Svetlana Ischenko
Works by Svetlana Ischenko:
- Nucleus: A poet’s lyrical journey from Ukraine to Canada
- The Trees Have Flown Up In Couples
- In the Mornings I Find a Crane’s Feathers in My Damp Braids
- B-Sharp
From BC BookWorld, "As the invasion of Ukraine careens onward, poet Svetlana Ischenko dives deep into the literary landscape of identity. With deeply-held Ukrainian sensibilities, she optimistically writes about life in Canada as an immigrant using sonnets and lyrical poems.
In her introductory essay to Nucleus, Ischenko examines the adage “Poetry is what gets lost in translation.” Does a person’s identity get lost when that person becomes an immigrant and tries to translate their self into a new self, in a new country? And if a person writes poems and is deeply attached to their original country, its language and culture, how will that “translation” work, exactly?
Ischenko is an award-winning poet, translator, actress, playwright, artist and teacher. She lives in North Vancouver."