Thursday 20 March 2014

Lina Kostenko


Lina Kostenko (Лі́на Косте́нко, 1930) is actively present in the Ukrainian literature for more than 50 years. She is mostly known as a poet, but she has recently become an active publicist as well as a talented prose-writer. In 2010, at the age of 80, she published her first big prosaic work, the novel "Notes by the Ukrainian Lunatic" (Записки українського самашедшого) that immediately became a best-seller among Ukrainian books in 2011. The novel is extremely truthful and emotional, but without unnecessary pathos and sentimentality. It presents an account of the everyday life and spiritual atmosphere in Ukraine in the times of L. Kuchma and the Orange Revolution. The novel is filled with nostalgic allusions to Gogol and Bulgakov. From the point of view of genre and style the novel is a dense combination of fiction, diary, "modern chronicle" and keen publicism. Essentially, it is an extremely talented, unique chronicle of an intelligent's soul in the times of chaos on the background of today's political and spiritual absurdity both in Ukraine and worldwide.  


41 comments:

Unknown said...

Podarilo sa mi nájsť Ukrajinské zhudobnené romantiky na poéziu tejto autorky. Hudba bola robená od autorov ako L.Telnyuk,O.Bohomolets,Olena Karpenko...Odporúčam si vypočuť aspon jednu ukážku.

http://orpheusandlyra.tripod.com/lina_kostenko/id1.html

Unknown said...

The most famous Lina Kostenko´s creation is the novel in verses "Marusya Chury". In this work the political, philosophical and esthetic problems are raised against the national background. You can read more about her creation there:
http://ukraineatpresent.com/Lina_Kostenko_the_Contemporary_Ukrainian_Writer_p_164

Unknown said...

In the former Kostenko depicts the tragic fate of a semilegendary figure in Ukrainian history against the background of the Cossack-Polish War, while the latter deals with the fateful Battle of Berestechko from the same historical period.

Vo svojom diele Berestechko,opisuje Lina Kostenko udalosti bojov, odohraných v roku 1651,v meste Berestechko vo Volhynia. Podarilo sa mi nájsť video,kde sú fotografie odohraných bojov. Zaujimavý pohľad do minulosti týchto miest,kde sa kedysi bojovalo určite zaujme aj Vás. Dočítal som sa,že na Ukrajine sa dodnes beseduje ohľadom tejto bitky.

link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_DG5CgvSgU

Martin Capík,boRV

Unknown said...

17 December 2010
This is the first prose novel by Lina Kostenko and her first new book for the last 20 years. The book was presented by Ivan Malkovych and Lina Kostenko.On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, ”Diary of a Ukrainian Madman” by Lina Kostenko, one of the most anticipated books in the Ukrainian literature was presented.

"to correlate Ukraine with the world, a human being with Ukraine and with the world”. “This is not a “chicklit”. This is a surrealistic Babylon of the contemporary world,” she said.

Tento príspevok som si vybral preto,lebo si myslím že už v r.2010 sa Lina Kostenko zaoberala problémom Ukrajiny,v ktorom sa nachádza dnes. Chcela vytvoriť prepojenie Ukrajiny a sveta,"to correlate Ukraine with the world" Myslím,že predpokladala čo bude nasledovať.

link na jej celé vyjadrenie+novú vydanú knihu. :http://ababahalamaha.com.ua/en/Lina_Kostenko_presented_her_first_prose_novel_%E2%80%9CDiary_of_a_Ukrainian_Madman%E2%80%9D

Martin Capík,boRV

Unknown said...

She says: “No human being or living creature deserves to be killed or eliminated. His destiny cannot be solved here, on earth”.

Vďaka tomuto výroku,bola Lina Kostenko nominovaná na Nobel Peace Price 2005,resp.She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

Bližšie informácie o Nobel Peace Price 2005 tu: http://www.1000peacewomen.org/

Martin Capík,boRV

Unknown said...

It is planned that... Poetess Lina Kostenko starts all-Ukrainian tour on January 25. According to the web site of “A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-GA” publishing house, there will be 7 readings within the framework of the tour. It is planned that L. Kostenko will meet with readers in Rivne city on January 25. Inhabitants and guests of Kyiv will have a possibility to communicate with the poetess on January 31. It is planned that meeting with L. Kostenko will take place in Kharkiv city on February 7. It is planned that meeting with L. Kostenko will take place in Lviv city on February 14-15. The last meeting of the tour of L. Kostenko with readers will take place on Ostrog city on February 16.

link: http://www.unian.info/politics/451522-lina-kostenko-starts-all-ukrainian-tour.html

Ďalšia z jej konferencií sa konala pri príležitosti jej životného jubilea. Získal som video z tejto konferencie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHxaTSmRy8
Kto sa započúva bližšie,rozpráva o prezentácii knižky,ale aj o prezentácii bytia ľudí.Ako som už spomínal,už dávnejšie sa vyjadrovala k Ukrajinskej kríze,ktorá ako vidíme napokon nastala. Myslím si,že aj v pokročilom veku,stále uvažuje racionálne a správne.


Unknown said...

One of the poems of Lina Kostenko is called "The Wings":

"It's true. Those who have wings don't need the ground.
If there is no land, there will be sky."

More of this poem you can watch in the video performed by Bogdan Stupka.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4UAa4rVZB4

Unknown said...

Lina Kostenko: I’m Coming Back. I will No Longer Stand Aside
The prominent Ukrainian poet speaks on the surreal Babylon of the contemporary world, the special character of Ukrainian madness, and her first prose work....

http://ukrainianweek.com/Culture/17599

Unknown said...

Виступ Ліни Костенко в Харковe.
Виступ, на який не змогли пробитися тисячі харківян, і який залишив у захваті тих щасливчиків, що туди потрапили

http://maidanua.org/static/news/2011/1297838950.html.

Unknown said...

Yulia Tymoshenko:
Lina Kostenko isn’t just a great poet, but a real moral authority.
For me and millions of Ukrainians you are not just a great poet, but a real moral authority, someone who even during Soviet times could be free, wasn’t afraid of standing up to the authorities, spoke in defense of Ukraine. I know that you don’t like praise, but believe me, your talent and courage are worthy of a bow.

http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/article/yulia_tymoshenko_19_3_2012_3

Unknown said...

Correct link: http://maidanua.org/static/news/2011/1297838950.html

Unknown said...

Lina Kostenko's 'Notes by the Ukrainian Lunatic' a leader of Facebook's reader's vote.
Topping the list of TOP100 Ukrainian books is Lina Kostenko with 'Notes by the Ukrainian Lunatic'.

http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/lina_kostenkos_notes_by_the_ukrainian_lunatic_a_leader_of_facebooks_readers_vote_239471

Unknown said...

Богдан Ступка, вірш Ліни Костенко "Крила"

Цей вірш був прологом цьогорічної церемонії "Гордість країни". Ступка, як завжди, геніальний...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHMxXsnE5k

Diana Kubrická said...

Báseň Wings v prevedení Bogdana Stupku

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4UAa4rVZB4

Unknown said...

THE HISTORY OF DISSENT IN UKRAINE
A biographical sketch of poet Lina Kostenko as a dissident:

http://aussiethule.blogspot.sk/2004/12/history-of-artistic-repression-in.html

Unknown said...

Мульт створено спеціально для заходу "Лна. Інша акустика", що відбувся 2 квітня 2010 року в Запоріжжя і був присвячений ювілею Ліни Василівни Костенко. Організатор концерту творча група "Своєрідне Коло"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5huKeumWtVc&index=6&list=PLTXA7CEQvusaFQAQueqFoMKcAQ3PhXo8M

Unknown said...

Моя любове! Я перед тобою

Моя любове! Я перед тобою.
Бери мене в свої блаженні сни.
Лиш не зроби слухняною рабою,
не ошукай і крил не обітни!....

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/moya-liubove-ya-pered-toboyu-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%8F-%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5-%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4-%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%8E-my-love-im.html


Unknown said...

Ліна Костенко "Моя любове"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iRTv_s0uY

Unknown said...

Чудовий переклад геніального вірша. Обожнюю пані Ліну. Вона чудова.

http://ukrainianteen.tumblr.com/post/36346190497/wings

Unknown said...

Interesting meaning !
The name Kostenko has a web popularity of 4,160,000 pages.

http://www.name-list.net/russia/surname/Kostenko

Unknown said...

Famous Ukrainians of all times.
The most outstanding Ukrainians of all times are believed to be Taras Shevchenko, Lesya Ukrainka and Bohdan Khmelnytsky.Lina Kostenko wasn't in the top ten,wasn't in the top twenty,BUT WAS IN THE TOP THIRTY PEOPLE called the best of the best !

http://ratinggroup.com.ua/en/products/politic/data/entry/14005/

Unknown said...

Презентація "Ліна Костенко - життя у слові

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lu3K72weKo

Unknown said...

Ольга Богомолець, слова Ліни Костенко Ранок

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_0yqQp5PB4

Unknown said...

Ліна Костенко "Моя любове"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iRTv_s0uY

Unknown said...

Стихи о любви,Классика - Костенко Лина

http://stihiolubvi.ru/category/classik/kostenko

Unknown said...

The presentation took place in Ukrainian House in Kyiv 22.03.10, a few days after Lina Kostenko’s 80th birthday. Lina Kostenko announced that she decided to return to literary and public activity after many years of silence.

http://kbulkin.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/lina-kostenko-berestechko/

Unknown said...

Who's Who of the Golden Writers of Ukraine?
Together, we will celebrate this group of famous writers who have print runs of over 100,000, have been translated into other languages, have the highest respect of readers—and the media's eye.
Of course Lina is one of them....

http://goldenwriters.com.ua/en/

Unknown said...

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Newspaper: The Day.
There are many people whose hearts are warmed by the knowledge that Lina Kostenko lives and works in Kyiv.

Article about Lina Kostenko+words of famous people and their things of Lina(Vadym SKURATIVSKY,Atena PASHKO,Dmytro DROZDOVSKY,Olha BOHOMOLETS....)

LINK

Unknown said...

Ліна Василівна Костенко-cлушать онлайн

Вже все одно, чи пошепки, чи в рупор,Папороть....

LINK

Unknown said...

Lina Kostenko outraged over circumstances of Yulia Tymoshenko’s transfer to prison.

LINK

Unknown said...

Lina Kostenko’s native village of Rzhyshchiv

“I was born in the same year as Charlie Chaplin, Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata, the Eiffel Tower, and Eliot, I think,” Anna Akhmatova wrote in one of her autobiographical notes.

LINK

Unknown said...

Напитись голосу твого - О.Богомолець (featuring movie Onegin)

Слова: Ліна Костенко!
Виконання: Ольга Богомолець

LINK

Unknown said...

"Псалми" - вірші Ліни Костенко,
музика О. Спаринського виконує Галина Довбецька. Музично-документальний відео-нарис.

LINK

Unknown said...

Larysa KADYROVA, People’s Artist of Ukraine:

I am happy to be able to communicate with Lina Kostenko. I have lived a long life, but I am always learning from her. I am learning to understand people, the stylistics of conduct in communication. She is my spiritual tuning fork.

LINK

Daniela Kipilová said...

Красивое стихотворение Лины Костенко "Осінь жагуча"

Перевод с украинского
Евгения Пугачева

Осень страстная

Устав от страсти, опочило лето,
устали руки в пламени ночей.
Как женщина, что ласкою согрета,
лежит у лета осень на плече.

Уже дозрела чувство до изхода.
И пышет жар на томности крыле.
И торжествует мудрый гений рода,
всего живого на живой земле.

А лето спит. На утро осень встанет -
в косе янтарной прядка седины,
могучи чресла золотого стана,
идёт – аж прогибаютця ланы.

Близняшки-зерна тулятся в покосы,
бегут толпою розы по двору,
спят безмятежно сливы-нефритосы,
спят яблоки, и раса жёлтых груш.

Рвёт синий ветер белые постромики.
А в сердце лета – щедрый солнцепад.
Как слитки солнца на сухой соломке
лежат цитрины, груши, виноград.

Лич загустеет в гроздьях перегретых.
А ляжет снег на охладелость дней,
и пылький сон влюбившегося лета
зимою бродит в молодом вине.


http://stihi.pro/9728-lina-kostenko-osn-zhagucha.html

Daniela Kipilová said...

Акция к 85-летию выдающейся украинской поэтессы Лины Костенко

По случаю 85-летия выдающейся украинской поэтессы Лины Костенко Киевская городская организация партии « ВО« Батькивщина » решила подарить школам и библиотекам города 85 комплектов её книг. Пусть художественное слово Лины Костенко прорастает в душах детей той безграничной любовью к Украине, которой наполнено всё её творчество!

… Бо хто за що, а ми за незалежність.
Отож нам так і важко через те.
Ліна Костенко

(... Ибо кто за что, а мы за независимость.
Поэтому нам так и трудно из-за того.
Лина Костенко)


http://kyiv-batkivshchyna.com.ua/%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%B4%D0%BE-85-%D1%80%D1%96%D1%87%D1%87%D1%8F-%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%97-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%BF/

Daniela Kipilová said...

Стихотворение «Напитись голосу твого» - Ліна Костенко

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKOKTOO-fTg