Let’s Talk About… Olena Teliha. The Poet of Fiery Borders

Brilliant author, sensitive beauty, and unbreakable heroine who gave her life for the future of Ukraine.

In 1941, as part of a branch group of the OUN, Teliha returned from exile to Kyiv, headed the Union of Ukrainian Writers, edited the weekly “Litavry”. In February 1942, together with other Ukrainian writers, she was shot in Babyn Yar.

We invite you to learn more about the fate and creativity of this fearless and talented Ukrainian woman at the art lecture by Natalia Vasylyshyna titled “The Poetess of Fiery Boundaries.” The lecture material is based on letters, documents, memoirs of contemporaries, as well as on the poetic and prose works of Olena Teliga.

The event will include a lecture and a conversation.

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“Let’s Talk About” is a series of lectures about outstanding Ukrainians who worked for the benefit of their country, as well as those who were forced to leave it. What did it mean to be Ukrainians for them? And what did they mean to our state, its culture, and national identity? We invite you to get acquainted with selected heroes and reflect on their life choices together.

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