Contemporary Ukrainian Literature and Agnonian Echoes: With Vasyl Makhno, Jerusalem, 28 June 2023

Ukrainian author Vasyl Makhno discusses his most recent novel, "The Eternal Calendar," and his forthcoming book "The Angel and the Donkey," which feature S.Y. Agnon in the plot and take place partially in the Nobel laureate’s Ukrainian hometown of Buchach. Together with Jeffrey Saks, Director of Research at Agnon House, Makhno speaks about his writing, the Jewish elements in his contemporary fiction, and the state of contemporary writing and culture at this fraught time in Ukraine—on the ground and in the Ukrainian diaspora.

Vasyl Makhno is a Ukrainian poet, prose writer, and essayist who has been living in New York since 2000. He is the author of fourteen collections of poetry and most recently the book of selected poems "One Sail House" (2021). He has also published a book of short stories, "The House in Baiting Hollow" (2015), a novel, "The Eternal Calendar" (2019), and five books of essays. Makhno’s works have been widely translated and published in Israel, the United States, and throughout Europe. He is the recipient of many prizes, including Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize (2020).

This event was being held in cooperation with Jerusalem's Agnon House (Beit Agnon) and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, a Canadian charitable non-profit organization.