BOOK NOTES

Lydia Palij's poems published in English

"Woman in the Window - Poetic Images" by Lydia Palij. Toronto: The Basilian Press, 2002.

by Oksana Zakydalsky

TORONTO - As an author, Lydia Palij is known for her poetry and travel essays. Although she writes in Ukrainian, English translations of some of her works have been published, both in Canada and the United States. Her works have also been translated into a half-dozen other languages.

Now the Toronto poet has published her first book in English. Called "Woman in the Window - Poetic Images," the poems cannot be said to be translations, for, although they were rendered into English by Patricia Harvie, Ms. Palij herself edited the translations. "Woman in the Window" is a selection of poems from Ms. Palij's Ukrainian language collection published last year in Ukraine under the same title by LileyaNV (Ivano-Frankivsk).

Ms. Palij is well-known in Ukraine, where she has given many lectures and made numerous other public appearances. In 1997 she received the Pavlo Tychyna Award for poetry. Through her work in bringing Ukrainian writers to the Harbourfront International Authors' Festival, her activities in PEN and the Writers' Union of Canada, as well as her promotion of Canadian literature in Ukraine, she has also established good connections with the Canadian literary world.

The book may be ordered from Libra Publishing, 2545 Bloor St. W., Apt. 404, Toronto, Ontario M6S 1S1 Canada.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 4, 2002, No. 31, Vol. LXX

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