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T he U k rain ian P o e ts, 1189— 1962. A n d ru sy sh en , C. H . and W atson K irkconnell, ed ito rs and tr a n sla to r s. T oronto, P u b lish ed fo r th e U k rain ian Canadian C om m ittee b y U n iv e r s ity o f T o ron to P r e ss, 1963. Pp. 500. To d iscover th e soul o f a p eo ple, th e U k rain ian “V o lk s g e is t,” one should read th e U k rain ian p o ets. P o etry , how ever, is n ot e a sily rendered th ro u g h th e m e dium o f a n oth er la n g u a g e and U k rain ian p o etr y in E n g lis h tr a n sla tio n is r a th e r scarce. T he A n d ru sysh en -K irk con n ell a n th o lo g y , th erefo re, is a valuab le p io neer w ork — th e f i r s t rep resen ta tiv e collection o f U k rain ian p o e tr y in th e E n g lish la n g u a g e sp an n in g close to 900 y e a r s o f liter a ry h isto r y . T he 12th c e n tu r y epic 'The T ale o f Ih o r’s C am p aign ” (p resen ted in it s e n t i r e t y ) , fiv e o f th e C ossack “du- m y ,” as w ell as th r e e selec tio n s fr o m H ry h o riy Skovoroda ser v e as a h isto rica l background fo r th e one hundred p o ets o f th e m odern period. M ost o f th e p oets are rep resen ted b y one or tw o o f th e ir w o r k s ; a fe w are g iv e n a m ore e x te n s iv e tr e a tm e n t. S h e v chenko, F ran k o and R y lsk y j lead th e rest, each w ith 20 or m ore o f h is p oem s included in th e a n th o lo g y . T he tr a n sla tio n s are a product o f a jo in t u n d ertak in g b y C. H. A n d ru sysh en , w h o did th e se le c tin g and p rovided th e f ir s t w o rk in g liter a l tr a n sla tio n fro m th e U k rain ian , and o f W a t son K irkconnell w h o w a s re sp o n sib le fo r th e E n g lish v e r s if ic a tio n and fin a l form . C. H. A n d ru sy sh e n also w r o te th e In tr o d uction and supplied b ib lio g ra p hical sk e tc h e s fo r each o f th e p o ets included. One m ig h t ta k e is s u e w ith som e o f th e selec tio n s or r e g r e t th e o m issio n o f som e p o ets. One m ig h t also q u estion th e id ea o f h a v in g one tr a n sla - to r -v e r sifie r im p ose h is in d ivid ual sta m p — and th u s a ce rta in degree o f u n ifo r m ity — on a cen- OUR T E N N IS C H A M PIO N — P H Y L L IS KOROL P h y llis and Jurij Korol, b oth w ell k now n te n n is p layers, took p art in th e 1970 an nu al te n n is tou rn am en t a t “S o y u ziv k a ,” w ith P h y llis w in n in g f ir s t place over Jean B ila n sk y fr o m K L K — Toronto. T h is w a s no su rp rise, sin ce Mrs. Korol is a good and exp erien ced p layer. In a tr u e sp ir it o f sp ortsm an sh ip , sh e g a l la n tly p raised h er opponent as b ein g a v e r y p ro m isin g te n n is p layer. F ir s t to co n g ra tu la te P h y llis w a s h er husb an d Ju rij, w ho beam ed w ith jo y , and th en , alth o u g h tired and e x c ite d a fte r th e g am e, sh e g r a c e fu lly con sen te d to an in te r v ie w fo r Our L ife. N ow liv in g in N o r th D ak ota, sh e s till b elon gs to “C zernyk” in her n a tiv e D etro it. S h e g r e w up in H am tram ck , know n fo r its te n n is a c tiv itie s, w h e sh e sta r ted to p lay te n n is a t th e a g e o f eig h t, p r o g r e ssin g ste a d ily and w in n in g v a rio u s ch am p ion sh ip s in h ig h school and college. S he continued to p la y a fte r h er m arriage to Jurij w h o introduced her in to th e U k rain ian te n n is circle. T he lis t o f tou rn a m en ts in w h ich sh e p a rticip a ted is long, b u t it w ill be in te r e s tin g to n am e a t le a st a fe w -— Canadian N a tio n a l C ham pionship (J u n io r s), In tern a tio n a l C ollegiate, M ichi- gon S ta te, D e tr o it City, and m an y o th ers. A lto g e th e r , b oth K orols proudly d isp lay in th e ir hom e about 100 te n n is tro p h ies. T h is y ea r P h y llis p layed in fou r variou s tou rn am en ts and in m ix ed doubles w ith h er husband. T h e se w on th e m 15 tr o p h ies. She is th e m oth er o f tw o children, a fou r y ea r old boy and a s ix y ea r old girl, w h o -— n atu rally — p la y s te n n is too. T heir plan s fo r th e fu tu r e are to en ter in to p ro fe ssio n a l te n n is co a ch in g (indoor and o u td o o r), tu r ie s-lo n g d evelop m en t o f a m an ifold and varied liter a ry g e n re. W h a tev er th is a n th o lo g y ’s lim ita tio n s, i f any, h ow ever, it is a m a jo r b reak th rou gh in a fie ld w h ich m u st s till be con sid ered v irg in soil. p o ssib ly in th e D e tr o it area, so th a t th e y can be in to u ch w ith U k rain ian clubs and te n n is p la y ers. W e w ish th e m su c c e ss and good luck. D . B . IN FO R M A T IO N A B O U T E A S T E R EGGS Mrs D on ia D em rey, p a st p r e s id en t o f U N W L A C hapter 37 in D e tro it, h a s been a collector o f U k rain ian E a s te r e g g s fo r m an y y ea r s. S he re c e n tly cam e across an ex c ellen t a rtic le on E a ste r e g g s in th e Q uarterly, a p ub li cation o f th e C ounty M useum in L os A n g eles. I ts au th or w a s P a t ricia B. A ltm an , cu rator o f fo lk art a t th e M useum . T he a rtic le deals w ith th e E a ste r e g g s o f m an y n a tio n a lities, am on g th e m th e U k rain ian s. “J ew els am on g E a ste r e g g s ,” is th e w a y th e au th or d escrib es U k rain ian E a ste r e g g s . Mrs. D em rey w rote Mrs. A l t m an a letter, and in h er rep ly M rs. A ltm a n in d icated h er in te r e s t in area s ty le d iffe r e n c e s o f U k rain ian E a s te r e g g s . T here are sev era l p u b lication s w h ich deal w ith th is su b ject, b u t th e y are alm o st im p ossib le to obtain, sin ce th e y h a v e lo n g been ou t o f print. R e cen tly tw o valuab le books w ere p u b lished on th is top ic. T he f i r s t is “Z h y v o p y s,” p u b lished b y M y ste tstv o , K iev, 1969, and th e second is “U k ra in sk i p y sa n k y ,” issu e d b y th e sa m e p u b lish er, K iev, 1970. B o th are in th e U k rain ian la n g u a g e and h a v e E n g lish resu m es. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ГРУДЕНЬ, 1970 27 E u g e n ia iB ily n sk a a n d P h y llis K o ro l, fin a lis t s in th e te n n is to u r n a m e n t in fa ll o f 1970 at th e U N A e sta te S o y u z iv k a
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