verbum’ poetry of war projects. He has received the “Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Prize,” the “Markiyan Shashkevych Regional Prize” and other literary awards. He is the translator of “Love letters to Ukraine” (2023) by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (River Paw Press) and working on his forthcoming poetry collection “Ukraine: The Healing Word.” www.volodymyrtymchuk.wordpress.com
