Valzhyna Mort joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/14/testimonies-victoria-amelina-poem">Testimonies</a>” by Victoria Amelina, which Mort translated from the Ukrainian, and “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/14/map">Map</a>,” by Wisława Szymborska, which was translated, from the Polish, by Clare Cavanagh. Mort’s collection “Music for the Dead and Resurrected” won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Her other honors include a 2021 Rome Prize in literature and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the Amy Clampitt Fund.

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Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska

JUL 24, 202443 MIN
The New Yorker: Poetry

Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska

JUL 24, 202443 MIN

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Valzhyna Mort joins Kevin Young to read “Testimonies” by Victoria Amelina, which Mort translated from the Ukrainian, and “Map,” by Wisława Szymborska, which was translated, from the Polish, by Clare Cavanagh. Mort’s collection “Music for the Dead and Resurrected” won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Her other honors include a 2021 Rome Prize in literature and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the Amy Clampitt Fund.