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The new book of poetry by Iryna Ivanchenko embodies a quiet stoicism - not so much a philosophical stance as a deeply moral and organic quality of her voice. There are no slogans or declarations here. Instead, the reader enters a world without hatred, yet full of tenderness; without aggression, yet with acceptance; without reproach toward the Creator, yet with a clear understanding of the boundary between good and evil. Written against the backdrop of war, these poems do not fall silent before violence, but offer a harmonizing counterworld - a space of love, hope, and renewal. Ivanchenko's poetic world, a world of ""milk and honey,"" remains consoling even when confronted with the harshest realities.

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Iryna Ivanchenko is a Ukrainian poet and journalist, born in Kyiv in 1974. She writes in Russian and Ukrainian and is the author of six poetry collections. Her poems have been translated into many languages and published in Ukraine and abroad. She is a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine and a laureate of Ukrainian and international literary prizes. She also serves on the editorial board and as poetry editor of Raduga magazine (Kyiv).Since March 2022, she has been living in Germany as a refugee, in the town of Ennigerloh (North Rhine-Westphalia). She works as a translator from German and as a coordinator of the Ukrainian community at a volunteer center of the Catholic parish of St. James, and is involved in cultural projects, organizing concerts of Ukrainian music and photo exhibitions about the war in Ukraine.Her new book includes poems written since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, selected poems from earlier collections, and a number of translations.

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