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The Annual °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Vsesvit Evening

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TheÌýAnnual °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ÌýVsesvit Evening was begun in 2011 to celebrate the art of literary translation and the mission of the journalÌý, the oldest active literary journal in Ukraine. Founded in 1925 by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Vasyl' Blakytnyi, and Mykola Khvyl'ovyi, the journal has translated over 4,000 works from 98 literatures of the world into the Ukrainian language.

The ³Õ²õ±ð²õ±¹¾±³ÙÌýEvening,Ìýtraditionally held in the Chapel of Robinson College, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, consistsÌýof musical performances and literary readings of texts in the original language(s) and in English and Ukrainian translation. The readings are performed by the students and academic staff of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼'s Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. Languages read to date include Belarusian, Irish, Chinese, Lithuanian, French, German, Russian, Polish, Hebrew, Italian, Georgian, Armenian, Turkish, Catalan, and Yiddish.

2021

Suspended due to Covid-19 lockdown

2020

Suspended due to Covid-19 lockdown

2019

'KURBAS: 1920s Avant-garde Theatre in Ukraine', featuring Virlana Tkacz and Waldemart Klyuzko

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2018

Featuring bilingual performances of excerpts from Mykola Kulish's 1933 play Maklena Grasa, translated by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ alumna Maria Montague and performed by students, staff and the cast of the Night Train Theatre Company

2017

Featuring a reading of poems of revolution by Vasyl Chumak, Pavlo Tychyna, Vladimir Mayakovsky and others as well as a presentation and live drawing performance by Mykhai Tymoshenko and Cyril Horiszny, masterminds behind a new graphic novel based on the work of Ivan Franko

2016

Featuring a by Ukrainian musical phenomenon Odyn v kanoe in the Chapel of St John's College, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼

2015

Celebrating Polish-Ukrainian cultural exchange, featuring in Polish, Ukrainian and English as well asÌýoriginal compositions and a performance by Alla Sirenko

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2014

'Shevchenko Illuminated', featuring a presentation by Myroslav Marynovych (Vice-Rector, Ukrainian Catholic University) and performances by the 'Kodrant' Theatre Group of the Ukrainian Catholic University (directed by Ievhen Khudzyk) and musicians Olia Harkava, Andrii Pohorilko, and Mariia Pohorilko

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2013

Featuring by Myroslav Skoryk and Bohdana Pivnenko; a film by Zinaida Likhacheva; and poetic works by Nikoloz Baratashvili, Metakse, and Babken Simonyan in celebration of the genius of Sergei Paradzhanov

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2012

Featuring performances by Ilana Cravitz, Carol Isaacs and Yuri Vedenyapin; and works by Aharon Appelfeld, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Rachel

2011

Featuring works by Joseph Brodsky, Enric Casasses, Dante, Aziz Nesin, and Adam Zagajewski

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