Participants 2020

Anna Yutchenko / Ukraine

Anna Yutchenko (born in 1996 in Poltava) – a poet, photographer and documentary film director.

She graduated from Poltava National V. G. Korolenko Pedagogical University with a degree in Ukrainian language and literature, finished a master’s program at UCU School of Journalism.

Anna is a finalist of „Young Republic of Poets“ (2014, 2015) and the poetry contest „Haivoronnia“ (2015, 2016). She is a participant of a number of festivals, including „BookForum“, „Artgnosis“, „CodaFest“, „Cyclop“, „Triangle“, „Book Arsenal“, „Green Wave“. In 2016, she became one of the two candidates from Ukraine nominated by the national PEN Club for the international contest „New Voices“. She coordinated the first contest of video poetry „Visibility“ in the frames of BookForum (2019). Anna graduated from the laboratory for young documentary filmmakers IndieLab (2020). She is a co-author of short documentaries „Alive and Undefeated“ (2016), „Thus They Will Sing“ (2020).

Her works were published in magazines „SHO“, „Dzvin“, on the online platform „Litcenter“.