Kostenko Lina V.: biography, work, photos

Lina Kostenko V. – Ukrainian poetess, who belongs to the so-called generation of the sixties. She had to pass through many trials. She went into creative “seclusion”. By its nature it could not converge even with the Ukrainian intelligentsia, the core values which has always defended. But Lina Kostenko, creativity and life of which we will discuss in this short essay, has always been very favorite among young people. Students, like many years ago, attending her lectures and occasional meetings with her. And every time in Ukraine happens to be some outstanding event, the poet responds to acute and sometimes full of sarcasm aphorism.

Early years

Lina Kostenko Vasil'evna was born in March month, on the 19th 1930, in the city of rzhyschiv near Kyiv, in a family of teachers. Six years after her birth the family moved to the capital of Ukraine. She lived on the Trukhaniv island, which in those years was called «Kiev Venice”. During the Nazi occupation, he was burned along with the village. Graduated from two universities-Moscow and Kiev pedagogical College – and in 1956 he entered adulthood. Already in those years, unofficially one of the most promising poets called it, Lina Kostenko. The photo in the youth of our heroine shows her fine figure, intelligent face and a bold look.

“Shestidesyatye”

At First, her poems were favorably received by the critics. But, since 1961, she was accused of “apolitical” and almost was not published, and her work appeared more criticism of the authorities. Poems by Lina Kostenko were published in other countries-in Poland, Czechoslovakia and was popular in the “samizdat”. When, in 1965, began to arrest dissidents among the Ukrainian intelligentsia, she openly defended persecuted in her usual flamboyant manner. Wrote letters in defense of political prisoners, throwing them flowers during the trial. Even then the youth was satisfied with her applause, despite the danger of such expression of feelings. Although Lina Kostenko Vasil'evna was not arrested and she did not get into questioning, simply ceased to notice in the Soviet press. Her name was not mentioned, and she was listed in “black list”. Working women mostly “table”.

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Creativity era opals

Despite the fact that the proud Ukrainian poet gagged, it was during this period she wrote the most famous of his works. Primarily a collection of ‘Prince mountain” and “Above the banks of the eternal river”, as well as a novel in verse "Marusia Churai”, the poem “days” and “think about brothers pasovsky" piece "Garden of non-melting sculptures”. In her poems, even the earliest, has a deep philosophical subtext. It is easy to overcome the established literary stereotypes. A collection of “On the banks of the eternal river” was a real poetic opening. The main credo was Lina the words of one of her heroes that he is not afraid of whistleblowers in the tavern, because she prefers to Express the king in the face. She enjoyed a love of readers that she was afraid to touch even the Soviet officials.

Images and associations

In his works of Lina Kostenko V. turns in thought to the traditional subjects. This images of art, mythological characters, biographies of famous people. But she gives all this second and third meanings, argues with the present, holds interesting Parallels makes subtle ironic attacks. Critics argue that in this field the poet has no equal in modern Ukrainian literature. The amazing success of her verse novel on a historical theme “Marusia Churai”. It is a literary interpretation of the famous story about unhappy love. Girl, writing popular Ukrainian songs, fell in love with a Cossack, and then poisoned him for his infidelity. But the main conflict of the novel – in the clash of idealism and pragmatism, of absolute faith, and of calculation, which many call the “learning to live”. Chief creative luck Lina Kostenko is intellectualism.

Access

In the era of the restructuring works of the poetess not only began to publish her services were highly appreciated. In 1987 the ‘Shevchenko prize” received Kostenko Lina Kostenko. The photo you see above, captured how that year looked like a winner. The prize she was awarded for her novel “Marusia Churai”. The poet has also received numerous other awards. This international prize of Petrarch (1994), and the order of Yaroslav the Wise (2000). But the title of Hero of Ukraine she refused, sarcastically arguing that “fashion jewelry is not». Left many of its collections and dramatic works, which had not seen light for many years. In 2010 was published her poem “days”, and the only prose novel “notes of a Ukrainian sumasshedshego”, caused a huge stir. Most popular hercollections of poetry “Hyacinth the sun” and “River of Heraclitus".

Contemporary Lina Kostenko

Autobiography – it's not the genre that had inspired the poet. For all his eighty-odd years she didn't bother to write anything like that. But in 2012, April 9, the birthday of Charles Baudelaire, Ukrainian writer and dissident Ivan Dziuba presented a book about her life “There are poets for epochs". The poet continues to write poems, trying to cover the vast historical space, to reflect on the paradoxes of culture and politics. She very keenly feels disharmonically the world in which we all live, and expresses it in an ironic aphorisms, which responds to the angst. “what is happening now - philosophizing poet, is a nightmare who dreamed of humanity. Then it will be called History. And then priplyusuet to the previous nightmares”. “I Have the blood comes out of the ears when I hear hurt my people”.

Such feelings in her poetry occur apocalyptic motifs. But in the end, the works of Lina Kostenko directed not to despair and hopelessness, and the desire of perfection, humanity, the desire to reach the mind and dignity of fellow citizens. “And who would there that someone may say, but evil will perish and truth will prevail!” she said. On a press-conferences the poet expressed his lifelong dream. She wanted to write poetry with political overtones, “to draw bird silver pencil on linen”.