"Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (Любовні листи до України від Уяви) is an English poetry collection by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk. It consists of 66 wartime poems written on the current Russia-Ukraine armed conflict. The entire collection was written and translated, mostly in real-time, only in eight weeks. The poems in this book are meant to create bridges in the hearts of the readers to connect with Ukraine and allow the world to see its heart longing for love, peace, and freedom.

Volodymyr Tymchuk is a brilliantly sensitive, fiercely patriotic, hopelessly romantic, and deeply knowledgeable poet and translator of Ukraine. I could never have found anyone better than him to translate "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" into his language. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

"What I particularly cherished in this collection, was the adroit method of combining an appreciation and empathy for a foreign country, alongside Singh-Chitnis's own heritage and country of origin (India). Perhaps only a polyglot, having lived in multiple countries, with the intentional wisdom of such multiculturalism, can pen such solace. Singh-Chitnis is one such social justice warrior, with her legion of creative directions, her purpose outgrows the ordinary and becomes extraordinary. She is not a mere empath but directly doing battle for others to see inequity and injustice and act. Her words are as much battle cries as they are truths, and she implores the reader to become radically engaged in change. Again, isn't this the crux of poetry and shouldn't more of us be able to write outside of our own musings, and infect the hearts of others with a call to action? Whilst I may be a huge confessional poetry fan, I am deeply moved and appreciative of the energies and necessity of raising awareness, beyond the sound-bite of nightly news coverage. In so doing, Singh-Chitnis has conjured up the real people of Ukraine. We see them." Candice Louisa Daquin, Senior Editor Indie Blu(e) Publishing.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	188
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	River Paw Press
Fecha de Publicación	2023-03-11
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.43" pulgadas
Descripción de Edición	Bilingual - Eng
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No

Singh

Chitnis, Kalpna: - Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is an Indian-American poet, writer, filmmaker, and author of six poetry collections. Her works have appeared in notable journals such as "World Literature Today," "Columbia Journal," "Tupelo Quarterly," "Indian Literature," "Silk Routes Project" (IWP) at The University of Iowa, Stanford University's "Life in Quarantine," etc. Poems from her award-winning book Bare Soul and her poetry film "River of Songs" have been included in the "Nova Collection" and the "Polaris Collection" of the Lunar Codex time capsules going on the Moon with NASA's Nova-C lander missions to Oceanus Procellarum and "NASA VIPER" rover mission to the Lunar South Pole in 2023. Her latest poetry collection, "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava," River Paw Press (2023), dedicated to Ukraine and the defenders of Ukraine, has been translated into Ukrainian by poet and translator Volodomyr Tymchuck, a lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kalpna's poetry has received praise from eminent writers, such as Nobel Prize in Literature nominee Dr. Wazir Agha, Vaptsarov Award, and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres recipient Amrita Pritam, and poet and Academy Award winning lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar. She has read at the International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb), Sahitya Akademi, India's highest academy of letters, Poets & Writers, AWP Conferences, and other venues internationally. Her works have been translated into fifteen languages and published in anthologies worldwide. She has been nominated for a pushcart prize, and her awards and honors include the 2017 "Naji Naaman Literary Prize for Creativity," the "Bihar Rajbhasha Award," given by the government of Bihar, India, "Bihar Shri," and the "Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award." A former lecturer of Political Science and the Editor-in-Chief of Life and Legends, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is the Translation Editor of IHRAF WRITES, and an Advocacy Member of the United Nations Association of the USA. She holds a degree in Film Directing from the NYFA and works as an independent filmmaker in Hollywood. Her sixth poetry collection "Trespassing My Ancestral Lands" is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Website: www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com

Tymchuk, Volodymyr

Born on January 11, 1979, in Zakarpattia, Volodymyr Tymchuk is a Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, and lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who participated in the Russian-Ukrainian war. He was a senior teacher at the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy and a Candidate in Technical Sciences. He is the author of "Azov ... Crossed" (2020), "Opus of Pace" (2018), "Verlaine and Song" (2017), "To Burn and Fire, to Outlive and Overcome!" (2016), and over a dozen other books. He managed the "World Poetry Day For Ukraine" project in 2022. He has been awarded the "Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Prize" for the best coverage of military themes in literature and art, the "Markiyan Shashkevych Regional Prize" for poetry, and other literary awards. He is the translator of "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, River Paw Press, USA (2023), and working on his forthcoming book "Ukraine: The Healing Word." Website: www.volodymyrtymchuk.wordpress.com