Vasyl Holoborodko — the forgotten genius of the verlibre

Ukrainian Studio of Television Films, 1993.

The film “Holoborodko’s Pastels” is dedicated to the poet Vasyl Holoborodko, known throughout the world but little known to the Ukrainian reading public.

In the video: landscapes of Kyiv, sketches of everyday life; students recite poems by Vasyl Holoborodko; the author talks about persecution by the Soviet authorities, photo archive of the Holoborodko family, demonstrates his own publications; landscapes of Luhansk region, nature, the village of Adrianopol, Luhansk region.

Contains an interview and recitation of Vasyl Holoborodko’s own poems.

Reference: Vasyl Holoborodko is a Ukrainian poet whose work is marked by deep folklore roots and a mythopoetic style. His poetry, marked by verlibre and rich metaphors, combines archaic ideas with modern reality, creating a unique world of images. In the Soviet Union, his works were banned due to his independent civic position and refusal to cooperate with the KGB, but they gained recognition abroad. The collections “Green Day” and “Icarus on Butterfly Wings” brought him the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine.