Actress #Emma_Thompson reads the poem "#Wings" by #Lina_Kostenko
Today, the #Ukrainian writer celebrates her birthday, and we congratulate her.
Facts about #Lina_Kostenko:
➡️ Today, she turned 94 years old.
➡️ Her father, #Vasyl_Kostenko, was sentenced to 10 years in concentration camps as an "enemy of the people."
➡️ She started publishing at the age of 16.
➡️ She was one of the leaders of the 1960s movement and appeared in court for dissidents who were accused of
"anti-#Soviet activity and propaganda"
➡️ The #Soviet authorities banned the poet from publishing for 16 years.
➡️ The writer has two children — daughter #Oksana from her first marriage and son #Vasyl from her second.
➡️ In 2010, the writer's first prose novel, Notes of a #Ukrainian Samashedshi, was published, which became the best-seller among #Ukrainian books.
➡️ In 2011, "The River of #Heraclitus" was published - so far, the last poetry collection, which included not only the best works but also 50 new poems.
➡️ The author is preparing new works.
➡️ The writer is not on social networks.
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