"Book UA": Solomiya Pavlychko

2008, National Television Company of Ukraine. Literary programme ‘Book UA’. The main character of the episode is Ukrainian literary scholar, cultural expert, translator, researcher of modernism and feminist criticism Solomiya Pavlychko. Hosted by Marina Bondarenko.

The video features: opening credits, host introductions, sections: ‘Events. Ukraine’, ‘In a nutshell’, ‘Main character’, ‘Events. World’, ‘What to read’, ‘Unknown history’, ‘Replica’.

‘Events. Ukraine’: charity book fair at the Ukrainian House; celebrations for Yevhen Sverstiuk's birthday; presentation of the book ‘Ivan Mykolaychuk. Screenplays.’

‘Main Character’: Solomiya Pavlychko's family, friends, and colleagues talk about her. Archival photos and videos, newspaper articles, books. Comments: composer and friend Kyrylo Stetsenko; honorary president of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, colleague Vyacheslav Bryukhovetsky; writer, friend Oksana Zabuzhko; Valentyna Kyrylova, director of the Osnovy publishing house, friend and colleague; Rostyslav Semkiv, director of the Smoloskyp publishing house, former student of Solomiya Pavlychko; Dmytro Pavlychko, writer, father of Solomiya.

Events. World: closure of libraries in the United States; results of the film projects Great Ukrainians and The Name of Russia; Joanne Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard breaks records; unknown work by Mark Twain; intimate letters by Robert Burns; death of director and playwright Yuriy Friedman; youngest writer.

‘Unknown History’: facts about Olena Pchilka and Olga Kosach.

‘Replica’: commentary by singer and composer Viktor Morozov.