Chernihiv Television. The episode of the program "Meeting for You" is dedicated to the presentation of Oleksandr Balabko's books "Signor Nicolo and Signor Michele. Gogol's Rome and Kotsiubynsky's Capri" and "Malva in the Eternal City".

Comments: writers Mykhailo Slaboshpytsky, Viktor Baranov and Oleksandr Balabko.

Host — Lyubov Bondaruk.

Reference: Oleksandr Balabko is a Ukrainian writer, publicist and songwriter, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2024). Author of a number of essays, novels and journalistic works, winner of numerous literary awards.

Viktor Baranov is a Ukrainian poet, prose writer and translator, chairman of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine (2011–2014), editor-in-chief of the magazine "Kyiv". Laureate of a number of literary awards, author of the poem "To the Ukrainians" and translations from Romanian.

Mykhailo Slaboshpytskyi is a Ukrainian writer, literary critic and publicist, laureate of the Shevchenko Prize (2005). Author of fiction and biographical novels, critical works and numerous books for children.

Oleksandr Balabko "Malva in the Eternal City"

April 18, 2005, Kyiv.

On the video: presentation of the book "Torn Nerve" by Myroslava Gongadze and Serhiy Kudel, press conference of the author and journalist Yevhen Hlibovytsky, different angles of the book; journalists ask questions, the hall, different plans; Myroslava signs autographs.

Comments: author of the book Myroslava Gongadze; journalist Yevhen Hlibovytsky.

Reference: Myroslava Gongadze is a Ukrainian journalist, TV presenter, lawyer, widow of the murdered journalist Georgy Gongadze. Since 2001, she has lived in the USA, works for the Voice of America, and hosts the program "Chas-Time". Author of the memoir "Torn Nerve. Chronology of Civil Protest", dedicated to the topic of freedom of speech and a personal story of loss.

Presentation of Myroslava Gongadze's book

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1983.

The film is dedicated to the creative work of the Ukrainian poet Valentyn Lagoda.

In the video, the author recites his own poems, talks about his life, and presents his publications.

Reference: Valentyn Lagoda is a Ukrainian poet, satirist, children's writer, and participant in World War II. Author of about 30 books of poetry, humor, and satire; belonged to the literary association "Molodnyak". In his works, he raised social issues and criticized bureaucracy.

Valentyn Lagoda: "A Joke and a Hint"

Ukrainian Television Film Studio, 1988.

The film "Mykola Vingranovskyi. In the Blue Sky I Sowed a Forest..." with a recitation of poetry performed by the author.

Reference: Mykola Vingranovskyi is a Ukrainian writer, director, actor, screenwriter, representative of the generation of the sixties. He worked at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio, author of several feature and documentary films. He made his literary debut in the 1960s, published a number of poetry and prose books, and also worked in the genre of children's literature. Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (1984).

Mykola Vingranovskyi's recitation

Chernivtsi, 1997. Program “Gray Eyes of My City”. 

Mykola Buchko, walking around the city, reciting his poems: “To Olha Kobylianska”, ‘Near the Town Hall’, ‘Chernivtsi pavement’, ‘House ship’, ‘Soul of the house’, ‘House fish’. 

On the video: Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Olha Kobylianska Literary and Memorial Museum (exterior and interior views); Chernivtsi City Council; Central Square; Eminescu and Ivan Franko streets; House of Ships; Panas Saksahanskoho street, the house where the poet Paul Celan lived; aerial views of the city; Yuriy Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi (exterior views). 

Description: Mykola Buchko is a Ukrainian poet. He was born on August 19, 1948 in Vinnytsia region.   He graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Chernivtsi. He worked as a journalist and editor of the Chernivtsi publishing house Misto. He was also engaged in publishing. He began his literary career in the 1960s. He is the author of the collections of poems “Sunrise”, “Towards the Summer”, “After the Ten Commandments or Poems for a Son”. A number of his poems were set to music. 

Mykola Buchko died on June 2, 2017 in Chernivtsi. 

Mykola Buchko reads his own poems

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 1996.

The episode of the program "School Screen" is dedicated to the Ukrainian poet Volodymyr Sosyura.

Writer Vasyl Chehun talks about the poet's life and creative path, reads poems.

Contains a recording of Volodymyr Sosyura's recitation, a black-and-white chronicle and photographs.

Reference: Volodymyr Sosyura is a Ukrainian poet, prose writer and translator, author of over 40 poetry collections and the novel "Third Company", winner of the Stalin and Shevchenko Prizes. His work combined revolutionary and intimate lyrics.

Volodymyr Sosyura: "I am so tender, so anxious..."

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2008.

The program "The Alphabet of Hryhoriy Epik's Life" is dedicated to the Ukrainian writer Hryhoriy Epik.

The video contains fragments of a black-and-white chronicle from the 1930s: various plans of Kharkiv and Kyiv, streets, a tram, buildings, the newspaper "Soviet Worker", a crowd of people in the square, banners, soldiers, peasants, trains, an institute, students, a telephone switchboard, telephone operators, campaign posters, the grave of Petro Kalnyshevsky, cells where political prisoners served their sentences, Solovki, a panorama, political prisoners cutting down trees.

Commentary by writer Oleksandr Kucheruk and literary critic Serhiy Galchenko.

Reference: Hryhoriy Danylovych Epik is a Ukrainian writer, publicist, translator, representative of "Shooted Renaissance". Active participant in the cultural life of the Ukrainian SSR, editor, member of VAPLITE, author of novels and short stories. Arrested in 1934, shot in Sandarmos, posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.

"Executed Renaissance": Hryhoriy Epik

April 14, 2014, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the presentation of the book "War Never Ends" by Georgian writer Basa Dzhanikashvili within the framework of the International Festival "Book Arsenal".

On the video: a meeting with the writer, presentation of the book.

Comments: writer Basa Dzhanikashvili (in Russian), publisher Petro Matskevich, translator Georgy Arabuli.

Journalist — Irina Lysenko.

Reference: Basa Dzhanikashvili is a Georgian writer, playwright and media manager, author of novels and plays, laureate of the "SABA" award and international drama competitions. His works have been staged in theaters in Georgia, Austria and Scotland.

Basa Dzhanikashvili: "War Never Ends'"

May 29, 2013, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to a meeting with the Polish writer Janusz Wyszniewski within the framework of the International Book Arsenal Festival.

In the video: a meeting with the writer, a presentation of Ukrainian translations; the book "Marcelinka", children read excerpts from the books. Writer Janusz Wyszniewski comments.

Created by: Darya Tarasova, Yevhen Polinkevich.

Reference: Janusz Leon Wyszniewski is a Polish scientist and writer, doctor of chemistry and computer science, a specialist in the field of bioinformatics. The author of numerous scientific works and the world's first program for automatically generating systematic names of organic compounds; among his literary works is a story for children "Marcelinka".

Arsenal Book Festival: Janusz Wyszniewski

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2002.

The episode of the program "Chronicle of the 20th Century" is dedicated to the Ukrainian writer Yuriy Yanovsky.

On the video: photos from the archive of the writer's friends, the Kyiv apartment where Yuriy Yanovsky lived, different angles; landscapes of Kyiv; fragments of interviews: writers Mykola Bazhan, Oles Honchar and actresses Polina Nyatko, Vira Predayevych recall Yuriy Yanovsky.

Contains archive recordings of the National Television of Ukraine for the 1980s and fragments of black-and-white chronicles of World War II.

Excerpts from the writer's works are read by Raisa Nedashkivska, Oleksandr Konchev, Volodymyr Zhoglo. The song to the words of Yuriy Yanovsky is performed by Nataliya Buchel.

Reference: Yuriy Yanovsky is a Ukrainian writer and poet, a representative of the romantic movement in literature, the author of the iconic novels "Master of the Ship", "Riders" and "Four Sabres". He worked as an editor of the magazine "Ukrainian Literature", was a war correspondent during World War II. 

Yuriy Yanovsky — Master of the Ship of Ukrainian Prose

National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, 2002.

The episode of the program "Chronicle of the 20th Century" is dedicated to the journalist, Ukrainian writer Ivan Bahryany.

The following will tell the writer's biography and demonstrate first editions: literary critic Mykola Zhulynsky; head of the manuscripts department of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the NAS of Ukraine Serhiy Halchenko; writer Oleksandr Shugay.

Excerpts from Ivan Bahryany's works were read by: "Tiger Hunters" — Pavlo Gromovenko, "Marusya Boguslavka" — Lesya Lipchuk.

Reference: Ivan Bahryany is a Ukrainian writer, poet, publicist and political figure, author of the novels "Tiger Hunters" and "The Garden of Gethsemane", which are based on his experience of repression and exile. An active participant in the Ukrainian liberation movement, in emigration he founded the Ukrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party and headed the Ukrainian National Council.

Ivan Bahryany: "Chronicle of the 20th Century"

October 2, 2006, the city of Okhtyrka, Sumy region.

A plot for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Ukrainian writer Ivan Bahryany.

On the video: Okhtyrka, various landscapes; Ivan Bahryany's House-Museum, various plans; fellow countrymen and relatives of Bahryany talk about the creator, various plans for the museum.

Comments: Chairman of the Okhtyrka City Veterans Council Volodymyr Trotsenko; husband of Ivan Bahryany's niece Mykola Progonov; historians Oleksandr Galkin and Vadym Skurativskyi; researcher at the Okhtyrka Historical and Local History Museum Lyudmila Mishchenko.

Reference: Ivan Bahryany is a Ukrainian writer, publicist and political figure, one of the most powerful voices of emigration literature. Author of the novels "Tiger Hunters" and "The Garden of Gethsemane", in which he truthfully depicted the experience of Soviet repressions and camps even before Solzhenitsyn. After the war, he became a co-founder of the Ukrainian Revolutionary Democratic Party, edited the newspaper "Ukrainian News" and headed the Ukrainian National Council in exile. His work is a combination of sharp political criticism, humanism and faith in the power of the Ukrainian spirit.

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