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SUMMARY:Wij blijven eeuwig leven
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DESCRIPTION:Antonii Baryshevskyi presents SplenDoor to Ukraine XXXVI:Book p
	resentation with\nUkrainian poet and soldier Dmytro Lazutkin\n\nBook prese
	ntation of We Will Live Forever by Ukrainian poet and soldier Dmytro\nLazu
	tkin (bilingual edition: Ukrainian–Dutch)\n\nLazutkin will be in conversat
	ion with his translator\, Roman Nesterenko\,\ndiscussing his poetry and ex
	periences in the military\, and reading from his own\nwork. The presentati
	on will be followed by an opportunity for questions from the\naudience and
	 informal interaction.\n\nDmytro Lazutkin (born in 1978 in Kyiv) is a poet
	\, journalist\, former television\npresenter\, sports commentator\, martia
	l artist and currently an active-duty\nsoldier. He holds the rank of major
	 in the Ukrainian Ground Forces. He has\npublished thirteen poetry collect
	ions (the first appeared in 2003) and is no\nstranger to the slam poetry s
	cene. He is a member of PEN Ukraine\, the\nassociation of writers and poet
	s. In 2024\, Lazutkin received the Taras\nShevchenko National Prize\, Ukra
	ine's most prestigious state award for cultural\nachievements.\n\nRoman Ne
	sterenko is a Belgian-Ukrainian literary translator. He studied Slavic\nla
	nguages and literature at Ghent University and primarily translates\nconte
	mporary Ukrainian literature into Dutch.\n\nWe Will Live Forever comprises
	 25 raw poems in which Lazutkin portrays the war\nin a realistic and uncom
	promising way\, yet with remarkable sensitivity and\, at\ntimes\, a darkly
	 sardonic smile. Adopting an unusual style for Lazutkin\, stripped\nof all
	 embellishment\, rhyme and even punctuation\, he distils his narrative to\
	nits very essence\, emphasising the urgency and authenticity of his words.
	 He\nsucceeds in striking a compelling balance between horror\, beauty\, s
	entimentality\nand personal experience.\n\nBilingual: Ukrainian–Dutch\n\nL
	ink to the publisher\n[https://m10boeken.nl/in-voorbereiding/wij-blijven-e
	euwig-leven/?srsltid=AfmBOooLW-Up-7nxoSsLVUKgYoXdrbPqy8jCwF1XcYyDKqMvglwUw
	P56]
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/wij-blijven-eeuwig-leven
GEO:52.3699078;4.9032848
LOCATION:Splendor - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116\, 1011 LX Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:book presentation,literature,poetry,talk,translation
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Antonii Baryshevskyi presents SplenDoor to Ukr
	aine XXXVI:Book presentation with Ukrainian poet and soldier Dmytro Lazutk
	in <p><strong>Book presentation of <em>We Will Live Forever</em> by Ukrain
	ian poet and soldier Dmytro Lazutkin (bilingual edition: Ukrainian–Dutch)<
	/strong></p><p>Lazutkin will be in conversation with his translator, Roman
	 Nesterenko, discussing his poetry and experiences in the military, and re
	ading from his own work. The presentation will be followed by an opportuni
	ty for questions from the audience and informal interaction.</p><p>Dmytro 
	Lazutkin (born in 1978 in Kyiv) is a poet, journalist, former television p
	resenter, sports commentator, martial artist and currently an active-duty 
	soldier. He holds the rank of major in the Ukrainian Ground Forces. He has
	 published thirteen poetry collections (the first appeared in 2003) and is
	 no stranger to the slam poetry scene. He is a member of PEN Ukraine, the 
	association of writers and poets. In 2024, Lazutkin received the Taras She
	vchenko National Prize, Ukraine's most prestigious state award for cultura
	l achievements.</p><p>Roman Nesterenko is a Belgian-Ukrainian literary tra
	nslator. He studied Slavic languages and literature at Ghent University an
	d primarily translates contemporary Ukrainian literature into Dutch.</p><p
	><em>We Will Live Forever</em> comprises 25 raw poems in which Lazutkin po
	rtrays the war in a realistic and uncompromising way, yet with remarkable 
	sensitivity and, at times, a darkly sardonic smile. Adopting an unusual st
	yle for Lazutkin, stripped of all embellishment, rhyme and even punctuatio
	n, he distils his narrative to its very essence, emphasising the urgency a
	nd authenticity of his words. He succeeds in striking a compelling balance
	 between horror, beauty, sentimentality and personal experience.</p><p><em
	>Bilingual: Ukrainian–Dutch</em></p><p>Link to the <a target="_blank" href
	="https://m10boeken.nl/in-voorbereiding/wij-blijven-eeuwig-leven/?srsltid=
	AfmBOooLW-Up-7nxoSsLVUKgYoXdrbPqy8jCwF1XcYyDKqMvglwUwP56">publisher</a></p
	>
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