All posts in Initiatory Group
Igor Pomeranzev
poet, essayist, journalist at “Svoboda” radio, wine critic moderator of wine and poetry readings and book presentations Ukraine/the Great Britain “I was born in Saratov on Volga in 1948, grew up in Chernivtsi. My father was a journalist, so writing …
Juri Andrukhovych
poet, prose writer, translator, essayist
Ukraine
Juri Andrukhovych was born 03.13.1960 in Stanislav (now Ivano-Frankivsk). He graduated from the editorial department of the Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute in Lviv
Mark Belorusets
translator, publicist
moderator of poetry readings
Ukraine
Mark Belorusets was born in 1943. Since 1978 has published translated works of Paul Celan, Robert Musil, Tomas Berngard, Gunter Eih, Georg
Sergiy Osachuk
scientist, art critic, translator, public figure
Ukraine
Sergiy Osachuk was born in 1972 in Chernivtsi. Graduated from the Department of History of Chernivtsi National University (1994). During 1995-1996
Svyatoslav Pomerantsev
businessman, public figure
President of the Festival
Ukraine
Email: pomer@meridiancz.comSeveral years ago I was a successful Bukovynian entrepreneur involved in providing ‘climate control’: this is the generic, business
Petro Rykhlo
specialist in literature, translator, Doctor of Philological Science
moderator of poetry readings
Petro Ryhlo is a specialist in literature, a translator. He is the Doctor of Philological Science,
Sergiy Zhadan
poet, prosaic, essayist, translator
Ukraine
Sergiy Zhadan (23.08.1974) – a poet, a prosaic, an essayist and a translator.
The author of poetic collections:
Joseph Zisels
human rights activist, public figure
Ukraine
He was born in Tashkent, in 1946, graduated from Cernivtsi National University.
In the early 70s he cooperated with Jewish and










“I find something as immaterial as language, yet earthly, terrestrial, in the shape of a circle which, via both poles, rejoins itself and on the way serenely crosses even the tropics: I find… a meridian."