“Our literature will speak about victory, life, death, loss, love, and peace”: A Conversation with Olga Derkachova


Abstract

This conversation with Olga Derkachova explores Ukrainian children’s and young adult literature, especially in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Keywords

children's and young adult literature; Olga Derkachova; book market; Russia; Ukraine

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Published : 2022-08-12


Kostecka, W., Mik, A., Niewieczerzał, M., Skowera, M., & Stępień, K. (2022). “Our literature will speak about victory, life, death, loss, love, and peace”: A Conversation with Olga Derkachova. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 41, 117-122. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1012

Weronika Kostecka  w.kostecka@uw.edu.pl
University of Warsaw  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-7326

Weronika Kostecka – PhD, works at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests include history and the theory of children’s literature, cultural history of the fairy tale, and popular literature and culture. Contact: w.kostecka@uw.edu.pl.


Anna Mik 
Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-6504

Anna Mik –  PhD, works at the Museum of Children's Books, a special department and scholarly reading room of the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province (Poland). Her research interests include gender studies, monster studies, queer studies, and multiculturalism in the context of children’s and young adult literature and culture. Contact:  anna.mik@koszykowa.pl.


Marta Niewieczerzał 
University of Warsaw, Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-3907

Marta Niewieczerzał – MA, prepares a doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland) on the image of Warsaw in fantasy literature for children and young adults. She works at the Museum of Children’s Books in Warsaw (a special department and scholarly reading room of the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province). Contact: marta.niewieczerzał@gmail.com.


Maciej Skowera 
University of Warsaw, Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0299-3515

Maciej Skowera – PhD, works at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw as well as at the Museum of Children's Books, a special department and scholarly reading room of the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province (Poland). His research interests include history and the theory of children’s and young adult fantasy fiction, adult reworkings of juvenile classics, and popular culture. Contact: mgskowera@uw.edu.pl or maciej.skowera@koszykowa.pl.


Karolina Stępień 
Pedagogical University of Cracow, University of Warsaw  Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4101-9683

Karolina Stępień – MA, prepares a doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Iberian and Ibero-American Studies of the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Warsaw (Poland) on theory of children's literature and contemporary Argentinian literature for children. She works at the Institute of Modern Languages of the Faculty of Humanities at the Pedagogical University of Cracow (Poland). Contact: karolina.stepien@up.krakow.pl.






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