There are no prejudices against Ukrainian writers’ works about the war in the world literary sphere.
This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by writer, veteran, and paramedic Olena Herasymiuk.
According to her, in Ukraine, there is a stereotype that “the main book about the war will be written in 150 years, and definitely not by participants in the war.” But there are no such prejudices in the world’s literary circles.
“For foreigners, this is a new experience of a new reality that you cannot go and see how it happens, but you want to feel it here and now. And poetry provides this opportunity,” Herasymiuk stated.
She recently returned from the World Poetry Slam Championship, an international poetry competition in Mexico, where more than 40 authors from different countries were represented.
The first stage of the poetry slam was European. In the Slovak city of Košice, 32 countries competed to be in the top ten.
“Ukraine actually has a fairly unambiguous reputation. Most people support us in this war. They see us as a people fighting for our freedom. With my poems about the war and Mariupol, I only confirmed this,” the writer emphasized.
Herasymiuk said that her task in the poetry competition was to reveal the depth of the pain of Ukrainians who were attacked by Russia.
“We want an end to the suffering, but not at the cost of losing our independence. I explained to the European audience: if the war ends quickly, then obviously it will be our defeat; if it ends a little later, then we have a better chance of winning, because the aggressor is a large country, and it is not easy to neutralize and bring to justice,” Herasymiuk stressed.
As reported, Ukrainian writer and soldier Artur Dron was discharged from the army after more than three years of service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and announced a new book about the war, which he wrote on the frontline.
Source: Veteran and writer Olena Herasymiuk: Foreigners have no prejudices against Ukrainian war literature
