Nataliya Yaroshenko

Nataliya Yaroshenko is a ceramic artist and art educator originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine, now residing in Los Angeles. While specialising in ceramics and process art in her professional life, Nataliya also holds a special place in her heart for the power and beauty of words. She is honoured to have collaborated in translating the poems of Maksym Kryvtsov, a talented poet who fought for Ukraine’s freedom. His was one of the remarkable voices tragically lost in this war. Nataliya continues to support her homeland’s efforts for independence and democracy through direct support and education.

Translations in London Ukrainian Review:

Maksym Kryvtsov, ‘Falling forest’

Contact: N.menulis@gmail.com


Iya Kiva, ‘a frozen sea’

Author: Iya KivaTranslationTranslator: Amelia GlaserTranslator: Yuliya Ilchuk

a frozen sea of people rolls stones around its mouth
this dead language of a time we’ll turn to
when the wind cuts life’s thread like a flower […]

trans. by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk

Maksym Kryvtsov, ‘Amid voicing’

Author: Maksym KryvtsovTranslationTranslator: Helena Kernan

Amid voicing
and amid silence
among the trees and the insects
and a fearsome metal seagull. […]

trans. by Helena Kernan
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