Ivan Yatskanyn - Unnoticed Slovak writer published in Ukraine.

  

       Q & A: Dubravka Ugrešić 

       At Full Stop Adam Dalva has a Q & A with Dubravka Ugrešić 

      Ivan Yatskanyn profile 

       An interesting profile of Ukrainian-writing Slovak author Ivan Yatskanyn by Peter Dlhopolec in The Slovak Spectator, Unnoticed Slovak writer published in Ukraine. 

       Fascinating to hear:

On top of translating and writing, Yatskanyn chairs the Society of Ukrainian Writers that brings together 23 Slovak authors publishing their works in Ukrainian. “Our age average is high. We lack younger writers,” the chair admits, saying the Society will publish seven books in Ukrainian this year.

       Good to see some reporting at the European fringes, from countries and languages far too rarely seen in English translation. (But apparently it's a local problem, too.) 

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With 20 books he has written over the years, Ivan Yatskanyn could have spent all his time with grandchildren or fill it with a new hobby, but he says 

       The branded look 

       Via I'm pointed to Alana Pockros' interesting piece considering Why Do Some Authors' Books Get a Branded Look ? at Eye on Design -- with the always-fun-to-see cover-examples. 
       I like branded covers -- though of course my absolute preference is (French-style) stark and simple uniformity, which remains too rare in the US/UK area (but which at least Fitzcarraldo Editions has embraced). (The beloved Suhrkamp-series -- Bibliothek Suhrkamp, edition suhrkamp, and suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft -- also show how it's done.)