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Language Lanterns wins CFUS translation prize
Language Lanterns co-founder and editor Sonia Morris passes away, April 5, 2007. Obituary.
Ivan Franko book launch, Nov. 4, 2006.
Language Lanterns donates books to Ukrainian universities. Details
Language Lanterns wins Vesna Festival Arts Award and donates books to libraries. Details
Award-winning Language Lanterns translates
and publishes Ukrainian literature in English
Toronto Book Launch - April 29, 2012
Featuring Maria by Ulas Samchuk
A gripping story about a village woman’s loves, losses, and daily toil, from the emancipation of serfs in 1861 to one of the most tragic periods in human history–the 1932-33 Holodomor, or Famine-Genocide.
Translated by Dr. Roma Franko, recipient of the Luckyj Ukrainian Literature Translation Prize
Presented by Oksana Bryzhun-Sokolyk
Sunday, April 29, 2012 – 2:30 p.m.
St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto
Phone: 416-923-3318 Email: svi@stvladimir.ca
Additional presentations of English translations of Ukrainian literature:
Trilogy: Desperate Times
Brother against Brother; Between the Trenches; Conflict and Chaos
The stories in these books by 18 authors explore the human side of the social, political and economic upheaval in Ukraine from the tumultuous opening days of the 20th century, through WWI, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and into the early 1920s under Soviet rule.
Presented by Paul Cipywnyk, M.A.
Editor, Language Lanterns
Two Anthologies
From Days Gone By; Down Country Lanes
Stories from the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries that focus on class tensions, gender
and ethnic inequalities, and abuse of authority.
Presented by Roma Franko, Ph.D.
Sponsored and Hosted by St. Vladimir Institute and Language Lanterns Publications
New Releases:
Maria: A Chronicle of a Life
A gripping story about a village woman’s loves, losses,
and daily toil, from the emancipation of serfs in 1861
to one of the most tragic periods in human history –
the 1932-33 Holodomor, or Famine-Genocide
Desperate Times Trilogy
Brother Against Brother
Between the Trenches
Conflict and Chaos
The stories in the Desperate Times trilogy explore the human impact of the social, political and economic upheaval in Ukraine from the tumultuous opening days of the 20th century, through World War I, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the early 1920s under Soviet rule.
Language Lanterns volumes as post-secondary teaching resource:
LL publications are being used at a number of universities and have proven to be of interest not only to students taking Ukrainian literature courses but also to those who are enrolled in other disciplines such as English, multiculturalism, history and international studies.
New! Bilingual Master List of all Authors/Stories translated from Ukrainian to English and published by Language Lanterns. Download PDF.
New! Updated list of Canadian public libraries that Language Lanterns has donated books to: Download PDF.
New! Updated list of Canadian universities that Language Lanterns has donated books to: Download PDF.
New! Updated list of US universities that Language Lanterns has donated books to: Download PDF.
New! Updated list of orgnaizations, newspapers and journals that Language Lanterns has sent books to: Download PDF.
Franko, Morris Receive CFUS Translation Prize
The Canadian Foundation of Ukrainian Studies awarded the inaugural George S. N. Luckyj Ukrainian Literature Translation Prize to Roma Franko and Sonia Morris in 2009. Details here.
Other Recent Releases:
Two volumes of selected prose fiction by Ukrainian male authors 1860 - 1920:
Down Country Lanes
From Days Gone By
A Hunger Most Cruel: The Human Face of the Genocidal 1932-1933 Terror-Famine in Soviet Ukraine
English translations of Ukrainian fiction by
Anatoliy Dimarov, Yevhen Hutsalo, and Olena Zvychayna depicting the ideologically
motivated artificial famine that ravaged Soviet Ukraine.
A Language Lanterns series:
Women's Voices in Ukrainian Literature
English translations of literary works of Ukrainian women authors from 1850 to the present day. Several volumes in this series are being used in Ukrainian literature courses at the University of Toronto and the University of Manitoba.
"I am teaching a course entitled 'Women and Ukrainian
Literature'.... Needless to say, it would not have been possible without your
translations."
(Dr. Natalia Aponiuk, University of Manitoba)
Complete six-volume series available
at a special price. Order now!
Ukrainian Language Texts:
Ukrainian for Speakers of English
by Roma Franko
